Live in Yugoslavia
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Live in Yugoslavia is a live album
from the punk band the Anti-Nowhere League
. It was recorded in Moša Pijade
Hall in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
on April 24, 1983 and released and pressed later in the same year in England on I.D Records. The CD
was anecdotally edited to remove foul language and crude references to the recently deceased former president Tito
, but nothing was edited or removed on the original 1983 vinyl release.
The LP was recorded live using the mobile equipment of Radio Zagreb. The engineer was Mladen Skalec and the recording consultant was Enco Lesic. The recording was later additionally mixed by Ted Sharp and the band members at the Rockfield Studios
.
The LP cover was designed by Crunchic and Sirc Nirbag and the art featured artist's impression of the Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
with its map on fire. Back cover contained photographs of the members taken by Goranka Matic on the streets of Zagreb.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
from the punk band the Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League is an English punk band, formed in 1980 by lead singer Animal , guitarist Magoo , Tony "Bones" Shaw on drums and Chris "Baggy" Elvy on bass.-Early days:...
. It was recorded in Moša Pijade
Moša Pijade
Moša Pijade , nicknamed Čiča Janko was a prominent Yugoslavian/Serbian Communist of Sephardic Jewish origin, a close collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, former President of Yugoslavia, and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.In his youth, Pijade was a...
Hall in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
on April 24, 1983 and released and pressed later in the same year in England on I.D Records. The CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
was anecdotally edited to remove foul language and crude references to the recently deceased former president Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
, but nothing was edited or removed on the original 1983 vinyl release.
The LP was recorded live using the mobile equipment of Radio Zagreb. The engineer was Mladen Skalec and the recording consultant was Enco Lesic. The recording was later additionally mixed by Ted Sharp and the band members at the Rockfield Studios
Rockfield Studios
Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings have been made.-History:...
.
The LP cover was designed by Crunchic and Sirc Nirbag and the art featured artist's impression of the Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of three equal horizontal bands colored in pan-Slavic colors, blue , white and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center...
with its map on fire. Back cover contained photographs of the members taken by Goranka Matic on the streets of Zagreb.
Track listing
(all songs written by the Anti-Nowhere League except where noted).- Let's Break The Law
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) - Let The Country Feed You
- We Will Survive
- Snowman
- I Hate People
- For You
- Going Down
- Woman
- Can't Stand Rock 'n' Roll
- So What
- Reck-A-Nowhere
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) - We Are The League