Time
Time

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Time
  • Title: Time
  • Band's Origin: YU
  • Style: progressive Rock
  • Rating: 5
  • Release Year: 2020
  • Recording Year: 1972
  • Production Year: 1972/2020
  • Record Company: Croatia Records
  • Item's Number: CD 6091775
  • Color of the Label:
  • Edition:
  • Extras: digipak, 32-page booklet
  • EAN: 3850126091775
  • Weight: 87 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Croatia Records Release Information



After the vinyl, the luxurious reissue of the cult album “Time” by the group Time is now also available on a richly equipped CD

The end of 2019 was marked by the release of a deluxe reissue of the Time’s cult debut album on vinyl, and the beginning of spring 2020 will mark the release of an identical reissue on CD.

The digipak edition comes with a 32-page booklet containing introductory texts by the music critics Petar Popović and Zlatko Gallo, rare photos by Marko Čolić, and biographies of the band and all members of the original line-up. Dado Topić, Vedran Božić, Tihomir “Pop” Asanović, Mario Mavrin, Ratko Divjak and Branimir Lambert Živković were the supergroup Time, but they were also exceptional individual musicians who indirectly or directly influenced some of the most important releases in the rock history of Yugoslavia.

“Vedran Božić, Ratko Divjak, Tihomir “Pop” Asanović, Brane Lambert Živković, Mario Mavrin and Dado Topić recorded a brave album of their time. The appearance of this record was a precious moment of eternity, greater than all difficulties. In the recorded sound, you can hear not only the mastery of the musicians, but also the wealth of their souls. It is our value response to the global musical events of the early seventies”, wrote Petar Popović, journalist, rock critic and publicist, in the notes to the edition.

“At the time of absolute dominance of progressive rock, the 1972 debut was incredibly appreciated and successful. Even commercially. The album was welcomed as a rock herald, and Time as a true supergroup. Listening to what is happening on the global scene, which has been networked by prog rock super groups, as well as the situation on the home ground, Mihaljek correctly concluded that the moment is right for a domestic response as well. And he hit it! ”, writes Zlatko Gall, music critic, journalist and publicist, also in the notes to this reissue.

“I am glad that this reissue is the confirmation that our music has remained a classic of our rock beginnings. I am especially happy that the sound and the pressing of the record is of better quality than it could have been then, even if the old edition will always remain a rarity for me. The first album was great because of the honesty, but also because of the recording method itself. Due to the natural atmosphere of the recording on four channels, some details and characteristics of the individual musicians came out, so everything is listened to with a special experience,” says the legendary guitarist and member of Time, Vedran Božić.

“I am very glad that Croatia Records released this record again and I think that the young audience will accept this sound even today as it did in the seventies. There was one phenomenal thing in the group Time – everyone gave what he could play best stylistically, and technically there were no problems. Everyone brought his own style and a new way of playing was created, and musically it was perfect. Even today, when you listen to it – it is something phenomenal”, proudly points out another musical virtuoso, the organist Tihomir “Pop” Asanović.

“We were always special and we just wanted to play, and everything else comes naturally if you are good. Everything was possible then and it seems like it happened yesterday. We loved Time and we loved playing and that was the best feeling,” said Time’s drummer, Ratko Divjak.

Since the release of the vinyl at the end of last year, Time has often been on the top lists of the best-selling releases in the region, and the same is expected from this CD version adapted to a slightly younger generation. Istina mašina (Truth Machine), Pjesma no. 3 (Song no. 3), Hegedupa upa, Kralj alkohol (King Alkohol) and Za koji život treba da se rodim (For what Life Should I Be Born) come in remastered versions from the original tapes, which were made by the Croatia Records Studio producer Goran Martinac.

Istina mašina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6i9JxBG75o
Pjesma no. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILasyqUNbxQ
Hegedupa upa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLbuZQqYo44
Kralj alkohol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_g8MnNC0U
Za koji život treba da se rodim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF3WVcIxaoQ

Special on the occasion of the vinyl reissue (on Serbocroatian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC8G0bfxibY&t=276s

Tracklist



1. Istina mašina 4:41
2. Pjesma no. 3 5:53
3. Hegedupa upa 4:56
4. Kralj alkohol 7:02
5. Za koji život treba da se rodim 10:02