''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' (trans. ''Marble, Stone and Iron'') is the third live album by Yugoslav

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, released in 1987. Released as a double album, the material was recorded throughout 1987 during the band's tour in support of their '' Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'' album. ''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' was the band's last album to feature keyboardist

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, who unofficially left the band after the album release.

Background

The album was recorded during 1987, on the tour on which the band promoted their 1986 album '' Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo''.''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs
/ref> The album offered a retrospective of the band's work, featuring songs from their early singles to their latest album. The title track is a cover of a hit by the Yugoslav

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band . The album featured similar

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iconography as the bands' previous two releases, ''

'' and ''Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'': the track "A milicija trenira strogoću" begins with "

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" melody, during the intro to "Svi marš na ples" the singer

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shouts "Bratsvo! Jedinstvo!" (" Brotherhood! Unity!"), and the album cover features a photograph from the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. ''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' was the band's last album to feature keyboardist Vlado Pravdić. He left the band after the album release, dedicating himself to computer business. However, he continued to occasionally perform with the band, on larger concerts, and was, until the end of the band's activity, still considered an official member.

Track listing

Reception

Despite the fact that the concerts on the tour were praised, the album was disliked by the critics. Most of them considered ''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' the band's worst live album. The band's leader,

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stated about the album: "My intention wasn't to make a live album. I just wanted to record some of Bijelo Dugme arrangements."

Personnel

- vocals *

- guitar, producer *

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- bass guitar, producer * Ipe Ivandić - drums *

- keyboard *

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- keyboard

Additional personnel

*Amila Sulejmanović - backing vocals *Lidija - backing vocals * Zumreta Midžić - backing vocals *Božidar Lukić - engineer *Braco Radović - engineer *Rajko Bartula-Doktor - engineer (studio) *Goranka Matić - photography *

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- photography *Kemal Hadžić - photography

References

''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs

External links

''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs
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