In 1973 Phoenix represented Romania at the "Golden Harp" festival in Bratislava (Slovakia), and then at the "Disc festival" in Sopot (Poland). Also, they wanted to record a new rock-opera, named "Meșterul Manole", but the communist officials censored it all, by "losing" the unique book with costume sketches and lyrics given to them for official approval. The result was only an EP with an extract from the opera, "Meșterul Manole, uvertură" ("Master Manole, overture") and two older songs, "Mamă, Mamă" ("Mother, Mother") and "Te întreb pe tine, soare..." ("I'm asking you, sun...").