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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2007 at 14:19
Well, I'm also interested in Indexi classic album "Modra Rijeka". Great stuff, from the samples I've heard.
 
I've just ordered my copy on e-bay.Wink


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 05:20
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Hi friends,
 
how about this german site specialized in prog from ex-yugoslavia and eastern europe?
 
 
 
I would like to order some Smak's stuff!


Nice list! A few suggestions if I may:

2330 LP 1982 Idoli: Odbrana i poslednji dani (psych. Rock) inn.sl or Jt ex++ /ex+ 35 €
2431 LP 1973 Lisac, Josipa: Dnevnik jedne ljubavi (Rock - prog. Rock) foc or Jt ex+ /ex-- 60 €
2463 LP 1976 Mihajlovic, Radomir - Tocak & Smak: R. M. Tocak (prog. Rock) foc or RTV ex++ /ex 60 €
2612 LP 1977 Smak: Crna dama (prog. Rock) 2 inn.sls or RTB ex++ /vg++ 60 €
2661 LP 1978 Tako: Same (prog. Rock) inn.sl or RTV ex+ /ex-- 75 €
2662 LP 1980 Tako: U vreci za spavanje (prog. Rock) co or RTB ex++ /ex- 100 €
2675 LP 1972 Time: Same (prog. Rock) or Jt ex++ /vg++ 75 €
2752 2LP 1975 Kongres rock majstora (Rock & Heavyrock) foc or Jt ex+ /ex-- 100 €
Josip Bocek (Korni Grupa, 4 x); Vedran Božic (Time, 4 x); Goran Bregovic (Bijelo Dugme, 4 x); Miodrag Kostic (Yu Grupa, 4 x)
2754 LP 1975? Pro Arte / Indexi (Poprock & prog. Rock live) *Balkanton/BG BTA 1630 red or? * ex /vg 30 €
Indexi (4 x); Pro Arte (8x)


I see they're quite pricey. Most of them are re-issued on CD, pricing at
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 05:36
Thanks for the suggestions. I will go for the cd versions, though. I usually don't buy vinyls (and the prices are slightly more accessible...12 Euros...Embarrassed).
 
Time are on my list along already with Smak's Crna Dama.
 
I have a triple cd compilation with many bands and artists. Tako look good too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 08:15
They seem to have a great catalogue, even including some Romanian stuff, but they don't say what exactly they have in stock and what not. The list is exactly the same as it was almost a year ago when I first checked it, so I have some doubts...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 08:38
I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
 
 
 
Part 1:
Aerodrom - Kad misli mi vrludaju (1979) YUG
Bebic, Toma - Oya noya (1980) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Dozivjeti stotu (1980) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Uspavanka za Radmilu M (1983) YUG
Bijelo Dugme - sta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (1975) YUG
Boom Pop fest '73 (1973) YUG
Boom Pop fest '74 (1974) YUG
Boom Pop festival Ljubljana 72 (1972) YUG
Buco i Srdjan - Vece je nas prijatelj (1974) YUG
Buldozer - Izlog jeftinih slatkisa (1980) YUG
Buldozer - Nevino srce (1983) YUG
Buldozer - Noc (1995)
Buldozer - Rok end roul (1981) YUG
Buldozer - zivi bili pa vidjeli (1979) YUG
Cod - Bijeli Bagremi (1978) YUG
Dah - Povratak (1976) YUG
Dah - Veliki cirkus (1974) YUG
Den za den - Den za den (1979) YUG
Divlje jagode - Motori (1982) YUG
Don Huan - Drzte lopova (1983) YUG
Don Huan - Ugasi luc (1982) YUG
Dr. Project Point Blank - Blues (1984) YUG
Dr. Project Point Blank - Dr. Project Point Blank (1985) YUG
Drugi nacin - Drugi nacin (1975) YUG
Drugi nacin - Ponovo na putu (1982) YUG
Dzejbi - Dzejbi (1981) YUG
Gordi - covek (1978) YUG
Grupa 220 - Slike (1975) YUG
Had - SunŸani dan (1973 single) YUG
Hobo - Hobo (1975) YUG
Igra staklenih perli - Drives (1978) YUG
Igra staklenih perli - Inner Flow (1978) YUG
Indexi - Indexi (1974) YUG
Indexi - Modra riijeka (1978) YUG
Kornelyans - Not an Ordinary life (1974) YUG
Korni grupa - Korni grupa (1972) YUG
Kovac, Kornelije - Izmedju Svetlosti i Tame (1977) YUG
Leb i sol - Kalabalak (1983) YUG
Leb i sol - Leb i sol (1978) YUG
Leb i sol - Leb i sol 2 (1978) YUG
Leb i sol - Sledovanje (1981) YUG
Lisac, Josipa - Dnevnik jedne ljubavi (1973) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Sve je u redu (1978) YUG
More - More (1974) YUG
Pomaranca - Orange III (1985 tape rip) YUG
Pomaranca - Orange III (1985) YUG
Pop masina - Kiselina (1973) YUG
Predmestje - Kamasutra (1982) YUG
Rezonansa - Hitovi (1991) YUG
Smak - Smak (1975) YUG
Sobic, Miladin - Oziljak (1981) YUG
Sobic, Miladin - Umesto gluposti (1982) YUG
Suncokret - Moje bube (1977) YUG
Tako - Tako (1978) YUG
Tako - U vreci za spavanje (1980) YUG
Tantadruj - Tantadruj (1989) YUG
Teska Industrija - Zasviraj i za pojas zadjeni (1978) YUG
Vatreni poljubac - Recept za rock 'n' roll (1979) YUG
Yu grupa - Kako to da svaki dan (1974) YUG
Yu grupa - Yu grupa (1973) YUG
Yu grupa - Yu grupa (1975) YUG

