Synkopy 61 (later just Synkopy)

co-founders of Brno rock scene in the early 60's, together with Blue Effect and Olympic the main representatives of Czech Rock School of 70's and 80's. Beginning in the west-coast style inspired by Beach Boys, later changed to a melodic hard rock (Uriah Heep-like) up to symphonic rock (Kansas-like), a little cramped trying to make "big art".

Members : Michal Polak voc (i-v); Pavel Vane voc,gt(i-ii); Jan Carvas bg(i-v); Petr Smeja-gt,voc(i-v,1); Jiri Rybar-dr, voc(i-v,1-4); Pavel Pokorny kb,vln,voc(iii-v,1-3); Oldrich Vesely kb,voc(1-4); Vratislav Lukas gt,voc(1-2); Emil Kopriva-el.gt, voc(1); Milos Makovsky gt,bg(2-3); Vilem Majtner bg,voc(3-4); Milos Moravek gt(4)

Discography:

Slunecni hodiny (Panton 1981) ****+

Kridleni (Panton 1983, English version 1986 as Flying Time) ***

Zrcadla (Panton 1985)

Dlouha noc (Panton 1990)

Singles (selections of the oldest ones):

i. Valka je vul (Supraphon 1968) ***+

ii. Mel jsem rad tvou penezenku...(EP Panton 1968) ***+

iii. Buh lenosti/Casanova (Discant 1969)

iv. Ja slysim muzy/Byl jednou jeden kral (Panton 1970) ****

v. Robinson/Park (Panton 1973)

Compilations:

Valka je vul / The Best Of (FT Records 1995)

Valka je vul Vol. 2 / Hits 1967-1979 (FT Records 1996)

Valka je vul Vol. 3 / Unreleased hits & rarities (FT Records 1996)

Sample: Cerny racek / Black Seagull (album 1., 56", 329 kb)

Links: Synkopy 61 on Czech Wikipedia ; Official Site