Vocalist and organ player Czeslaw Niemen was another huge star in Poland, so this record is hardly ‘garage’. Like the Skaldowie LP, there are great graphics on the cover, and Niemen’s outfit is classic Sonny Bono meets Carnaby St. His singing is also over the top, often trying to be James Brown-ish funky and Tom Jones-like soulful within the same line. I suspect he personified state-approved ‘rebellion’.

This LP is his second, from 1968. Of the songs I’ve chosen, I think “The Brazen Shout” (“Spizowy Krzyk”) may work best, though “Unwanted” definitely has a funky backing track and a familiar-sounding horn arrangement. “And If” uses the bass riff from Hendrix’s “Hey Joe”.

His band Akwarele (Watercolors) included Tomasz Jaśkiewicz (guitar), Paweł Brodowski (bass), Marian Zimiński (piano, organ) and Tomasz Butowtt (drums). He is supposed to have some other good singles and sides that I haven’t heard, like “Let’s Play Bo-Peep” (Baw Sie W Ciuciubabke).

Niemen continued recording into the late 1980s at least, and has since died. Dozens of videos await you on YouTube if you’re so inclined, including some cool live footage from ’67.