Part 2:
Anastasija - Na rjekah vavlionskih (1990) YUG
Arandjelovic, Boris - Iz profila (1982) YUG
Asanovic, Tihomir Pop - Majko zemljo (1974) YUG
Atomsko skloniste - Infarkt (1978) YUG
Ave - Zakaj so vsi pozabili (1979 single) YUG
Begnagrad - Begnagrad (1982) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Eto! Bas Hocu! (1976) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (1974) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Koncert kod hajducke cesme (1977) YUG
Brecelj, Marko - Cocktail (1975) YUG
Clan - Motor hocu, mama (1977) YUG
Domijan, Darko - Stani bar na tren (1974) YUG
Elektricni orgazam - Elektricni orgazam (1981) YUG
Grupa 220 - Prolazi jesen (1968 single) YUG
Grupa 92 - Od sestih do dveh (1980 single) YUG
Igra staklenih perli - Igra staklenih perli (1979) YUG
Igra staklenih perli - Soft Explosion Live (1978) YUG
Ipe i Laza - Stizemo (1977) YUG
Jutro - Dobro jutro (1980) YUG
Kladivo konj in voda - Vidov ples (1983) YUG
Korni grupa (with Dado Topic & Josipa Lisac) - Poema 1941 (1979) YUG
Korni grupa - Miris (1974 single)
Korni grupa - Mrtvo more (1975) YUG
Kovacic, Jani - Jani Kovacic (1980) YUG
Leb i sol - Beskonacno (1981) YUG
Leb i sol - Rucni rad (1979) YUG
Lepo je (1982 compilation) YUG
Mama rock - Pokreni me (1985) YUG
Marjanov cudni zajec - Svinjam dijamante (1985) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - A ti se ne daj (1971) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Negdje postoji netko (1977) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Pjesme s planine (1972) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Pomaknuto (1983) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Sabrano (1980) YUG
Na lepem prijazni - Na lepem prijazni (1980) YUG
Nepocin - Svijet po kojem gazim (1977) YUG
Novi punk val (1981 compilation) YUG
Oko - Raskorak (1976) YUG
Opus - Opus 1 (1975) YUG
Orange - Madbringer (1983) YUG
Pankrti - Namesto tebe (1981 single) YUG
Paraf - A dan je tako lepo poceo (1980) YUG
Paraf - Izleti (1981) YUG
Paraf - Rijeka (1979 single) YUG
Pejakovic, Zlatko - Lice (1976) YUG
Petkovski, Miki - Ko zna (1978) YUG
Pomaranca - Peklenska pomaranca (1981) YUG
Pop masina - Na izvoru svetlosti (1975) YUG
Pop parada (1977) YUG
Popovic, Davorin & Indexi - Svaka je ljubav ista (1976)
Predmestje - Brez naslova (1977) YUG
Predmestje - Danes, vceraj in ... (1979) YUG
Predmestje - Hazard (1980) YUG
Pro arte - Pruzi mi ruke ljubavi (1970) YUG
Sedmina - 2. dejanje (1982) YUG
September - Domovino moja (1979) YUG
September - Zadnja avantura (1976) YUG
Slovenska gruda - Pesmi (1983) YUG
Smak - Dab in the middle (1978) YUG
Smak - Stranice naseg vremena (1978) YUG
Stijene - Cementna prasina (1981) YUG
Stijene - Jedanaest i petnaest (1982) YUG
Suncokret - Gde ces biti lepa kejo (1976 single) YUG
Time - Time 2 (1975) YUG
Tocak, R. M. - R. M. Tocak (1976) YUG
Yu grupa - Opasno (1978 single) YUG
Sarlo akrobata - Bistriji ili tuplji covek biva kad (1981) YUG

