NEWSLETTER #147
JSP BOX SETS - ETHNIC MUSIC
Various Artists
| CAJUN |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP JSPCD 7726 |
Cajun Early Recordings - Important Swamp
Hits Remastered |
$28.98 |
Four CDs, 102 tracks, highly recommended
Four CD box set featuring a wonderful cross section of 102 recordings of
Cajun music recorded between 1928 and 1938 by some of the music's great
pioneers. The first disc features 16 tracks by Cajun accordion pioneer Joe
Flacon including his first recording from 1928 of Lafayette. It also
includes tracks by fiddler Leo Soileau with singer and accordion player
Mayuse LaFleur from 1928, 1929 recordings of Dennis McGhee and Sady
Courville on twin fiddles and two sides by African-American Creole musician
Amede Ardoin. The second volume is devoted to the Breaux family featuring 11
tracks featuring the vocals of the wonderful Cleoma Breaux accompanied by
her hsuband Joe Flacon plu 14 tracks by Cleoma's brother Amedee Breaux with
brother Orphy Breaux on fiddle and Cleoma on second fiddle or Clifford
Breaux on guitar. 20 of the tracks on the third volume are devoted to the
great Cajun fiddler Leo Soileau in a variety of settings including duos with
accordion player Moise Robin or fiddler Alius
Soileau as well as various small groups with guitars and occasional piano.
This volume feature all six of the early recordings from 1929 and 1935 of
the fine and influential singer, accordion and fiddle player Lawrence
Walker. The fourth disc features 25 tracks recorded between 1935 and 1938 by
the brilliant and versatile Hackberry Ramblers. (FS)
AMEDEE & CLEOMA BREAUX: Les Tracas Du Hobo/ Ma Blonde Est
Partie/ Vas Y Carrement/ CLIFFORD & AMEDEE BREAUX: Fais Do Do Negre/ Home
Sweet Home/ La Valse Du Vieux Temps/ Le One Step A Martin/ Le Valse D'Utah/
Mazurka De La Louisiane/ One Step A Marie/ T'As Vole Mon Chapeau/ Tiger Rag
Blues/ Valse D'Auguste Breaux/ JOE FALCON & CLEOMA BREAUX: Acadian One Step/
C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui/ En Route Chez Moi/ Hand Me Down My Walking Cane/
Ils La Volet Mon Tracas/ It's A Sin To Tell A Lie/ La Fille Oncle Elair/ La
Valse Crowley/ La Valse De Madam Sosten/ La Valse De Marie Bulle/ La Valse
J'Aime/ La Vieux Soullard Et Sa Femme/ Lafayette/ Lulu's Back In Town/ Ma
Valse Prefere/ Mon Coeur T'Appele/ Mon Vieux D'Autrefois/ Ossen One Step/
Pauvre Garcon/ Poche Town/ Prenez Courage/ Raise My Window High/ Raise Your
Window/ She Has Forgotten Me/ The Waltz That Carried Me To My Grave/ To Love
And To Lose/ When I Left Home For Texas/ THE HACKBERRY RAMBLERS: Cajun
Crawl/ Crowley Waltz/ Dans Le Grand Bois/ Darbone's Breakdown/ Dissatisfied/
Eh La Bas/ Faux Pas Tu Bray Cherie/ French Two Step/ Hackberry Trot/ J'Ai
Passe Devonde Ta Porte/ Jolie Blonde/ Jolie Petit Fille/ La Valse De La
Prison/ Louisiana Breakdown/ Ma Chere Belle/ Mermentau Stomp/ Oh Josephine,
My Josephine/ One Sweet Letter/ Pas Allez Vite/ Quitter La Maison/ Tickle
Her/ Une Pias Ici Une Pias La Bas/ Vinton High Society/ Wondering/ You've
Got To Hi-De-Hi/ DENNIS MCGEE & SADY COURVILLE: Madame Young Donnez Moi
Votre Jolie/ Mon Chere Bebe Creole/ Myself/ Vous Avez Donne Votre Parole/
ALIUS & LEO SOILEAU: Allons Boire Un Coup/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS FOUR ACES:
Atrape Moi Je Tombe/ LEO SOILEAU & MAYEUS LAFLEUR: Basile/ LEO SOILEAU &
MOISE ROBIN: Demain C'Est Pas Dimanche/ Easy Rider Blues/ Je Veux Marier/
