Yugoton - Polska & Yugoslavia

The album Yugoton is a Polish remake of old Yugoslavian pop-rock songs from 1980's. This period of Yugoslavian modern music is better know as New Wave (Novi Val). "Yugoton" or "Jugoton" was actually the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. Beside Polish remake album I made a compilation of original songs from Yugoslavia..... Enjoy :)

Special notice to song No.1. Malcziki by Kazik and Maljciki by Idoli. It has part of lyrics in Russian language.



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Info from Wikipedia:
Yugoton is a tribute album released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001.

It features cover versions of eminent artists from SFR Yugoslavia such as: Električni orgazam, Idoli, Bajaga i Instruktori, Haustor, Prljavo kazalište and Parni valjak. Most of these artists were formerly involved in the Yugoslav New Wave scene. The songs including the main single from the Prljavo kazalište's Crno bijeli svijet album, are performed in Polish by the cover band Yugoton feat. the Polish artists: Katarzyna Nosowska, Paweł Kukiz, Olaf Deriglasoff, Ryszard „Tymon” Tymański and others. The CD also has CD ROM multimedia features for PC use.

The album is a tribute to the former Yugoslav music scene. Even its very title is a nod to the Yugoslav record industry, specifically its largest and most prominent state-owned record label Jugoton, which was very popular among the youths behind the Iron Curtain, including the Poles, who couldn't travel freely to western countries and thus had difficulties accessing western music. One of their solutions around this was going shopping to socialist Yugoslavia which was not an Eastern Bloc country, and as such more open to western influences. As a result, Yugoslav records gained a cult status around Eastern Europe and became a sort of symbol of the western popular culture. Another reference to the Yugoslav records and Jugoton can be found in the film Sonnenallee (which takes place in the former East Germany), in the scene with the record smuggler.

Many of the former Yugoslav artists were touring Poland, which also had a vibrant music scene including punk rock and new wave music as well as other genres with large fanbase. In 1981 the former Yugoslav band Azra released the song Poljska u mome srcu (Poland in my heart) to boost the morale of the Polish people in the struggle of their worker's union Solidarity against the dictatorship of Wojciech Jaruzelski, while Električni orgazam released the album titled Warszawa '81 for Jugoton in 1982. Also a support to the Polish opposition was expressed by the British punk rock band Angelic Upstarts.

The ties between the two scenes still exist. Vlada Divljan from Belgrade's Idoli and Darko Rundek from the Zagreb-based Haustor were invited as guests to the Yugoton project. They are featured on the photo on the CD cover of Yugoton together with the Polish artists.

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Yugoton - Polish Version
Tracklist:
01 Kazik - Malcziki
02 K. Nosowska & P. Kukiz - Rzadko Widuje Cie Z Dziewczetami
03 R. Tymanski - Dziewczenta W Letnich Sukienkach
04 Kazik - Czarno-Bialy Swiat
05 K. Nosowska - Gdy Miasto Spi
06 Olaf Deriglasoff - Falochron
07 Kazik - Elektryczny Orgazm
08 K. Nosowska - To Byla Sobota
09 P. Kukiz - Ema
10 G. Nawrocki - W Sercu Miasta
11 P. Kukiz - O Nic Nie Pytaj
12 Olaf Deriglasoff - 1000 Kawalkow

And here is a compilation of original Yugoslavian songs from 1980's. Songs are extracted from different albums just for this occasion an that is the reason for different sound volume of the tracks. Several prominent New Wave bands are performing their songs, starting from Idoli, Haustor, Prljavo Kazaliste, Parni Valjak, Elektricni Orgazam, Jura Stublic & Grupa Film, Aerodrom i Bajaga.

Yugoton - Yugoslavian Version
Tracklist:
01 Idoli - Maljciki
02 Idoli - Retko Te Vidjam Sa Devojkama
03 Haustor - Moja Prva Ljubav
04 Prljavo Kazaliste - Crno Bijeli Svijet
05 Aerodrom - Obicna Ljubavna Pjesma
06 Bajaga - 442 Do Beograda
07 Elektricni Orgazam - Kako Bubanj Kaze
08 Jura Stublic & Film - Zamisli Zivot U Ritmu Muzike Za Ples
09 Haustor - Ena
10 Jura Stublic & Film - Dom
11 Parni Valjak - Uhvati Ritam
12 Jura Stublic & Film - Neprilagodjen