''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' () is the third live album by Yugoslav

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Bijelo Dugme () is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. is widely considered to have been the most popular and the best-selling band ever to exist in the former S ...

, released in 1987. Originally released as a

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, 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 release to feature keyboardist Vlado Pravdić.

Background

The album was recorded during 1987, on the promotional tour for the band's 1986 album '' Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'' (''Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia'').''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs
/ref> The album offered a retrospective of the band's work, featuring songs spanning from their early singles to their latest album. The title track did not previously appear on any of the band's studio albums. It is a cover of a hit by the Yugoslav

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band Roboti. The album featured similar Yugoslavist iconography as the bands' previous two releases, ''

'' and ''Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'': the track "A milicija trenira strogoću" ("And

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Trains Strictness") begins with the melody of "

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", during the intro to "Svi marš na ples" ("Everybody Dance Now") the singer

Alen Islamović Alija "Alen" Islamović (born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He is best known as the lead singer of Bosnian and Yugoslav rock bands Divlje jagode from 1981 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989. Born Alija Islamović in Bihać ...

shouts "Bratsvo! Jedinstvo!" (" Brotherhood! Unity!"), and the album cover features a photograph from the 5th Congress of the

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. ''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

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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 most of the Yugoslav music press. Most of the critics considered ''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' the worst of the band's three live albums released up to that point. The band's leader,

Goran Bregović Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...

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

Personnel

- vocals *

- guitar, producer *

Zoran Redžić Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bo ...

- bass guitar, producer *

Ipe Ivandić Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (December 10, 1955 – January 12, 1994) was a Bosnian rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme. Early life Ivandić was born to father Josip and mother Mirjana in the central Bosnian town of Vareš wh ...

- drums * Vlado Pravdić - keyboard *

Laza Ristovski Lazar "Laza" Ristovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Лаза Ристовски, ; 23 January 1956 – 6 October 2007) was a Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms ...

- keyboard

Additional personnel

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

Ivo Pukanić Ivo Pukanić (21 January 1961 – 23 October 2008) was a Croatian journalist. He was best known as editor-in-chief of the once influential Croatian political weekly ''Nacional (weekly), Nacional''. In 2008, assassination of Ivo Pukanić, Pukanić ...

- photography *Kemal Hadžić - photography

References

''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs

External links

''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mramor, Kamen I Zeljezo Bijelo Dugme live albums 1987 live albums Diskoton albums