Czeslaw Niemen - Czlowiek Jam Niewdzieczny (A.K.A. Red Niemen) [1971]

01. Człowiek Jam Niewdzięczny
02. Aerumnarum Plenus
03. Italiam, Italiam
04. Enigmatyczne Impresje
05. Nie Jesteś Moja
06. Wróć Jeszcze Dziś
07. Mój Pejzaż
08. Sprzedaj Mnie Wiatrowi
09. Zechcesz Mnie, Zechcesz
10. Chwila Ciszy
11. Muzyko Moja

Musicians:
Jacek Mikuła (Hammond-org),
Tomasz Jaśkiewicz (g),
Janusz Zieliński (bg),
Czesław Bartkowski (dr),
Zbyszek Namysłowski (as),
Janusz Stefański (perc),
Czesław Niemen (voc, fl), 
Krystyna Prońko, Zofia Borca, Elżbieta Linkowska, (back voc)

Czesław Niemen (the real name is Czesław 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 świat" (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 pamięci żałobny - 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. ---Bob (ClemofNazareth), progarchives.com

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