''Live in Yugoslavia'' is a

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by the British punk band

Anti-Nowhere League Anti-Nowhere League are an English punk rock band, formed in 1979 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, by lead singer Animal (Nick Culmer), guitarist Magoo (Chris Exall), Bones (Tony Shaw) on drums and Chris Elvy on bass. Career Early days The ba ...

. It was recorded in

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Hall in

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, Yugoslavia on 24 April 1983 and released and pressed later in the same year in England on I.D Records. The CD was anecdotally edited to remove foul language and crude references to the recently deceased former president

Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death ...

, but nothing was edited or removed on the original 1983 vinyl release. The album was recorded live using the mobile equipment of sound engineer Nenad Zubak and his crew. The original of the recording was on a radio tape and was later additionally mixed by Ted Sharp and the band members at the

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. The LP cover was designed by Crunchic and Sirc Nirbag and the art featured an artist's impression of the

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with its map on fire. The back cover contained photographs of the members taken by Goranka Matic on the streets of Zagreb.

Track listing

All songs written by the Anti-Nowhere League except where noted. #"Let's Break the Law" #" Streets of London" (

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) #"Let the Country Feed You" #"We Will Survive" #"Snowman" #"I Hate People" #"For You" #"Going Down" #"Woman" #"Can't Stand Rock 'n' Roll" #" So What?" #"Reck-A-Nowhere" #"

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" (

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) #"We Are the League"

References

Anti-Nowhere League albums 1983 live albums 1980s in Zagreb {{1980s-punk-album-stub

Track listing

See also

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