01	Revival						11:53
	02	Counterpoint - Original Version						04:16
	03	Solaris Suite						18:09
	04	Distant Fire						04:35
	05	Undefeatable - 1980						09:04

Back to the Roots
Official bootleg


This material was live recorded on September 28, 1980, in the E-Building of the Technical University. That was the last time we played together in the original formation.

May 17, 2000

It's not a dream, it is REALITY !!! The first part of the SOLARIS archives is on the market !!! You can listen to the very first songs from the SOLARIS on a brand new CD: SOLARIS archive 1. - Back to the Roots. The first period of the band's life between February and September from 1980 - interesting live versions of some legendary SOLARIS themes and some unpublished compositions.

A citation from the cover text:

"Even just to put it down is frightening: we were formed twenty years ago! There are four class reunions (held every five year), five football world championships, five Olympics, a transition to a new political system behind us; we're after Gorbachev and Reagan, we still remember the Radio Free Europe, the broadcast breaks on Mondays, the 2.80-forint sausages, the tram on Lajos Kossuth street, Torocsik (a football player), who almost spat in the judge's face at the match against the Argentines; a time when Western LP's could only be bought at the flea market or on Museum Boulevard, when Laszlo Cseke and Gyorgy Komjathy represented two separate worlds yet and when we were convinced that Bela Bartok would stay with us forever on the thousand-forint banknote - and so on, an endless flow of things, hopelessly impalpable for our children .

The Solaris has almost become an item on the above list - a memory in the head of those who are fond of keeping old things. As it has become the fate of most Hungarian progressive bands.

It did not happen so, due to our good luck. Good luck and to several fanatics who have helped a lot to the Solaris to meet the audience.

We would like to celebrate this 20-year anniversary with them and with everybody who has ever been touched by our music. We have searched and found recordings never published before, or early, unpublished versions of music recorded in a different way in the old days."

On the next archive issues you can follow the SOLARIS-sound transformation step by step:concert for concert: These recordings technically are not ideal but you can feel the fresh power of these songs which undetectable in the studio recordings (much more feeling, much more noise:) !

Tracks:

1. Revival 11:53

2. Counterpoint - original version 4:16

3. Solaris Suite parts: 18:09
Ancient Viking
Solaris
Waves of the Dune

4. Distant Fire 4:36

5. Undefeatable - 1980 9:05

Time total:
48:01


Performed by: The Original Formation:

Istvan Cziglan - guitars
Robert Erdesz - keyboards
Attila Kollar - flute
Attila Seres - bass
Vilmos Toth - drums