Captions for covers released during the group’s classic period (1974-1981)
Captions for covers released during the group’s classic period (1974-1981)
The LP SBB (1974) captures a concert that lasted an hour and a half on each of two days (18 and 19 April) days, consisting of essentially one long work each time. The recording was shortened to forty minutes - due to the fact that this was the length that could fit on a single vinyl record.
The title of the 1975 LP, Nowy horizont [New Horizon] was the idea of Paweł Brodowski, who would go on to become the long-time editor-in-chief of Jazz Forum and who translated works by Czesław Niemen and SBB into English. This album is also highly regarded by Steven Wilson and the band Opeth. Recorded in 1975 and released in 1976, Pamięć [Memory] is undoubtedly one of the most important achievements in the entire history of Polish progressive rock. The album Ze słowem biegnę do ciebie [With Words I Run to You], recorded in 1977, was released in autumn 1978 and featured two suites, which were originally intended to be performed with a symphony orchestra. Due to the lack of funds, all that remained was the unforgettable sound of Moog synthesisers. Halina Frąckowiak’s LP Geira (1977) stands out in the history of SBB, as the artist is the only one with whom the trio recorded an album. In 1980, she sang on Józef Skrzek’s album Józefina. It was while working on this album that the idea was born to record an album with Józef Skrzek setting Kazimierz Wierzyński's poems to music – Ogród Luizy (released in 1981). The album SBB (Wołanie o brzęk szkła [Cry for the Clink of Glasses]) (1978) was released by the Czechoslovakian record company Supraphon. The music shows a complete balance between the three personalities of the artists. The album Slovenian Girls (1979), on the other hand, is the same album, but with an edited cover and different song titles, published for the West German market. 1978 also saw the release of Follow My Dream, the first album published in West Germany. It was also then that the SBB trio released the album SBB (Amiga), recorded in turn in the neighbouring German Democratic Republic. The following year brought the epochal release Welcome, SBB’s second album in the West, combining sophistication with accessibility, making it the band’s most popular album. And then there is Memento z banalnym tryptykiem [Memento of a Banal Triptych]. The album was recorded in1980 and released a year later, when SBB no longer existed as a group. It was the first album by the band to feature a fourth musician, guitarist Slawomir Piwowar. It is also the last album released during the classic period of SBB.