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Something else, Drew, I reckon you're aware of that the term "behind the Iron Curtain" is a very political one.
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A very good idea of a thread except from I only can make a top 3 Embarrassed (alphabetically):

Fermata (CSSR) - Piesen z Hol (1976)
The Gunesh Ensemble (USSR) - Gunesh (1980)
SBB (PPR) - 2: Nowy Horyzont (1975)

and I'm even not quite sure that I'll consider Nowy Horyzont as Jazz-Rock, even definitely much influenced by Mahavishnu.


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Thanks, Hughues! There are definitely a few here I'll be checking out (though nothing beyond the 1980s). 

I've given Modry Efekt many chances to impress me but it backfires every time: I keep getting a sour feeling to all of their blues-based sounds and constructs. I think that's the main thing. That and their lack of effects and pure "rock" sound. They might be impressive instrumentalists but their music is just not something I've been able tolerate for long. 

I forgot to include Fermatá's debut in my list.
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I put in everything from the old "Eastern Bloc", not always JR/F and not always 70's-only, but very often

12           Compassionizer                 Narrow Is the Road      Rus        2022     

12           Szabo, Gabor    Macho Hun       1975     

11           Fermata              Fermata              Svk         1975      Fusion

11           Fermata              Huascaran          Svk         1977      Fusion

11           Flamengo           Kure V Hodinkach           Cze        1972     

11           Fren      Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside Pol         2020     

11           Fren      Wiosna                Pol         2022                      

11           Igra Staklenih Perli          Igra Staklenih Perli          Ser         1979     

11           Kolyadin, Gleb  Gleb Kolyadin   Rus        2018     

11           Korai Öröm        Korai Öröm        Hun       1995                      

11           Modry Efekt      Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik      Cze        1975     

11           Modry Efekt      Svitanie               Cze        1977     

11           More Experience            From Acid Dreams          Pol         1997     

11           Phoenix               Cantofabule      Rom      1975     

11           Plastic People of the Universe  Kolejnice Duni (Rails Rumble) (1977-1982)          Cze        1982  
   
10           Collegium Musicum       Konvergencie   Svk         1971     

10           Collegium Musicum       Collegium Musicum & Marian Varga      Svk         1975     

10           Fermata              Piesen Z Hol (Songs from Ridges)            Svk         1976      Fusion

10           Igra Staklenih Perli          Soft Explosion Live         Ser         1978       

10           Kornelyans         Not an Ordinary Life      Ser         1974     

10           Korni Grupa       Korni Grupa       Ser         1972     

10           Leb I Sol               Leb I Sol               Mac       1978     

10           Leb I Sol               2             Mac       1979                      

10           Metamorphosis               Dip         Cze        2002                      

10           Namyslowski, Zbigniew               Winobranie (Wine Feast)            Pol         1973     

10           Narajama            Vytancuj chmury             Cze        1996     

10           Narajama            V Tom Vine Je Nalhano                Cze        1997     

10           Phoenix               Mugur de Fluier               Rom      1973     

10           Plastic People of the Universe  Pulnocni Mys (Midnight Mouse)             Cze        1986     

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I've been on a massive exploration of the beginning and "Classic Years" of Jazz-Rock Fusion for the past year.
I've been so impressed with how many bands from "behind the Iron Curtain" produced great albums during this decade. Here are my 10 Favorite so far (in order):

SBB Pamiec (1976) from Poland (Upper Silesia) 
FIRYUZA / Фирюза Firyuza / Фирюза (1979) from Soviet Union (Turkmenistan) 
SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem (1981) from Poland (Upper Silesia) 
DEN ZA DEN Den Da Zen (1980) from Yugoslavia (Macedonia) 
FERMATA Huascaran (1977) from Czechoslovakia (Slovakia) 
LABORATORIUM Modern Pentathalon (1976) from Poland 
JAZZ Q Pozorovatelna (The Watchtower) (1973) from Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) 
GUNESH ENSEMBLE Gunesh (1980) from Soviet Union (Turkmenistan) 
TIHOMIR POP ASANOVIC Majko Zemljo (1974) from Yugoslavia (Macedonia) 
ENERGIT Energit (1975) from Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) 
IZVIR Izvir (1977) from Yugoslavia (Slovenia) 
IMPULS Impuls (1977) from Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) 


 
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