SBB - Complete Tapes (1974)

Artista: SBB
Álbum: Complete Tapes 1974
Año: 1974 / 2008
Género: Rock progresivo / Jazz-Rock
Duración: 70:00 + 75:44
Nacionalidad: Polonia

Lista de Temas:
CD 1
1. I Need You, Baby
2. Odlot (Incl. Odlecieć Z Wami)
3. Wizje (Incl. Erotyk)
4. Wicher W Polu Dmie
 CD 2
1. Pamięć Z Nami (Incl. Ku Pamięci, Wyjątek Z Wolności)
2. Zostało We Mnie
3. Wolność Do Tyłu (Incl. Przed Premierą, Freedom With Us, Who Knows, 360 Do Tyłu)
4. I Need You, Baby
5. Zostało We Mnie
6. Figo-Fago
7. Rock For Mack 

Alineación:
- Józef Skrzek / voz, bajo, teclados, Hammond, Mini Moog, órgano, mellotron, Clavinet, harmónica
- Apostolis “Lakis” Anthimos  / guitarra
- Jerzy “Keta” Piotrowski / batería

¡Que increíble álbum nos trae Bob! No se pierdan esta maravilla...

¡Que increíble álbum nos trae Bob! Yo lo vengo escuchando desde que me lo pasó y realmente no dejo de asombrarme de la versatilidad y calidad musical de estos increíbles polacos, en este registro nos revientan la cabeza, los oídos y las neuronas sin piedad, haciendo todo un alarde de destreza musical, derroche creativo y de crueldad auditiva. No vale la pena que escriba mucho más, pero no se pierdan este álbum, no por algo la mayoría de los votantes en Progarchives le dieron el puntaje máximo que puede conseguir un álbum, no dejen de asombrarse con uno de los más maravillosos álbums de jazz rock progresivo.
Este debe ser uno de los primeros álbums como SBB, pues su historia musical se va a inicios de los ‘70 cuando antes eran SILESIAN BLUES BAND... aunque esta parece ser un registro editado recién en el 2007, y leyendo el texto en inglés que trajo Bob parece ser que este álbum es una edición limitada ¿es así Bob?. Un maravilla.
Es para recalcar que su fundador, multi-instrumentalista y líder Józef Skrzek tiene una formación musical clásica, lo que indudablemente le otorga el sentir sinfónico a la banda, así como sus reconocidas instrumentaciones y largas improvisaciones con múltiples toques y brillos musicales: cambios de ritmos y de métricas en mitad de las improvisaciones, y múltiples juegos rítmicos donde se nota un compañerismo musical verdaderamente envidiable, que pocos han logrado alcanzar y menos superar. Y también es de destacar que para mi alegría sus letras están en polaco hasta la actualidad (su último álbum data del 2009 y por suerte la banda aún está en actividad), estos polacos no cesan de entregarnos buena música desde hace casi cuarenta años.
Super ultra recontra recomendado.

moe

Más información en este texto en inglés que trae Bob:

Legendary Polish band starting under the name Silesian Blues Band and formed in 1971 in Siemianowice ŚlĄskie by Józef Skrzek, Apostolis Anthimos and Jerzy Piotrowski. An intense live activity and promotion helped the band become known also outside of the Silesia region. By early 72′ they decided to collaborate with Czesław Niemen and a new group NIEMEN was born. This nice act lasted no more than one year and a half releasing four albums and touring around Europe. Afterwards the trio of Silesian Blues Band shortened their name to SBB (but this time it came from ”Szukaj, Burz, Buduj” aka ”Search, Break, Build’) and continued producing music. In 1974 SBB released their first LP on Polskie Nagrania Muza, a live recording on the 18th and 19th April 1974.
SBB’s LP debut is a monster! In 1974 prog rock reached its peak and there was only way down the mountain in front, however ‘SBB’ sounds as if there had been still much to come. It’s raw, brutal and positively sophisticated at the same time.
An uncompromising blend of unforgetable SBB on-stage energy (which actually became their trademark), white-blues, jazz and psychedelic rock – that’s what this LP really is. They may have recorded better sounding albums after that, but it’s ‘SBB’ that represents the essence of their music. A boundless force in sounds.
All three musicians were absolute virtuosi on their respective instruments and all three composed music. Their unusual approach, power of imagination and disregard of conventions turned them into immediate superstars on the East European music scene, with no rival act to challenge their supremacy for many years. Their influence on the music scene in Poland and other East European countries was enormous and their music and they way they made music served as a model to countless Prog / Fusion ensembles. The lengthy (running for the entire duration of both LP sides) improvisations, with incredible dynamics and changing tempi, moods and themes was quite innovative at the time, and SBB were one of the very few groups who could actually make it work. In retrospect this remains as one of the most important debut Prog / Fusion albums of all time and an absolutely essential piece of any serious record collection.
This limited edition presents the remastered original album in gatefold mini-sleeve packaging and is absolutely impossible to find.

Y otro texto, y basta de reviews, no hacen falta, llévense el disco y listo:

The debut album from Polish band SBB recorded live in 1974 at Stodola Club in Warsaw. This two-disc release contains the recordings of two concerts recorded during the group, which took place on 18 and 19 April 1974. The first disc contains the full concert recording from 19 April, the second contains songs from the 18 April, the 19th band does not play or played in completely different versions. A real treat for fans of the famous Polish band.
An uncompromising blend of unforgetable SBB on-stage energy (which actually became their trademark), white-blues, jazz and psychedelic rock – that’s what this LP really is. They may have recorded better sounding albums after that, but it’s ‘SBB’ that represents the essence of their music. A boundless force in sounds.

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