Part 3:

Atomsko skloniSte - Ne cvikaj generacijo (1978) YUG
Azra - Azra (1980) YUG
Azra - Filigranski ploCnici (1982) YUG
Azra - Izmedju krajnosti (1987) YUG
Azra - Krivo srastanje (1984) YUG
Azra - Ravno do dna (1981) YUG
Azra - SunCana strana ulice (1981) YUG
Balkan - Gola istina (1982) YUG
Balkan - Na brdovitom Balkanu (1983) YUG
Bijelo dugme - Bitanga i princeza (1979) YUG
Boom Pop fest '76 (1976) YUG
Brecelj, Marko - Parada (1981 single) YUG
BregoviC, Goran - Goran BregoviC (1976) YUG
BuldoZer - Ako ste slobodni veCeras (1982) YUG
BuldoZer - Pljuni istini u oCi (1975) YUG
BuldoZer - Zabranjeno plakatirati (1976) YUG
Dr Spira i ljudska biCa - Dijagnoza (1980) YUG
Ekatarina velika - Samo par godina za nas (1989) YUG
Fire - Could You Understand Me (1973) YUG
Galija - Druga plovidba (1980) YUG
Idoli - Odbrana i poslednji dani (1982) YUG
Igra staklenih perli - Vrt svetlosti (1980) YUG
Indexi - Indexi (1972) YUG
Indexi - Modra rijeka (1978) YUG
Indexi - Plima (1972 single) YUG
Jimi Hendrix Reincarnation - And Don't Get Mad Now (1989)
Jugoslavenska pop selekcija - Slatka Lola (1975)
Jutro - Prema suncu (1976 single) YUG
Kongres - Zarjavele trobente (1984) YUG
Kongres rock majstora (1975) YUG
Kovacic, Jani - Ljudje (1983) YUG
Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstars (1996) NSK
Laibach - Let It Be (1988) YUG
Laibach - NATO (1994) NSK
Lacni Franz - Ikebana 1981(YUG)
Leb i sol - Akusticna trauma (1982) YUG
Mlinarec, Drago - Rodjenje (1975) YUG
Oddelek 8 - Quartar (1979) YUG
Pankrti - Dolgcajt (1980) YUG
Pekinska patka - Plitka poezija (1980) YUG
Rani mraz - Odlazi cirkus (1980) YUG
Riblja corba - Kost u grlu (1979) YUG
Riblja corba - Mrtva priroda (1981) YUG
S vremena na vreme - Moj svet (1977 compilation) YUG
S vremena na vreme - S vremena na vreme (1975) YUG
Smak - Crna dama (1977) YUG
Smak - Zasto ne volim sneg (1981) YUG
Teska industrija - Ho-ruk (1976) YUG
Teska industrija - Jahorina (1975 single) YUG
Teska industrija - Kadija (1975 single) YUG
Yu grupa - Yu zlato (1976 compilation) YUG
YU Record Collector Dream - Singles
 
 
 
 
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What to say?
 
How huge this progressive rock scene was!Clap


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2007 at 08:41
This will be one of my next purchases:
 
 
Smak - Crna Dama (1977)
 
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...and also this one:
 
 
Korni Grupa - s/t (1972)
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 05:37
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Well, I'm also interested in Indexi classic album "Modra Rijeka". Great stuff, from the samples I've heard.
 
