Flamengo - Kure V Hodinkach CD (expanded / remastered)
SKU
28-Supraphon 6069
"Flamengo were among the leading late sixties beat bands in Prague. They released seven singles between 1967 and 1969. Frantisek Francl was their eminent guitar player at the time, gracing their material (most of which was self-written, although they also made a great cover version of John Mayall's "No Reply" with stinging fuzztone passages. The second part of their history started with the arrival of woodwind player Jan Kubík and Vladimír Misik, who was previously vocalist and lyricist for Blue Effect. Kure V Hodinkách (1972) contained energetic progressive jazz-rock somewhere between Jethro Tull, Colosseum, Traffic and Cream. For some reason the Czech authorities found the lyrics too provocative and subsequently the record was banned."-Scented Gardens of the Mind.
This is the 40th anniversary edition of this Czech proto-progressive album, the only album released by the band, as the kerfluffle over the lyrical content caused the record to be banned and the band quickly died.
The overall sound is reminscent of Colosseum and early King Crimson (sans mellotron, avec Ian McDonald's saxisms) lots of great heavy organ. Contains 3 bonus tracks and nice packaging.
This band not only didn't catch a break, they nearly went to jail and they deserved much better.
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