
Abaddon - Jarocin '84 LP
Warsaw Pact Records Warsaw Pact Records, in cooperation with the Trasa W-Z Archive and SPR Jarocin, presents the first release from a vinyl series documenting live recordings of punk/hardcore bands who appeared at the infamous Jarocin festival which took place in Poland in the mid 1980’s. Over the last few years, there have been numerous book, press, and film studies summarizing the multidimensionality and culture-forming aspects of what was the biggest festival behind the Iron Curtain. Some sound archives have come to light, but in this area there are still many gaps to be filled. After the appearance of NOCNE SZCZURY at the Jarocin festival in 1980 - thanks to the festival organizers' openness to this new form of expression - punk music came to the fore during subsequent editions. This contributed greatly to the explosion of punk in Poland from 1982 to 1986. With time, punk rock became one of the main and most distinctive elements of this diverse event.During a time when the release