Grupa Stress
On A Hard Rock Way 1972-1973
This album collects the complete set of the band's preserved recordings from 1972-1973, recorded at four radio sessions. For those who don't know Stress's music, we'll inform you that it was the first real Polish power trio. The band played a raw and quite dark type of rock, characterized by heavy but catchy riffs, brilliant guitar solos, dynamic drumming and a monumental bass sound. Stress also didn't shy away from sound experiments (like playing a tape backwards) and expanding their instrumentation with a flute, vibraphone and violin. It's hard to believe that in the PR studio in Poznan, this almost completely forgotten band recorded truly fantastic material, standing on a European level, which beats most of the highly overrated recordings of the then aces of Polish rock. The material has been remastered straight from the master tapes and sounds great, the cover was decorated with photos from the Stress archive, and the CD is released in a fold-out, laminated card sleeve, which is a faithful replica of the identical vinyl release additionally a special envelope for the CD with photos of the band.