Background and Recording
For the first time, a Riblja Čorba album featured a song written entirely by the guitarist Momčilo Bajagić, "Ja sam se ložio na tebe". Nevertheless, Riblja Čorba frontman Bora Đorđević remained the band's main author, with six songs written by him.
The album was produced by John McCoy. In his 2011 book, Šta je pesnik hteo da kaže, Đorđević recalls how the band decided to hire McCoy:
| “ | Manager of PGP-RTB, Stanko Terzić knew he had the goose that laid the golden eggs in his hands, so the label paid us a trip to London to choose a studio in which we would record and find a producer. As soon as we landed on Heathrow, we bought two most important music magazines in the world: New Musical Express and Melody Maker. We looked at the charts. On the top of the chart in both magazines was the new album by Gillan. Released by Virgin Records, produced by John McCoy. 'He will be our producer', we decided. | ” |
Đorđević also states that the band was offered to record the album in one of the studios in which Deep Purple recorded Deep Purple In Rock, but refused, as PGP-RTB had just bought new equipment for their Studio V, so McCoy and Tony Taverner, who was in charge of recording, travelled to Belgrade.
Đorđević states that he did not want to put "Vetar duva, duva, duva", a short humorous song about cannabis, on the album, but was persuaded to do so by the rest of the members.
| “ | The next day, when we came to the studio, John waited for us in kafana. Here's the trick: in the absence of grass, which would destroy our concentration, the English guy, in order to achieve the real atmosphere, decided to get us drunk. After two or three hours of preparations, the jolly company went into the studio and started to sing. | ” |
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