I've just ordered my copy on e-bay.Wink
 
arrived!!!Big%20smile
 
 
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raw and magnific! Folky and symphonic, light and heavy, dreamy, sad, instinctive, genuine, poetic (the sound is truly).
 
Someone has already defined it an unrefined gem for his ancestral and direct beauty.


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And it has a lovely cover...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 06:40
Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

And it has a lovely cover...


And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 09:27
Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

And it has a lovely cover...


And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 05:44
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Well, I'm also interested in Indexi classic album "Modra Rijeka". Great stuff, from the samples I've heard.
 
I've just ordered my copy on e-bay.Wink
 
arrived!!!Big%20smile
 
 
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raw and magnific! Folky and symphonic, light and heavy, dreamy, sad, instinctive, genuine, poetic (the sound is truly).
 
Someone has already defined it an unrefined gem for his ancestral and direct beauty.
 
The song "More" is stunning!!Clap
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Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Well, I'm also interested in Indexi classic album "Modra Rijeka". Great stuff, from the samples I've heard.
 
I've just ordered my copy on e-bay.Wink
 
arrived!!!Big%20smile
 
 
ClapClapClap
 
 
 
raw and magnific! Folky and symphonic, light and heavy, dreamy, sad, instinctive, genuine, poetic (the sound is truly).
 
Someone has already defined it an unrefined gem for his ancestral and direct beauty.
 
The song "More" is stunning!! Their MAGNUM OPUS.Clap
 
Impressive work on bass guitar!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2007 at 09:17
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

This will be one of my next purchases:
 
 
Smak - Crna Dama (1977)
 
 
 
Ordered today my copy on cd!Tongue
 
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Wow, I was just a few days off this site and what news took place.
Andrea, congrats for your purchase of "Modra rijeka" and "Crna dama", they are both essential prog from YU. Clap
 
Kalemegdan Disk is a good place to look for these gems, although I never myself bought anything from them (I stick to mp3 format for archival purposes...Embarrassed)
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2007 at 09:49
Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

And it has a lovely cover...


And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
 
Hi, I found the translation of "Modra rijeka" title track:
 

Blue River

by Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar
English translation by Darja Bekan

Nobody knows
Where it is
Little we know
But it’s known

Beyond the mount
Beyond the valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Through mortal,
Through bitter
Through haw thorn,
Through thorn bush,
Through heat,
Through restraint,
Through suspicion,
Through doubt,
Beyond nine, beyond ten.

Even deeper,
even stronger,
beyond silence,
beyond darkness.
Where roosters
never crow.
Where horn
Can’t be heard.
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Beyond the reason,
beyond God.

There’s one Blue river.
It’s wide.
It’s deep.
It’s hundred years
Wide and
thousand years deep it is.
Don’t even dream
About its length.
That’s murk and darkness
Full of grieving.

There is one Blue river.

There is one Blue river.

We should cross that river.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since it is a true poetry, not meant to be sung, I cannot say how accurate the translation is. Poetry translation is the very art as such, me guess...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:17
Originally posted by Seyo Seyo wrote:

Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

And it has a lovely cover...


And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
 
Hi, I found the translation of "Modra rijeka" title track:
 

Blue River

by Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar
English translation by Darja Bekan

Nobody knows
Where it is
Little we know
But it’s known

Beyond the mount
Beyond the valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Through mortal,
Through bitter
Through haw thorn,
Through thorn bush,
Through heat,
Through restraint,
Through suspicion,
Through doubt,
Beyond nine, beyond ten.

Even deeper,
even stronger,
beyond silence,
beyond darkness.
Where roosters
never crow.
Where horn
Can’t be heard.
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Beyond the reason,
beyond God.

There’s one Blue river.
It’s wide.
It’s deep.
It’s hundred years
Wide and
thousand years deep it is.
Don’t even dream
About its length.
That’s murk and darkness
Full of grieving.

There is one Blue river.

There is one Blue river.

We should cross that river.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since it is a true poetry, not meant to be sung, I cannot say how accurate the translation is. Poetry translation is the very art as such, me guess...
 
