Mourner's Rhapsody is an English-language album by Czesław Niemen, recorded in 1974 in New York, USA. Michał Urbaniak invited his friends (also some members of the famous Mahavishnu Orchestra) to support Niemen after his earlier band left to re-initialise their own band SBB (Silesian Blues Band), which now became short for Search, Breakup and Build, Sound Beyond Borders and similar. The album was released in West Germany (1974), the United Kingdom (1975) and the United States (1976). It was re-released on CD in 1993.
Despite the top class cast and progressive music the album didn't sell as good as the initial Polish Enigmatic, which reached a cult status, or even the earlier albums recorded for CBS Records International with SBB (grupa Niemen), e.g. Strange Is This World and Ode to Venus (between 1972 and 1974 SBB participated on 5 albums of Niemen and were called Grupa Niemen at this most creative period).[2]
In 1974 SBB released their very own first live album SBB (1), which immediately reached cult status in all Central Europe and Soviet Union (where it was distributed illegally in underground) and also across the Iron Curtain presenting a new vital direction in progressive rock music already present in some form on their 5 albums recorded with Niemen. Ufortunately Mourner's Rhapsody didn't present this kind of freshness and vitality (also present in Mahavishnu Orchestra) and in 1975 Niemen cast a new Polish band. His new band presented on Niemen Aerolit included a phenomenal guitarist Sławomir Piwowar, who eventually joined SBB in 1978.
After Niemen passed in 2004 Michał Urbaniak joined SBB in 2016 recording with the band 2 albums.
^Czesław Niemen - Bema pamięci rapsod żałobny / Mourner's Rhapsody (video clip of the initial Polish release)
^NIEMEN - Mourner's Rhapsody (the CBS Records International version, incl. discography overview)
April 13, 2024
mourner, rhapsody, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mourner s Rhapsody news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mourner s Rhapsody is an English language album by Czeslaw Niemen recorded in 1974 in New York USA Michal Urbaniak invited his friends also some members of the famous Mahavishnu Orchestra to support Niemen after his earlier band left to re initialise their own band SBB Silesian Blues Band which now became short for Search Breakup and Build Sound Beyond Borders and similar The album was released in West Germany 1974 the United Kingdom 1975 and the United States 1976 It was re released on CD in 1993 Mourner s RhapsodyStudio album by Czeslaw NiemenReleased1974GenreJazz rockart rockprogressive rockLength39 01 LP 48 10 CD LabelCBS LP N amp N Records CD Czeslaw Niemen chronologyRussische Lieder 1974 Mourner s Rhapsody 1974 Niemen Aerolit 1975 Alternative covers1993 CD ReissueProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingTeraz Rock 3 2004 linkThe main title Mourner s Rhapsody is a remake of Niemen s cult status initial version issued in 1970 on Enigmatic on which Michal Urbaniak also participated 1 Despite the top class cast and progressive music the album didn t sell as good as the initial Polish Enigmatic which reached a cult status or even the earlier albums recorded for CBS Records International with SBB grupa Niemen e g Strange Is This World and Ode to Venus between 1972 and 1974 SBB participated on 5 albums of Niemen and were called Grupa Niemen at this most creative period 2 In 1974 SBB released their very own first live album SBB 1 which immediately reached cult status in all Central Europe and Soviet Union where it was distributed illegally in underground and also across the Iron Curtain presenting a new vital direction in progressive rock music already present in some form on their 5 albums recorded with Niemen Ufortunately Mourner s Rhapsody didn t present this kind of freshness and vitality also present in Mahavishnu Orchestra and in 1975 Niemen cast a new Polish band His new band presented on Niemen Aerolit included a phenomenal guitarist Slawomir Piwowar who eventually joined SBB in 1978 After Niemen passed in 2004 Michal Urbaniak joined SBB in 2016 recording with the band 2 albums Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 Extended version 1993 CD reissue 2 Personnel 3 ReferencesTrack listing edit Lilacs And Champagne 4 05 lyrics Norman Simon I ve Got No One Who Needs Me 4 14 lyrics Norman Simon I Search For Love 4 51 lyrics Norman Simon Baby M 5 17 lyrics Norman Simon Inside I m Dying 5 34 lyrics Norman Simon Mourner s Rhapsody 15 00 lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid translation Norman Simon Extended version 1993 CD reissue edit Prelude 3 19 intro from divided track Mourner s Rhapsody Mourner s Rhapsody 12 35 Lilacs And Champagne 4 05 I Search For Love 4 55 I ve Got No One Who Needs Me 4 14 Baby M 5 18 Inside I m Dying 5 35 Half Way Around the World 4 21 new track lyrics Norman Simon I m Reaching Out To The People 3 48 new track lyrics Norman Simon Personnel editCzeslaw Niemen vocal piano Fender piano mellotron organ moog Jan Hammer drums Michal Urbaniak violin Rick Laird bass guitar Don Grolnick piano Dave Johnson percussion Seldon Powell flute John Abercrombie guitar Steve Khan guitar Carl Rabinowitz guitar Erin Dickins vocal Gail Cantor vocal Tasha Thomas vocal Choir under direction of Howard RobertsReferences edit Czeslaw Niemen Bema pamieci rapsod zalobny Mourner s Rhapsody video clip of the initial Polish release NIEMEN Mourner s Rhapsody the CBS Records International version incl discography overview Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mourner 27s Rhapsody amp oldid 1090688496, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
