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PRO ARTE – Pruzi mi ruku ljubavi rare prog from 71

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PRO ARTE – Pruzi mi ruku ljubavi  (Jugoton) rare prog from 71, lovely ex/ex copy, ex Jugo.

The pop band “Pro arte” from Sarajevo (today: B&H) was founded in 1967 by the organ player, famous composer and songwriter Đorđe Novković. After the band changed several singers, the band became famous when Vladimir Savčić Čobi became the ultimate band singer. Since 1968 the band became a regular festival-band throughout the former Yugoslav-regions and won numerous festival awards (“Zagreb 68”, etc.). The band was active till 1980, afterwards the band members went separated ways

Formed
1967, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Disbanded
1980
Members
Andrej Stefanović (saxophone, flute), Arno Udatny (guitar), Benjamin Stanić (guitar), Josip Jurić (keyboards), Miroslav Šaranović (drums), Mladen Drljača, Slobodan M. Kovačević (bass), Vladimir Borovčanin (drums), Vladimir Savčić [Čobi] (vocals) Zvonimir Richter (drums), Đorđe Novković
Track listing
⦁ A1 Pruži mi ruku ljubavi 2:50
⦁ A2 Ostavljaš me samog 2:58
⦁ A3 Kako da ti srce poklonim 2:59
⦁ A4 Uvijek iste stvari 2:53
⦁ A5 Neka svira ova muzika 5:03
⦁ B1 Takav je život 3:22
⦁ B2 ‘Ko vječnu tugu nosi taj ima pravo da pjeva 4:02
⦁ B3 Prvi čovjek 4:18
⦁ B4 Daleki moj 2:14
⦁ B5 Bez ljubavi 4:03
One noted collector had this to say….
The guys are playing some serious soul-rock quite well, everything sparks and it’s not even so far removed from what another pop band from Sarajevo “Indexi” did around the same time. The only thing that really stands out is main vocals by Vladimir Savčić-Čobi who clearly emulated Tom Jones – to hear Tom Jones singing with backing by energetic rock band is a somewhat surreal experience, because the match is strange fitting – while Čobi was by all accounts very sweet and much liked man, I am not completely convinced that this was the right place for him and perhaps he really belonged elsewhere (no wonder band later moved to corny material).

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