Mom Brodu

Mom Brodu
Compilation album by Various
Released	late 1992
Genre	Rock, Pop, Tamburica
Length	52:33
Label	"Posavska Hrvatska", "Radio Brod", društvo "Naša djeca"
Compiler	Duško Svilar

Mom Brodu (lit. My Brod) is a compilation cassette made in 1992, during the war in Croatia. The tape contains 14 patriotic songs of various genres made by singers from Slavonski Brod in the period 1991-92. It was released by Radio Brod and the weekly newsletter Posavska Hrvatska in collaboration with the society Naša djeca. All the receipts obtained from the selling of the tape went to humanitarian causes. The tape is also referred to as Mom Brodu, ranjenom i ponosnom.

Background

During the war in Slavonski Brod, various singers and groups recorded patriotic songs. In 1992, at the initiative of Duško Svilar, a corresponded and photographer for HRT during the war in Slavonski Brod, also a rock singer during his youth, decided to compile some of these songs in one place.

Release

After the songs were processed at studio Rococo in Zagreb, the cassette was released in late 1992 by Radio Brod, Posavska Hrvatska and the society Naša djeca. The cassette had a humanitarian purpose, the receipts from the tape going to humanitarian causes.

The name of the tape comes from the title of a book named Mom Brodu, ranjenom i ponosnom, written by Brod author Slavica Brinzej that contained patriotic literature, which coincided with the release of the tape. The back of the tape contains a poem called Hrvatskom Sinu by author Stanislava Čarapina and a mention of every person involved in the making of the compilation.

Tracklist and credits

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Brod Aid - Sa sjevera i sa juga"	Krešimir Rac	Antun Lović	4:09