Sarajevo heroj grad
Sarajevo heroj grad (lit. Sarajevo Heroic City) is the only known war-themed album from singer Hanka Paldum. It was released in 1993 and has not gotten much disclosure since then. Uploads of the album get quickly removed from YouTube, and it has never received an official digital release.
| Sarajevo heroj grad | ||||
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| Studio album by Hanka Paldum | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Novokompovana | |||
| Length | 35:00 | |||
| Label | Embex Produktion | |||
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Background
Entering the second year of the Bosnian War, Hanka Paldum records her second wartime album and first war-themed album. It would be in cooperation with RTV BiH and published by the German-based Embex Produktion.
Release
Two versions of the cassette are known to exist. The first has blue letters on the cassette labels, while the second one has black letters.
Despite four copies of the blue letter variant having been found, not one of them has the title track "Sarajevo heroj grad" present on the tape. Instead, track two, Junak do junaka is moved to first on the tape, and the actual track two is a song with an unknown name.
Track listing
No credit is given for individual song writers.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sarajevo heroj grad" | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Junak do junaka" | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Andjeli rata" | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Ja sam kršna Hercegovka" | 4:59 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dino Magoda" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Žuta" | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Herojski narod Žepe" | 3;55 |
| 4. | "Zove majka sina svoga" | 5:01 |
Personnel
Writing
- Narodni Orkestar RTV BiH - Muzička pratnja (Accompanying musicians) (People's Orchestra of Radio Television Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Production
- SMS Studiju RTV BiH - Snimano i miksano (Recording and mixing)
- Izdavač - EMBEX
- Design - E.Spahić
Variants
- Generally very good quality
- The song 'Sarajevo heroj grad' is not on the tape
- Track A2 is replaced with a song of no clear name
