NIEMEN - Enigmatic (1969) / STEREO 1st PRESS / TOPCOPY
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TITEL :NIEMEN - Enigmatic (1969) - kommt als megarare 1st PRESS STEREO Pressung SXL 0576 auf MUZA (Poland Only Press). Als MONO ist diese LP öfters zu finden - aber als STEREO Pressung mit dem Original der "Mourner´s Rhapsody" (die er später in leicht abgeändertem Arrangement nochmal auf Englisch gesungen 1974 eingespielt hat) ist sie im VINYLZUSTAND mint - MEGARAR! Das FOC Cover aus dünner Pappe hat nur leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Rand und dürfte auch kaum besser zu finden sein, also vg+(+)! MUSIKALISCH SEINE ABSOLUT BESTE PLATTE - TRY TO FIND ANOTHER ONE IN MEGARARE STEREO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Review :"A milestone in Niemen's career and definitely one of the most significant albums in Polish rock music history!
"Enigmatic" caused many controversies in the time of its release due to using in the first track - "Bema pami?ci ?a?obny - rapsod" - the text of a poem by a great Polish romantic poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid. That was something unusual back then.
This track, to which the cover refers, is an over sixteen minutes long suite which you can divide in two parts. The first part is sort of a long intro (almost a half of the song!) in which Niemen creates a solemn atmosphere with a help of church bells and a heavy, expressive sound of his Hammond organs whilst the choir sings the motto of the poem (a quote from Hannibal - " Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi") and repeats it a couple of times. With the first words of the poem - "Czemu, Cieniu, odje?d?asz..." - Niemen finally comes in after eight minutes and from this moment the music changes. The Hammond organs are drawn back in the background. The choir comes back after a while but doesn't advance to the foreground also. Here and there a bluesy guitar drops in. All this is emphasized by a distinct rhythm played on the percussion and warm bass play. Niemen's singing is very emotional (his main inspiration in this matter, as he admited himself, were soul singers, like James Brown e. g. to whom he was compared).
You can find the poem "Bema pami?ci ?a?obny - rapsod" in every Polish textbook and therefore Niemen's composition used to be played in schools during Polish language classes.
The remaining three songs are nice jazzy compositions, also based on poems by important Polish poets, in which Niemen is supported in his singing by a female vocal group Alibabki (with a very good effect, especially in choruses of the second track, "Jednego serca", where their combined voices sound really powerful). What is also noticeable is the presence of two saxophonists, young Micha? Urbaniak being one of them (he plays also the flute)"!
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