Olympic was Czecho Slovakian Top Band. They Started as Rock'n'Roll
band. In late '60s they changed their music to prog rock.
Matadors were Dzecho Slovakian Band.This is their first album.
The Flamengo Group (Czechoslovakia)
Siluete (Yugoslavia)
Their classic line-up included (apart from Kossela): Krzysztof
Klenczon- g, voc, Bernard Dornowski - g,voc, Seweryn Krajewski - bg, voc
and Jerzy Skrzypczyk - dr, voc. The last two guys had to pick nicknamesbecause
they were still musical high-school students at the time and so banned
from playing in a "big-beat" combo. They did a lot of gigs at the seaside
launching the slogan "We play and sing the loudest in Poland".
Their shows continued to draw thousands of young fans. The rising popularity
enabled them to go into the studio to record in May for the radio and in
the fall for their first EP (EPs were a standard record format at the time
in Poland; 45's were much rarer than in the West). In late '66 they recorded
their first lp "To wlasnie my" (released in '67). Their second album "2"
was sold in record 260 000 copies and the band started to sweep the board
in all kinds of rankings, charts andcompetitions.



Seweryn Krajewski , Jerzy Skrzypczyk, Krzysztof Klenczon,
Bernard Dornowski
Their music was largely influenced by the British Invasion, especially
the Beatles. They persisted with that cheerful,psychedelia-uncontaminated
sound until '69 even though it had been long outdated in the West. Although
they didn't rock very hard, they were talented songwriters. The result
was they produced hit after hit and even if one doesn't like their poppy
style, it should be admitted though they never did a cover! This is really
exceptional'cause the bands that released 3 lps worth of material in the
'60s without a cover could be
counted on the fingers of one hand.
However, in 1967 Kossela left and then in 1970 Klenczon
did to form Trzy Korony, a much tougher outfit. Krajewski took the lead
but the band turned to mainstream folklore-tinged pop, perhaps not of interest
to the
reader of this page. They disbanded around 1979. Now they are the best
remembered 60's band in Poland.
Trivia: the band received a special mention from Billboard in 1969.
Nebesko Czarni is another Polish band.The name means the Blue'n'Blacks.

Omega(Hangally) They became famous progressive rock band later.