Steady Social Club - Take One (Self-published)

The band is composed of veterans of the Polish ska-scene who already knew each other as members of Vespa ((Maciek Januchowski - guitar, keyboards, vocals, Bartlomiej Ko?cia?ski - bass, guitar and keyboards, and Artur Grochowski - drums, percussion and keyboards), a well-known Polish ska-band. For the vocal work Ania Teliczan, Wioletta Baran and Boris Borowski (of Spartan Allstars) were invited to tag along.

In addition, all tracks were recorded in analogue fashion on a 16-track Tascam MS-16 tape recorder and mixed in mono, each track being recorded in one take (hence album title 'Take One'). Even the cover illustration of the album was handcrafted, as it's a linocut by Katarzyna Pawlikowska.

In the track list, we'd like to highlight two personal favorites: first 'Set Me Free', in which Wioletta Baran creates a Chrissie Hynde-like vibe, and secondly the more up-tempo 'Friend Or Foe', with Boris Borowski on vocals. Enjoyable Polish rocksteady-pioneering!