Every winter the members of the band would retreat to Mount Semenic and plan their upcoming songs . That winter the show " Zoosophia " , a title that would later change to " Cantafabule " , was created . The show began by " calling " all mythic animals and continued by dedicating a song to each of them , finishing with the Phoenix , the band 's symbol . The year 1975 brought a newcomer to the band , Ovidiu Lipan " Țăndărică " ( born 1953 ) . The " Cantafabule " show was first presented in Timișoara in February 1975 . The disc was recorded in a short time and was published the same year with a misspelling in the title : " Cantofabule . " By this time , Phoenix had become quite popular , both for the songs and the thinly-veiled allusions to the Communist regime . The band members , especially Nicu Covaci , were increasingly harassed by the Securitate . Covaci married a Dutch woman and left the country in 1976 . He returned in 1977 , bringing in relief aid for those struck by the powerful earthquake on 4 March . After two grandiose concerts in Constanța and Tulcea , Covaci left the country again , this time with all the band members ( except Baniciu ) hidden inside their Marshall speakers : at the time it was extremely difficult to obtain approval to travel abroad , and illegal border crossing was punished with imprisonment
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1977 Vrancea earthquake
Transsylvania Phoenix