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Rembetika: Greek Music from the Underworld - Baglamas, Bouzoukis & Bravado

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Track Listings

Disc: 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

Editorial Reviews

The origins of the music we know as Rembetika are obscure. It dates from the mid-nineteenth century, perhaps earlier.It can be roughly divided into two schools:- That created by the Greek population of Ottoman cities such as Constantinople (Istanbul) and Smyrna (Izmir). In the main, it was played in places of entertainment by 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 of around 1912 . - That based in the underworld of homeland Greece, where a second form of Rembetika, was played in enclosed places such as hash-dens and prisons. This was more a music of non-professional musicians performing on guitar, baglamas and bouzouki. Recording began as early as 1905, in Constantinople. Until 1914 engineers from England and Germany made trips to the Near East to record Greek and other local musicians. After WW1, and the Greek- Turkish war which followed it, recording of Greek music by international labels switched mainly to Athens. Between ca.1925 and 1937 a wealth of material was recorded, much of it of a semi-underground nature - a phenomenon that appears to be unique in world music. However, in 1936 a Fascist government under took power and introduced a censorship that took time to be fully implemented. Nevertheless, in 1937 hard-core Rembetica retreated underground. It reappeared briefly on record in June, 1946, but censorship was quickly reimposed.REMBETICAThe etymology of the words Rembetis and Rembetico (plural Rembetica) is unclear. The word Rembetico first appeared on a record label around 1911. It was used to describe a song of mildly erotic, bohemian content and its use on record labels until the mid 1920s was, generally, to describe such material. However, over the years, the word has come to signify pieces of a stronger underworld nature.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.63 x 5.12 x 1.69 inches; 12.98 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ JSP Records
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ JSP Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FOQHJO
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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Hipcat
5.0 out of 5 stars The Underworld Never Sounded So Good!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2012
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Wow! This collection is quite overwhelming at first, especially if you are not already familiar with this type of music. I had heard some Rembetika before, but just a song or two here and there. I liked what I had heard, so I decided to take the plunge and submerge myself in this box set.

First, I like how it is packaged. The 4 cd's are each in individual cases, so it's easy to just grab one to listen to in a car or wherever. The liner notes are just enough to keep your interest without being too scholarly or dense. They basically have a couple of sentences about the performer, plus usually the recording year and a sentence on what the song is about. There is also a brief glossary with some of the important rembetika terminology to further help understand the songs.

The most important thing, of course, is the music itself, which is great quality here, considering the age of the recordings. A few songs are not so great in quality, but they tend to improve as the recording equipment itself improved over the years, with the last disc of Greek songs sounding better than the older songs of mostly Turkish origin on the 1st disc.

The music is sung and played with passion and precision and make a wonderful addition to any collection of world music, or folk/blues music, as it is the music of the people and hard living. This is essential listening!
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R. Gibson
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep, soulful, and beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2007
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I am a world music lover, especally Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Celtic. This CD is incredible, with music taken from 78rpm's from the 1920's through the 1940's. Unfortunately, I don't know the language, which made it more than surprising to find many of the songs were about drugs, liquour, etc. Of course about love, and lost love, but that I didn't need to be told. The music sinks deep into the soul, and I love it deeply. If you like Rembetika, you will love this too.
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Scott L. Dulin
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, hypnotic music
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013
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Outstanding compilation, well-curated. This is the real deal folks... Greek music with a heavy Turkish influence from the '40's and '50's... songs about love, loss, exile, and hashish hashish hashish... these 'mangas' were the original bad boys of modern Europe. This collection has been in my player in my shop non-stop for days.
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Fenicio
1.0 out of 5 stars Too Bad None of the Choices I Looked at Had the Option to Listen to Any of the Tracks BEFORE Buying Them
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2013
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I put this CD set into my wish list until I could get back to it after hearing a story about this genre of music on NPR. I came upon it again when I purchased a book and decided to go for it. It was a foolish thing to do because the option to listen to any of the tracks was not available. The recordings are scratchy, and the singing sounds like cats fighting. This is my fault as I should have educated myself before I clicked the button. I love all genres of music and it is rare that I have not found anything I like.
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Mr. Geoffrey A. Ramus
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014
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I used to like this stuff but realise now my tastes have changed.
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Golovanov Alexey
5.0 out of 5 stars Songs of the underworld
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2009
Perhaps one of the best introduction box sets - 4 CDs.
These songs are written and performed mainly by the underworld and for the underworld: love, yes, but treacherous love of a prostitute, afterlife - is there any women and hashish there? Jail - where the wardens broke his "baklama" (small bouzouki)... Rebetika (or rembetika) is a kind of Greek response to urban blues - when in the 20s thousands of ethnic Greeks have been deported from Minor Asia, they had to settle in shanty towns or ghettos, where they used to listen to a specific music brought from Minor Asia, composed and performed under the influence of hashish - full of oriental melodies and mesmerizing voices. That was the world of porters, spivs, pimps, whores, beggars... Cheap dreams, harsh reality, short-lived illusions... Try to watch the film by Costas Ferris "Rembetiko" Rembetiko: Special Edition  and get the excellent book by Elias Petropoulos Songs Of The Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition
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Helmut Müllenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Musik
Reviewed in Germany on May 6, 2024
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Candelo Serge
5.0 out of 5 stars Génèse du Rébétiko
Reviewed in France on October 16, 2009
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Premier coffret d'une série consacré au Rébétiko, nous trouvons ici la naissance du genre, du moins au niveau des traces enregistrées, et qui interressera ceux qui, connaissant plutot le genre dit Classique (les années trente)voudront en savoir plus. Des enregistrements de styles assez variés, bien que plutot de type Constantinopolitain et Smyrniote, et une documentation de très bonne qualité feront le bonheur de amateurs. Il existe un deuxième volume nommé "More of the secret History of Greece's Undergound Music" qui se trouve ètre la suite et le complèment logique de celui ci, comme des jumeaux, ne les séparez pas.
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Loveis
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastische Kompilation
Reviewed in Germany on August 4, 2012
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Historische Aufnahmen aus den Anfangsjahren des griechischen (damals noch in Kleinasien lokalisierten) Rebetiko - für alle Fans und Liebhaber dieser Musik ein absolutes Muss!
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Baz Douglas
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intoduction to the genre
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2008
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This is a well put together collection. I am no expert on this music, I've just heard it in Crete, and really enjoyed the experience. I bought this to learn more about the 'Greek Blues' and wasn't disappointed. There is a wide range on offer, different periods and performers, all contextualised in the notes. It is very atmospheric and gave me a good idea about where the music comes from and how it developed as the voice of the underclass and of rebellion against social mores of the times.
The transfers are good (much of this is well pre war) and the notes are comrehensive. Recommended.
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Francesca
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2012
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A wonderful selection of Greek music from the underground. I particularly enjoyed each cd covering a different eras of music with it's correspondent style. Fantastic to listen to whilst cooking and entertaining family & friends.
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