During 1976, Bijelo Dugme bass guitarist Zoran Redžić, drummer Ipe Ivandić, and keyboardist Vlado Pravdić all faced hiatus from the band due to receiving call-ups to serve their respective mandatory Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) stints. Each of them thus got temporary replacements: Formula 4 leader Ljubiša Racić came in place of Redžić, Bregović's former Kodeksi bandmate Milić Vukašinović took over Ivandić's spot, and Pravdić got replaced by Laza Ristovski whose arrival from Smak (Bijelo Dugme's main competitors at the time) received extensive coverage in the Yugoslav press.