The Rebetiko Song in America Vol 3 1945 - 1960
Varios artists
F M Records
The Greek Archives 629
| T Rigopoulos, Ioanna Makri | Argent (Money) |
| T Kavourakis, Angelika Pallagoudi | Beautiful Girl of Piraeus |
| Athanasios Pireotis | In the Cool of the Morning |
| Athanasios Pireotis | Mavragoritissa (Black marketeer woman) |
| Stavros Tzouanakos | I'll be crying tonight |
| Eleni Bartseri | We're Friends |
| Andreas Spaggadoros | Don't Complain |
| Eleni Bartseri | Your White Handkerchief |
| Theodoros Kavourakis | I'll make the mountain my friend |
| Eleni Bartseri | Hurry, Doctor! |
| E Tsaggaris, A Athanasiou | My 'Pasha' is in High Spirits |
| Stavros Tzouanakos | Taksim' solo (bouzouki) |
| E Tsanggaris | Come with me, doll |
| Ioanna Georgakopoulou | The Extinguished Street Lamp |
| Victoria Mitros, A Pongis | Down in Pasha Limani |
| M Patrinos, G Degaitis | Hadzimilousiko |
| M Patrinos | Marigoula-Madalena |
| Virginia Mangidou | Little American Flirt |
| Angeliki Karayanni | Little Arab Coquette |
| Rosa Eskenazy | Virginia's Song |
Another CD in the excellent Greek Archive series, consisting of rare recordings mostly by little known artists, Roza Esenazy being the main big name. Comes with a 36 page booklet, of which 8 are in English, the rest in Greek. The general notes are the same as in Volume 2. Each track is well documented, giving the composer (except where it is unknown), the dromos or makam it is in, who else recorded the song and more.
Unlike Volume 2, there is a fair amount of bouzouki music. Stavros Tzouanakos' bouzouki taximia is a high point for bouzouki fans. I'm told there are also mandolins and laoutos on this one.