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Rembetika - Greek Music

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: JSPCD7776

Release Date:  26 June 2006

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  788065777623

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    In the early part of the 20th Century the Greek underground had its own music. Here's the music of criminals, con men and casanovas, tales of seductions, drug deals and prison, played with scintillating skill. If all you know about Greek music can be filed under Z for Zorba, prepare to be blasted into a new dimension.

    The origins of the music we now know as Rembetica lie in the obscurity of the mid-19th Century, or even earlier. It can be roughly divided into two schools:
    The first was that created by the Greek population of Ottoman cities such as Constantinople (Istanbul) and Smyrna (Izmir). In the main, this was played in public places of entertainment by highly skilled professional musicians, using, chiefly, violin, lyra, sandouri, guitar and mandolin. However, the fact that there also existed a rougher, more underground, form is evidenced by the "brothel" recordings made by Yiangos Psamathianos in Constantinople in around 1912.

    Meanwhile, chiefly in the underworld of homeland Greece, there developed another form of Rembetica, played in enclosed places such as "Tekedhes" (hash-dens) and prisons. This was more a music of non-professional musicians performing on guitar, baglamas and bouzouki.

    This authoritative and revealing 89-track set covers all aspects of Rembetika on four themed discs:

    Disc One: The Ottoman Legacy 1925-1937
    Disc Two: Piraeus Heavy Hitters 1934-1946
    Disc Three: Dope, Dice, Guitars, Knives 'n' Such 1928-1946
    Disc Four: After Censorship 1937-1947

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Papagika Mandalena Zeimbekiko - Marika Papagika
      • 2. Chakiji Zeibek - Achilleas Poulos
      • 3. Tsifte Telli - El Melemenlis
      • 4. Huseini Manes - A. Dhiamadidhis
      • 5. Ballos Smyrneikos Me Mane - E. Sophroniou
      • 6. Aidhinikos Xoros (Dance From Aydin) - Marika Papagika
      • 7. Zeimbekiko Melemenio - And Dalgas
      • 8. The Neighbourhood's Ablaze - Leopold Gad
      • 9. Minore Manes, S'Afino Tin Kali Nychtia - Kostas Karipis
      • 10. Sousta Politiki - And Dalgas
      • 11. Bournovalio Syrtos - Popular Orchestra
      • 12. Dark Skinned Girl - Marika Politissa
      • 13. Rast Zergile Manes - Marika Politissa
      • 14. The Girl From Markopoulo - Rita Aabadzi
      • 15. I Circassian Girl - Roza Eskenazi
      • 16. I Owe My Body To The Black Earth - Roza Eskenazi
      • 17. As I Returned From Pylos - Efstratios Payioumidzis
      • 18. In The Deep Darkness - Roza Eskenazi
      • 19. The Junkie - Kalyvopoulos
      • 20. Zeimbekiko - Kalyvopoulos
      • 21. Our Manges Are Complaining - Kalyvopoulos
      • 22. I Want A Princess - Stellakis Perpiniadhis

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Mill Girl - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 2. Zeimbekano Spaniolo - Stratos Payioumidzis
      • 3. The Stoker - Yiorgos Batis
      • 4. If You're A Mangas And A Real Hard Nut - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 5. And I Was Once.... - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 6. The Dope Sniffer - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 7. My Painted Boat - Yiorgos Batis
      • 8. Oropos Jail - Yiorgos Batis
      • 9. You Gotta Know The Tricks - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 10. Always With Sweet Hashish - D. Gongos
      • 11. It Was Springtime - D. Gongos
      • 12. Manges, Take To The Hills - EF. Payioumidzis
      • 13. Five Manges - Kalyvopoulos
      • 14. Drunk And Stoned - Anestis Dhelias
      • 15. Taxim Athineiko Ke Zeimbekiko - Yiorgos Batis
      • 16. In Vavoula's Hollow - Stellios Keromytis
      • 17. The Song Of Exile - Efstratios Payioumidzis
      • 18. My Only Consolation - Stellios Keromytis
      • 19. It Showed I Was A Mangas - Michailis Yenitsaris
      • 20. Taxim-Zeimbekiko - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 21. All The Rembetes In The World - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 22. I Baglamadhes - Stratos
      • 23. I Wanted To Be Hercules - Nikos Vrachnas

      Disc 3

      • 1. On The Hill In Syros - George Katsaros
      • 2. Those Cops Who Were Here Just Now - Yiannis Ioannidhis
      • 3. Troumba - K. Kostis
      • 4. The Low Down Mangas - Petros Kyriakos
      • 5. Dizzyness Overcomes Me - A. Kostis
      • 6. To Minore Tou Deke - Jack Grigoriou
      • 7. The Grumbler - Gus Dussas
      • 8. Beautiful Antalya - Gus Dussas
      • 9. Echo Meraki Echo Dalga - Andonios Dalgas
      • 10. The Waistcoat - D. Phillipopoulos
      • 11. Raste Tou Deke - Jack Halikias
      • 12. O Vlamis Tou Psyri - Rita Abadzi
      • 13. They're After Our Argile - Roza Eskenazi
      • 14. Leave Out The Bullshit - Yiorgos Karras
      • 15. To Flidzani Tou Yianni - Rita Abadzi
      • 16. They're Going 'Dipping' - Rita Abadzi
      • 17. I'm A Smack-Head - Roza Eskenazi
      • 18. Anna And The Dervish - Stellakis Perpiniadhis
      • 19. With The Early Morning Dew - V. Tsitsanis
      • 20. Hadzimilousiko Instrumental - Mike Patrinos
      • 21. Trikouverto Instrumental - Jack Halikias

      Disc 4

      • 1. I Margarita - Rita Abadzi
      • 2. Ola Ta 'Cho Varethi - Stellakis
      • 3. The Girl From Piraeus - Stratos
      • 4. I Magdhalo - Stellakis
      • 5. Thelo Na Se Andamoso, Xaveriotissa - Stratos
      • 6. The Girl From Passalimani - Stellakis
      • 7. Vaggelitsa - EF. Payioumidzis
      • 8. On A Fine Beach - Stratos
      • 9. Dance Of Tatavla - Vassilis Tsitsanis
      • 10. I Won't Come Again To Kokkinia - Yiorgos Kavouras
      • 11. Again, They've Offered Me A Bride - Yiannis Papioannou
      • 12. The No Good - A. Hadzichristos
      • 13. Your Old Man, The Miser - Yiorgos Kavouras
      • 14. Vadizo Me Parapono - Yiannis Papiouannou
      • 15. I'll Steal You Away - M. Vamvakaris
      • 16. I Meraklidhes - Tsitsanis
      • 17. The Wallet - M. Vamvakaris
      • 18. Whoever Is Orphaned Young - Stratos Payioumidzis
      • 19. The Grocer Girl & Her Donkey - Markos Vamvakaris
      • 20. The Stroller - Stratos
      • 21. The Song Of The High - Stratos
      • 22. The Boat Down On The Beach - V. Tsitsanis
      • 23. Nea Vaggelitsa - A Hadzichristos