Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Tracklist

Side A

1. Kako bubanj kaže 4:09
2. Klinci traže zabavu 3:30
3. Pričam o tebi 4:53
4. Ja želim promene (Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby) 7:04
5. Tetovirane devojke (U.F.O. je stigao) 4:56

Side B

1. Fras u šupi 4:32
2. Beograd 7:34
3. Skamenjen 5:02
4. Volim te 5:58

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Croatia Records Release Information

Forty years after the release of the fourth album “Kako bubanj kaže” (As the Drum Says) by Električni Orgazam (Electric Orgasm), Croatia Records presents its remastered rematch as an anniversary reissue, in deluxe packaging and on translucent blue vinyl, thus continuing the systematic publication of the discography of these Belgrade punk and rock legends as richly equipped vinyl LPs.

Originally released in 1984, the album “Kako bubanj kaže” was a signal of changes within Električni Orgazam. Already the previous album “Les chansones populaires” (The Popular Songs), with interpretations of songs previously recorded by The Doors, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and others, hinted a departure from their punk beginnings, in order to “Kako bubanj kaže” open Električni Orgazam new and wider music horizons.

For the first time, it contains also the song “Tetovirane devojke” (Tattooed Girls), which was originally released only on the cassette version of the album. Srđan “Gile” Gojković, the “spiritual director” of Električni Orgazam, says in an interview he gave to Zoran Tučkar on the occasion of the release of reissue: “I am really sorry that “Tetovirane devojke” which I perceive as an integral part of “Kako bubanj kaže” were not on vinyl. It was one of the songs of a never realized project with Ivan “Piko” Stančić called “Hijene” (Hyenas). We had a few songs that were later part of Električni Orgazam albums. “Blue Moon” ended up on “Les Chansones Populaires”, “Vidim svoj lik” (I See Your Character) on “Distorzija“ (Distortion), and “Tetovirane devojke” is part of “Kako bubanj kaže”.

In the booklet of the album Gordan Bakota wrote: “The sound I liked so much was raw, energetic, eccentric, with distorted guitars, synthesizers and rhythm sections. There were changes in the air that none of us even dreamed of. It was like a rock ’n’ roll of sobering, a sudden musical detox a la Gile, Ljuba and Čavke. For me personally, it was one of the bold moments – a personal musical transformation. It was as if I had suddenly been catapulted to the seventies, embracing the basic rock ’n’ roll, but otherwise. Only later I connected everything when I looked on the “Black and Blue” cover and listened to the Rolling Stones”.

The album was remastered by Goran Martinac at the Croatia Records Studio. Darko Kujundžić is responsible for the artistic design of the reissue, as well as for the remaking of the original cover, while the booklet that accompanies the album, contains photos of Milan Zadnić and Dragan Papić in addition to the texts of Gordan Bakota and Zoran Tučkar.

“When we released the CD Box set for Croatia Records, after so many years, I listened to all those albums that I had not listened to for a long time and “Kako bubanj kaže” was the most pleased surprise. The surprise was greater, because I was dissatisfied with the album and the atmosphere around the band then, so it had been painting my view of it for years. “Kako bubanj kaže” is another one of those albums for whose real value it is neccessary to ask the time,” concluded Srđan “Gile” Gojković.