Olympic
Prázdniny na Zemi…?

  • Format: LP
  • Band: Olympic
  • Title: Prázdniny na Zemi…?
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: progressive Rock
  • Rating: 4
  • Release Year: 2020
  • Recording Year: 1979
  • Production Year: 1980/2020
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6598-1
  • Color of the Label: orange
  • Edition: 2020
  • Extras: 180 gram vinyl, inner sleeve, insert
  • EAN: 099925659813
  • Weight: 293 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



40 years since its original publication, and still quite relevant

The first of a trio of conceptual Olympic albums. The ecological lyrics (Zdeněk Rytíř) were slightly provocative in our country at that time, the pro-composed rock music (Petr Janda) was comparable worldwide. The album did not generate a clear hit, but it is musically more compact and listener-intensive. Olympic composed of P. Janda, M. Berka, M. Broum and P. Hejduk. Guitar and vocal unmistakable, keyboards with a leaning towards synthesizers, with a slightly Pink Floydian mood at times, but always completely original.

Known as “Prázdniny na Zemi” (Holidays on Earth), but the three dots and question mark at the end of the title make sense. It may not have been a pretty trip, maybe not even to Earth, but reasons to think about the treatment of our planet certainly were. Historically, the most comprehensive Olympic linking of music and lyrics, less “singular”, sounding strong. The sound has been remastered from the original master tapes, including the original linking of tracks and the abrupt ending. The cover was reconstructed from happily found original slides by A. Pajer. The LP, with printed inner sleeve and insert sheet, contains a wealth of interesting information, documents and photographs.

The third of the jubilee reissues of the Olympique albums.

Tracklist



Side A


1. Přílet 5:57
2. Kraj, odkud odletěli ptáci (ptáci) 4:51
3. Co všechno se tu může stát (voda) 4:34
4. Nechoď dál! (město) 3:11

Side B


1. Strom 4:09
2. Vzdálenosti (země) 3:58
3. Rezervace motýlů 3:03
4. To nic, to jen vzduch (vzduch) 3:28
5. Návrat 4:49