Longest Tracks In ex-Yugoslavian Prog Rock Scene

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   THE LONGEST TRACKS IN ex-YUGOSLAVIAN PROG ROCK SCENE

One of the key elements of the structure of progressive rock, according to almost all definitions of that music genre, is the existence of long tracks, songs or compositions, that cross the customary time limit of 3-4 minutes of a pop/rock song. 

I will here present a chronological list of the longest tracks from the former Yugoslavian (progressive) rock scene, from the year 1969 through 1990. 

I decided to choose the tracks exceeding the duration of 10 minutes. Although one may argue that even many tracks with duration of 5-10 minutes are long enough and even more typical for progressive rock, I opted for the 10-minutes limitation for the sake of ease of research and concentration on the fewer number of really drawn-out tracks. 

In some early cases, notably INDEXI and KORNI GRUPA, the tracks were recorded but released only many years later; in this case I mentioned the year of original recording. As a rule, I did not count live versions of previously existing studio tracks, unless the live tracks were actually the original, first recordings of the compositions. 

The list presents in the following order: 

the name of the band or the artist
the title of the track
duration of the track
the year of recording (if different from the year of release)
the album title and year of first release (in brackets)

INDEXI – “Negdje na kraju u zatisju” - 11:42 – rec. 1969 (“Indeksi”, 1972)
INDEXI – “Dvojnik” – 10:32 – rec. 1970 (“Sve ove godine”, 1986)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Jedna zena” – 12:46 - rec. 1970 (“Prvo svetlo neobicnog zivota”, 1996)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “1941” – 26:42 – rec. 1971 (“1941”, 1979)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Prvo svetlo u kuci br. 4” – 15:02 – rec. 1971 (“Plima: Progresivna muzika”, 1994)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Put za istok” – 14:13 – (“Korni grupa”, 1972)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Moj bol” – 10:20 – (“Korni grupa, 1972)
MLADI LEVI – “Vspominjem se antimaterije” – 12:25 – (“Boom Pop Festival Ljubljana ‘72”, 1972)
MLINAREC, DRAGO – “Dijete zvijezda” – 12:02 – (“Pjesme s planine”, 1972)
TIME – “Za koji zivot treba da se rodim” – 10:05 – (“Time”, 1972)
GRUPA 220 – “Pop pjevac” – 10:25 – (“Boom Pop Fest ’73, 1973)
BIJELO DUGME – “Kad bi’ bio bijelo dugme” – 10:23 – (“Kad bi’ bio bijelo dugme”, 1974)
DAH – “Prolog/Prohujalo sa vihorom” – 10:12 – (“Veliki cirkus”, 1974)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Not An Ordinary Life” – 10:09 – (“Not An Ordinary Life”, 1974)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Man With A White Flag” – 11:49 – (“Not An Ordinary Life”, 1974)
KORNI GRUPA/KORNELYANS – “Blues” – 10:04 – rec. 1974 (“Mrtvo more”, 1975)
MLINAREC, DRAGO – “Helena lijepa i ja u kisi” – 13:16 – (“Rodjenje”, 1975)
SMAK – “Put od balona (Biska 20)” – 19:00 – (“Smak”, 1975)
BEGNAGRAD – “Jara kaca” – 10:09 – rec. 1976 (“Tastare/Theoldwones”, 1992)
BEGNAGRAD – “Tadolga” – 11:22 – rec. 1976 (“Tastare/Theoldwones”, 1992)
IZVIR – “Sel je popotnik skozi atomski vek” – 11:59 – (“Izvir”, 1977)
MLINAREC, DRAGO – “Cvrkut ptica” – 11:04 – (“Negdje postoji netko”, 1977)
IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI – “Soft Explosion” – 11:38 – rec. 1978 (“Soft Explosion Live”, 1991)
IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI – “Inner Flow” – 12:04 – rec. 1978 (“Inner Flow”, 1991)
IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI – “Drives” – 16:42 – rec. 1978 (“Drives”, 1993)
IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI – “Warriors” – 13:10 – rec. 1978 (“Drives”, 1993)
INDEXI – “More” – 11:23 – (“Modra rijeka”, 1978)
MLINAREC, DRAGO – “Cirkus” – 10:15 – (“Sve je u redu”, 1978)
SMAK – “Ponocni lovac/Biska 18” – 11:06 – (“Stranice naseg vremena”, 1978)
TAKO – “Druga strana mene” – 16:39 – (“Tako”, 1978)
SONCNA POT – “Hrepenenje” – 11:24 – (“Soncna pot”, 1979)
TOPIC, DADO – “Konji neosedlani” – 13:17 – (“Neosedlani”, 1979)
IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI – “Igrac” – 10:12 – (“Vrt svetlosti”, 1980)
RISTOVSKI, LAZA – “2/3” – 10:54 – (“2/3”, 1983)
IDIOGEN – “Can You See” – 11:45 – (“Drive You Mad”, 1987)
ANASTASIA – “Na rjekah vavilonskih” – 12:44 (“Na rjekah vavilonskih”, 1990)
ANASTASIA – “Premin” – 11:00 - (“Na rjekah vavilonskih”, 1990)

I hope this list will be useful for people interested in digging out peculiar information from this region. Of course, any addition or correction to this list is more than welcome...

I am also working on a more extended essay under the working title “Prog Under Tito: Introduction To Yugoslavian Classic Progressive Rock”, which I intend to post here when finished. 

Sincerely,
Sead S. Fetahagic