Anthology of Rebetiko Song 1930-1940 2

Greek Archives | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1995)
• Label: FM Records
• ASIN: B000003YH6
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,771 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Greece

Track Listings

1. Slow Hassapiko Dance from Constantinople

2. If You Are a Manghas and a Dais

3. Forty Springs

4. Vlamissa

5. The Cigarette

6. Eleni the "Divorcee"

7. The Gambler's Curse

8. When I See You Walking About

9. I Saw You Again

10. Tourna, Tourna

11. Susanna, Pull Yourself Together

12. I Walk Around Tormented

13. Woman from Plaka

14. You've Built Your Nest Too High

15. Vlamakia and Meraklidhes

16. Don't Act Smart With Me

17. Belt

18. It Was Springtime

19. Maghiko

20. A Man of the Streets No More

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greek archives: anthology of rebetiko songs, June 11, 2000

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lara (new york, u.s.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthology of Rebetiko Song 1930-1940 2 (Audio CD)

The anthology is a rare opportunity to hear the rembetica songs in their original recordings, before the music became acceptable, was commercialized and lost its underground flavor. For the first time I heard rembetico songs in 1993, in a open-roof taverna near Naphpaktos (Greece) and it was unforgettable. Now the music that we know as rembetico is very popular among large audience but it was born in 19-century in ports, in hashish dens and in prisons. It reflects the sadness and the cynicism of the time, but also much more complex feelings. I really like the lyrical song Vlamissa, which is a slang word for a girlfriend (who is also a tough chick and a sort of comrade in the underground) and which comes from Albanian word for blood sister, I believe. It's really touching. It is also nice to hear the encouragement remarks from the musicians to each other during the record: Yia sou, Stellaki mou! (Here is to you, my Stellakis!)

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars METƯN rebetiko, December 15, 2001

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METIN ERBAYDAR (Istanbul / Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthology of Rebetiko Song 1930-1940 2 (Audio CD)

I rated this item without listening any song but by looking into the content. I would rather prefer to do the rating by listening a few example songs. Therefore it would be more convenient if some song examples could have been put on the internet.