Breakout was a Polish

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band, formed on 1 February 1968.

History

After a few years of playing as Blackout, the first performance of Breakout took place at the Musicorama festival in February 1968. In April the new bass player - Michał Muzolf, joined the group. In June the band toured in the countries of

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. After the band returned to

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, they became one of the most famous Polish rock bands, owing much to a new sound-kit brought from western

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, but also as they were arguably the first group to play blues rock in Poland. In November, Breakout played a few concerts all around Poland. In January and February 1969 their song "Gdybyś kochał, hej!" topped the radio chart list. In 1969 they released their first album ''Na drugim brzegu tęczy'', which they had recorded without K. Dłutowski, but with Włodzimierz Nahorny, who played the saxophone and flute. In August, Breakout took the new bass-player Piotr Nowak, but just at the beginning of 1970, he was replaced by

Józef Skrzek Józef Franciszek Skrzek (born 2 July 1948, Siemianowice, Silesia, Poland) is a Polish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer, an important figure in Polish rock. Life In his early career, Skrzek was associated with the groups Ślężani ...

. The same year

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(manager) left the band. In 1970, the band was more and more criticised by Polish mass media for pro-West lifestyle and long hair. As a result, the radio and TV stopped broadcasting their songs. In 1971, Breakout accomplished arguably their best album: ''

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''. It was recorded by:

Tadeusz Nalepa Tadeusz Nalepa (26 August 1943 in Zgłobień, Poland – 4 March 2007, Warsaw) was a Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist, and lyricist. Career Nalepa graduated from the Music Academy in Rzeszów in the departments of violin, clarinet a ...

(vocal, lead guitar), Dariusz Kozakiewicz (guitar), Tadeusz Trzciński (harmonica), Jerzy Goleniewski (bass), Józef Hajdasz (drums). Next year they recorded their fourth album ''Karate''. After the recording was finished Jan Izbiński (vocal) joined for a short time. ''Karate'' turned out to be their best selling work to date. In 1973 year Włodzimierz Nahorny left Breakout, and the musicians helped to record the solo album of Mira Kubasińska ''Ogień''. Between 1973 and 1975 the band went on concerts to

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and the

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. In 1974 Breakout recorded their fifth album ''Kamienie'', which was recorded by:

(lead guitar, harmonica, vocal), Winicjusz Chróst (guitar), Zdzisław Zawadzki (bass), Wojciech Morawski (drums). On 21 November 1974, the band received the Golden Plate for ''Karate''. Throughout 1975 there were many personal changes within the band, and at the beginning of the next year the personnel was established as: Mira Kubasińska (vocal), Tadeusz Nalepa (guitar), Zbigniew Wypych (bass), Bogdan Lewandowski (keyboards), Andrzej Tylec (drums). With these members Breakout recorded an album called ''NOL''. Fans had to wait till 1979 for the new album. ''Żagiel ziemi'', recorded with Roman "Pazur" Wojciechowski, was a part of the Olympian Triptych prepared for the Olympics 1980 in

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, and simultaneously they recorded next album called ''ZOL''. The band ceased to exist in 1982 when the band leader

began the solo career. Up to the present day the band has been often reactivated for various events and concerts. On 19 June 2007, in Rzeszów, the Breakout Festival was organized in memory of Mira Kubasińska and Tadeusz Nalepa.

Band members

(1943–2007) -

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*Mira Kubasińska (1944–2005) - vocal *Janusz Zieliński -

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*Krzysztof Dłutowski -

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*Józef Hajdasz -

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Discography

Studio albums

*''Blackout'' (1968) *''Na drugim brzegu tęczy'' (1969) *''70A'' (1970) *''

'' (1971) *''Karate'' (1972) *''Ogień'' (1973) *''Kamienie'' (1974) *''NOL'' (1976) *''ZOL'' (1979) *''Żagiel ziemi'' (1980)

Compilations

*''Blackout (2)'' (1994) *''Breakout 1969/70'' (1996) *''Ballady'' (1995)

External links

Nalepa's Discography

(English)
Polish Rock Archives: Breakout

Festival Breakout
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