Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík

by The Blue Effect

Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Supraphon
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Length: 38:00
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anchored by Radim Hladík's exceptional guitar work, this instrumental album pivots The Blue Effect away from their earlier blues roots toward expansive, jazz-infused progressive rock. The compositions are vast and intricate, securing the record's reputation as a high-water mark for Eastern European progressive musicianship.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, instrumental, space, guitar-driven, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Boty (10:05)
  2. Čajovna (4:05)
  3. Skládanka (5:55)
  4. Ztráty A Nálezy (5:20)
  5. Hypertenze (12:35)

Credits

  • The Blue Effect - primary artist
  • Radim Hladík - primary artist, guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar [havajská kytara], effects [kruhový modulátor], music by, arranged by, lead guitar, acoustic guitar [španělka], lead guitar, lead guitar, effects [kruhový modulátor]
  • Josef Kůstka - bass guitar, violin, vocals, chorus [sbor], violin [electric], soloist, bass guitar
  • Vlado Čech - drums
  • Jiří Stivín - performer [guest], flute, alto saxophone, flute, voice
  • Martin Kratochvíl - performer [guest], piano, soloist, electric piano
  • Lešek Semelka - piano, organ, vocals, chorus [sbor]

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