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Karel KrylKarel Kryl (12th April, 1944 - 3rd March, 1994) was Czech popular author and interpret of many "protest songs" in which he strongly criticized and identified shortcommings and inhumanity of the communist regime. Born 12. April 1944 in Kromeriz, today Czech Republic, son of Karel Kryl and Marie Krylova. His father owned printing business, which was confiscated from the family in 1948 upon communist take over. Karel Kryl moved to Prague in 1968, as an assistant in Czechoslovak TV. In his spare time he plays his songs in numerous small clubs. When armies of Warsaw Pact occupied Czechoslovakia August 21, 1968 to supress the democratization movement Prague Spring, Karel Kryl releases album Bratricku zavirej vratka (English: Close the Gate, Little Brother), full of songs describing Karel's disgust over the occupation, life under the communist rule, and rude inhumanity and stupidity of the regime. The album was released in early 1969 and was banned and removed from shelves shortly after. This work became icon of anti-communist movement for years to come - when Karel returned from exile in 1989 during the Velvet Revolution, almost every little child in Czechoslovakia knew the lyrics of these songs by heart. Faced with certain imprisonment, Karel Kryl left Czechoslovakia in 1969, and lived in West Germany. Most of the time in exile Karel Kryl worked for Radio Free Europe. In exile, Karel Kryl released number of albums. Some of his songs almost became tradicionals, known by everybody in the Czech Republic, sung by all campfires. During the enthusiastic November days in 1989, Karel Kryl returned to Czechoslovakia only to experience bitter disappointment with the transformation of society. On March 3, 1994, just a month before his fiftieth birthday, Karel Kryl died of a heart attack in Munich hospital. Discography - Bratricku, zavirej vratka /Close the gates, little brother/ (Panton 1969)
- Rakovina /Cancer/ (issued in v exile 1969, reissue Bonton 1990)
- Plavacek (issued in exile, reissue Safran 1983)
- Tekute pisky /Liquid sands/ (issued in exile, reissue Bonton 1990)
- Maskary (issued in exile, reissue Bonton 1991)
- Monology /Monologues/ (issued in exile, reissue Janez 1992)
- Dopisy /Letters/ (issued in exile, reissue Bestia 1992)
- Karavana mraku /Caravan of clouds/(issued in exile, reissue Bonton 1994)
Singles - Carmina Resurrectionis (EP Boton 1990)
Compilations - To nejlepsi /The Best/ (Bonton 1993)
- Dekuji /Thank you/ (Bonton 1995)
- Jedufky (Bonton 1996)
- To nejlepsi 2 /The Best 2/ (Bonton 1998)
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