CZESLAW NIEMEN - Dziwny jest ten swiat (Strange is this world) (Vinyl)

2007 vinyl re-release of 1967 milestone of Poland's best psychedelic music.

Label: Polskie Nagrania - Muza
Catalog No.: XL-0411 (2007)
Format: Vinyl Record (LP)

GENUINE, BRAND NEW, MINT, SHRINK-WRAPPED VINYL RECORD (NOT CD), DIRECT IMPORT FROM ORIGINAL LABEL IN POLAND. This is a re-release of the original album with original mastering and original artwork.

Tracks:
1. Gdzie to jest
2. Nigdy sie nie dowiesz
3. Ten los zly los
4. Cos, co kocham najwiecej
5. Wspomnienie
6. Nie wstawaj lewa nogąa
7. Dziwny jest ten swiat
8. Jeszcze swoj egzamin zdasz
9. Chcialbym cofnac czas
10. Pamietam ten dzien
11. Nie dla mnie taka dziewczyna
12. Chyba, ze mnie pocalujesz
13. Jaki kolor wybrac ch
14. Prosze, przebacz
15. Domek bez adresu

Performed by:
Czeslaw Niemen - vocal, piano, Hammond organ
Pawel Brodowski - bass guitar
Tomasz Jaskiewicz - guitar, back vocal (5,14,15)
Tomasz Butowtt - drums
Marian Ziminski - piano, organ
Alibabki Vocal Group - back vocals (3,7,9,13)

Recorded:
1967, Poland

Video Clips:
Dziwny jest ten swiat (1)

Dziwny jest ten swiat (2)

 

About:
Czeslaw Niemen (the real name is Czeslaw Juliusz Wydrzycki) was born in Stare Wasiliszki (Old Vasilishki), a village in Byelorussia, Soviet Union, in 1939. In 1958 he has repatriated to Poland. His scenical name is a pseudonym taken after the name of the river Niemen. Debuted as a rock and soul singer in the early 1960’s. He recorded ”Dziwny jest ten swiat” (Strange Is This World) as a major Polish protest song in 1967, and was an early pioneer of psychedelic music in communist Poland in the late 60’s. He recorded three albums with the band Akwarele, as well as later works with Enigmatic, Grupa Niemen, and Aerolit. His first self-acclaimed progressive work was entitled “Enigmatic”, and was released in 1969. The most notable song from it was “Bema pamieci zalobny - rapsod” (A Mournful Rhapsody, in memory of Jozef Bem, a Polish solider who served as a Polish Army general in the Polish War of Independence (November Uprising).
Like “Rhapsody”, many of the other songs from “Enigmatic” were based Polish folk poetry. During his progressive period Niemen played keyboards extensively, including a Hammond, and later a mellotron and finally a Moog synthesizer.
In the early 70’s Niemen recorded three albums for CBS International (Schaelplatten), including a 1974 release entitled Mourner's Rhapsody with Jan Hammer and Rick Laird of Mahavishnu Orchestra, electric violin and saxophonist Michal Urbaniak of Fusion, bassist the late Seldon Powell of the Buddy Rich Band, and session pianist the late Don Grolnick. The album featured a fifteen minute version of “A Mournful Rhapsody”. In the latter 70’s Niemen’s musical work tended more toward jazz/fusion, and even electronica. He released seven additional albums and a retrospective collection before he passed of cancer in 2004.
text courtesy ofo Bob (ClemofNazareth) and progarchives
 

Manufacturer: Polskie Nagrania - Muza
SKU:	XL0411