Marathón - LP

This LP presents a reissue of Olympic’s pivotal 1978 album Marathón. At the time, the band expanded its instrumental line-up and was preparing for several important projects. The album is still exploratory to some extent, but the arrival of permanent bassist Milan Broum suggests that, after a brief turn towards pop, the band is ready to return fully to rock. The nine tracks include two compositions by Petr Hejduk, while the remaining music traditionally comes from Petr Janda. Taky jsem se narodil bos, Tak jedem dál and Černá kronika became radio and concert favourites, with lyrics by Zdeněk Borovec on the first two. Broum’s bass drives the title track and several other songs. The restored cover is accompanied by an extensive text by Oldřich Zámostný, while nine CD bonus tracks include related singles, the hit Ty slzy dávno vpila tráva, a selection from the English-language album Overhead, previously unreleased live recordings from 1977–1980 and the legendary instrumental Sprcha. The remastered album is a historically valuable work anticipating Olympic’s emerging art-rock trilogy. The tracklist includes Jako kluci začli jsme hrát, Mráz, Černá kronika, Tak teto, tady je to, Marathón, Taky jsem se narodil bos, Nech to být and Tak jedem dál.