AND YET ANOTHER TRANSLATION OF THE SAME SONG:
 
Mak Dizdar
DARK BLUE RIVER
 

None can say where it is found
We know little but 'tis known

Beyond mountain, beyond valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight

And still sadder and still madder
Over weary, over bitter

Over hawthorn, over thornbush
Over drought and over hindrance

Over dread and over doubt
Beyond nine and beyond ten

There below beneath the earth
Over yonder beneath the sky

And still deeper and still fiercer
Beyond silence, beyond nightfall

Where the roosters do not crow
And the horn's voice is unknown

And still sadder and still madder
Beyond mind and beyond God

For there is a dark blue river
It is broad and it is deep

It is broad one hundred years
A thousand summers is its depth

And its length not to be thought
Murk and darkness unrelenting

For there is a dark blue river

For there is a dark blue river
And that river we must cross


Translated by Wayles Browne
© 2007 Wayles Browne
of the Mak Dizdar Foundation

 
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Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

Originally posted by andu andu wrote:

And it has a lovely cover...


And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
 
I also found translation of another song from that album, "Slovo o covjeku", here it is Smile
 
Mak Dizdar
A WORD ABOUT MAN
 

First

Enclosed within a body encased in skin
You dream of heaven's fecund return

Housed in a brain imprisoned in a heart
The sun you revere from this dark cave 

Imprisoned in flesh locked up by these bones
How can this space

To heaven be bridged?

Second

Confined in a ribcage captured by silver
In your grandeur no finer than the peasant

Enclosed within a body shut in by skin
You dream that this earth with heaven agrees

Wrenched from heaven bread and wine you desire
But will your dwelling

Your home ever be?

Third

Locked in flesh encaged by bones
These bones your flesh will gore 

Wrenched from heaven bread and wine you desire
But stone and smoke are all there are

Of these two hands is one not yours?
The one who wants

The other to kill?

Fourth

Encased in a brain captured in a heart
The sun you call ceaselessly from the dark pit

You dream of heaven drawing nigh 
Through blades of grass the body drunkenly swerves

Held fast by roots immersed in blood
In this sorrowful dance

Are you last or first?

Fifth

In that sorrowful dance neither last nor first 
You are a gathering for creatures and a playground for worms

Trapped in a body that makes itself a grave 
When will the body from its own accord

act? 

Translated by Keith Doubt
© 2007 Keith Doubt
Published with permission of the Mak Dizdar Foundation

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Wow, it's very impressive list of Yugo bands.
I'll try to add a brief note to each of them for explanation (in blue):
 
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
 
Part 1:
Aerodrom - Kad misli mi vrludaju (1979) YUG (good symphonic prog, sounds like YES)
Bebic, Toma - Oya noya (1980) YUG (avant singer/songwriter, humour surreal topics of Dalmatia region, rough voice like Tom Waits)
Bijelo dugme - Dozivjeti stotu (1980) YUG (popular ska/new wave, not interesting for prog)
Bijelo dugme - Uspavanka za Radmilu M (1983) YUG (pop phase of the band, not good)
Bijelo Dugme - sta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (1975) YUG (essential mix of heavy prog rock and so-called "shepherds rock" (Balkan folk influence), recommended for prog listeners)
Boom Pop fest '73 (1973) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Boom Pop fest '74 (1974) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Boom Pop festival Ljubljana 72 (1972) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Buco i Srdjan - Vece je nas prijatelj (1974) YUG (acoustic singer/songwriter duo reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, nice melodic light folk rock)
Buldozer - Izlog jeftinih slatkisa (1980) YUG (good album but not essential to prog, contains diversity of styles from punk to polka to reggae to psyche)
Buldozer - Nevino srce (1983) YUG (the worst album by the band, only for fans)
Buldozer - Noc (1995) (very good "come back" album, recommended, heavy prog moments)
Buldozer - Rok end roul (1981) YUG (nice experiment and/or joke - rockabilly 50s with hilarious lyrics as usual, mini LP, musically not prog)
Buldozer - zivi bili pa vidjeli (1979) YUG (another mini LP, film soundtrack, not essential, for fans)
Cod - Bijeli Bagremi (1978) YUG (a campy pop glam rock group recorded this album which has some prog rock elements, notably the title track)
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2007 at 17:08
Thanks Seyo for the valuable info and for the translations, very much appreciated. Clap
 
 
I knew Modra Rijeka was inspired by real poems but the english version is waaay more accessible to me...Embarrassed
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