41 Potencjometrów Pana Jana
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41 Potencjometrów Pana Jana ("41 Mr. Jan's Potentiometers") is a posthumously released live album
by Czesław Niemen. It contains recordings from an improvised concert, performed at the Riviera club, Warsaw
, on 9th May 1974 by his "Aerolit" project. The tape, "cut and mixed" by scissors and scotch tape by Niemen himself and Janusz Kosiński, was stored in the archives of Polish Radio.
The full concert was 82 minutes long, but the recording was shortened by Niemen and added to the archives in the late 1970s. The title "41 Potencjometrów Pana Jana" came from the name of Janusz Kosiński (who Niemen referred to as "Jan") who helped edit Niemens material, and the number of minutes of material that they kept from the original concert. (In fact, they had only eight potentiometer
s).
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by Czesław Niemen. It contains recordings from an improvised concert, performed at the Riviera club, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, on 9th May 1974 by his "Aerolit" project. The tape, "cut and mixed" by scissors and scotch tape by Niemen himself and Janusz Kosiński, was stored in the archives of Polish Radio.
The full concert was 82 minutes long, but the recording was shortened by Niemen and added to the archives in the late 1970s. The title "41 Potencjometrów Pana Jana" came from the name of Janusz Kosiński (who Niemen referred to as "Jan") who helped edit Niemens material, and the number of minutes of material that they kept from the original concert. (In fact, they had only eight potentiometer
Potentiometer
A potentiometer , informally, a pot, is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used , it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. Potentiometers are commonly used to control electrical devices such as volume controls on...
s).
Personnel
- Czesław Niemen - Mini Moog, MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, vocal - Jan Błędowski - electric violinElectric violinAn electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body...
- Piotr Dziemski - drums
- Jacek Gazda - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Sławomir Piwowar - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...