Rembetica - Songs of the Greek Underground 1925 - 1947
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Various artists
Trikont
US - 0293
CD 1
| Anestis Delia | O Ponos tou Prezakia |
| Roza Eskenazi | Ime Prezakias |
| Markos Vamvakaris | Efumernam' ena Vradi |
| Stellakis | Htes to Vradi sto Teke mas |
| Jiovan Tsaous | Paraponiunde i Manges mas |
| Spiros Peristeris | O Tekedsis |
| Giorgia Mittaki | Argile mou giati sfineis |
| Giorgos Batis | Zembekano Spaniolo |
| Andonis Dalgas | Nei Hassiklides |
| Giorgos Katsaros | Htes to Vradi sto Karipi |
| Markos Vamvakaris | O Masturas |
| Kostas Nouros | Manolis o Hassiklis |
| Takis Nikolaou | Mes' ton Teke tis Marigos |
| Roza Esenazi | Mes' tu Zambikou ton Teke |
| Giorgos Batis | O Buffedsis |
| Evangelos Papazoglou | O Argiles |
| Markos Vamvakaris | Kandone Stavro Kandone |
| Rita Ambadsi | Hanumakia |
| Bagianderas | Panda me Glyko Hassissi |
| Giorgos Katsaros | Mes'tu Manthou ton Teke |
| Anestis Delias | Sura kai Mastura |
| Giorgos Kavouras | O Seretis |
| Giovan Tsaous | O Prezakias |
CD 2
| Ioannis Halkias | Minore tou Teke |
| Papazoglou / Stratos | San egiriza apo tin Pilo |
| Markos Vamvakaris | Oli i Rembetes tou Dounia |
| Anestis Delias | To Harami sto Hamam |
| Rita Ambadsi | O Xemangas |
| A Kostis | I Filaki ine Scholio |
| Anestis Delias | T Sakakki |
| Stellakis Perpiniadis | I Foni tu Argile |
| Markos Vamvakaris | San ise Mangas ke Dais |
| Giorgos Batis | I Filakes tu Oropu |
| Anestis Delias | To Kutsavaki |
| Rosa Eskenazi | Sti Filaki |
| Apostolos Kalderas | Nichtos Xoris Fengari |
| Papazoglou / Stellakis | I Lachanades |
| Anestis Delias | Nikos o Trellakias |
| Panagiotis Toundas | Kuvenda me ton Haro |
| Giorgos Katsaros | Mana mu ime Fthisikos |
| Dimitris Atraidis | Ton Haro ton rotisane |
| Giannis Papaioannou | Pendi Ellines ston Adi |
| Apostolos Hadjichristos | I Mannula |
| Kostas Roukounas | O Fthisikos |
| Stratos Pagioumtsis | Minore Manes |
This is a fantastic two CD compilation from Trikont, that is becoming hard to find. Trikont is a German label, and almost all the notes supplied are in German. In the track list above, I have amended the Germanic transliteration in places, especially names, to the English style.
Open up the CD package, and you get a fine old panorama of what I assume is Smyrna (or Salonica?). Open it further to reveal the two CDs and two booklets packed with photographs of the musicians, very detailed notes (German) for every track, and at the back of the book, shorter notes for every track in English.
Favourite tracks of mine, absolute classics of the genre, include Anestis Delias "Sura kai Mastoura" (Drunk and Stoned) from 1936. and Bagianderas' "Panda me glyko hasisi" (Always with sweet hashish). And there isn't a duff track in the whole compilation. Another "must have" for you!