LEO SOILEAU & HIS FOUR ACES: Le Blues De La Louisiane/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS
THREE ACES: Le Gran Mamou/ LEO SOILEAU & MAYEUS LAFLEUR: Les Valse Criminale/
LEO SOILEAU & MOISE ROBIN: Ma Cherie 'Tite Fille/ LEO SOILEAU & MAYEUS
LAFLEUR: Mama Where You At/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS THREE ACES: Petit Ou Gros/ LEO
SOILEAU & HIS FOUR ACES: Quand Je Suis Bleu/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS THREE ACES:
Si Vous Voudrais Ame/ LEO SOILEAU & MAYEUS LAFLEUR: Ton Pere A Mit D'Eor/
LEO SOILEAU & HIS THREE ACES: Trois Jours Apres Ma Mort/ LEO SOILEAU'S
RHYTHM BOYS: Embrace Moi Encore/ In Your Heart You Love Another/ La Bonne
Valse/ Le Blues De Port Arthur/ Ma Jolie Petite Fille/ Personne N'Aime Pas/
Promets Moi/ Valse D'Amour/ LAWRENCE WALKER: La Breakdown La Louisiane/ La
Vie Malheureuse/ Alberta/ What's The Matter Now/ La Femme Qui Jouvait Les
Cartes/ Mon Dernier Bonsoir
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| HAWAII |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP JSPCD 7738 |
It's Hotter In Hawaii - Early Hits From A
Unique Musica |
$28.98 |
Four CD set featuring 105 tracks of vintage Hawaiian music
with emphasis on hot steel guitar work. It features artists from Hawaii as
well performers from the American mainland and since the music became
popular worldwide we also hear some performers from Europe, Argentina,
Mexico and elsewhere. It includes some of the greatest and most influential
exponents of the genre including performers like Sol Ho'opii, Frank Ferera,
Tau Moe with Wife & Family, Roy Smeck, Master's Hawaiians, Kanui & Lula,
King Bennie Nawahi, The Hawaiian Quintette, Jim & Bob, Kalama's Quartet
along with lots of lesser known artists. If you already have all the albums
of Hawaiian music on Rounder, Yazoo, Arhoolie, T.O.M., Harlequin, etc. then
you probably have most of the recordings here though I think there are a few
tracks making their first CD appearance here. If you don't have all the
other reissues this is an excellent and inexpensive way to get a great cross
section of recordings. Sound quality is excxellent. It's too bad that the
notes are so cursory.
SAM ALAMA: Ama Ama/ H.M. BARNES & HIS BLUE RIDGE RAMBLERS:
Honolulu Stomp/ BEZOZ HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA: Pame Sti Honolulu/ BILTMORE HOTEL
TRIO: Clownin' The Frets/ BILTMORE ORCHESTRA: Kaui Kahio/ GINO BORDIN
HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA: Caresses Venitiennes/ SOL K. BRIGHT: Tomi Tomi/ CORAL
ISLANDERS: Na Lei/ S. CORTES Y SUS HAWAIINOS: Caperucita/ Lirios/ EMERY
COURNAND: Why My Craf Vex With Me/ EDDY'S HAWAIIAN SERENADERS: Down In
Waikiki/ FRANK FERERA: Honolulu March/ In The Heart Of Hawaii/ Maui/ Melani
Anu Ka Makani/ St. Louis Blues/ Cielito Lindo/ Iko Okamuko/ FERERA,
FRANCHINI & LUFSKY: One-Two-Three/ FRANCHINI & DETTBORN: Palakiko Blues/
HANAPI TRIO: Indiana March/ HAUULEA ENTERTAINERS: 12th Street Rag/ Ellis
March/ Railroad Blues/ HAWAIIAN QUINTETTE: Akahi Hoi/ Pua I Mohala/ HAWAIIAN
SONGBIRDS: Happy Hawaiian Blues/ HAWAIIAN SILVER QUARTET: Honolulu March/
HAWAIIAN SERENADERS: Honolulu Stomp/ HAWAIIAN SILVER QUARTET: Kawahau/
HAWAIIAN TRIO: La Paloma/ My Hawaii (You're Calling Me)/ O Sole Mio/ Valse
Bleu/ HILO HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA: Hula Love Medley March/ HONOLULU PLAYERS:
Mindinao March/ SOL HOOPII: Hawaiian March/ Lady Be Good/ Lehua/ Lepe Ula
Ula/ Pidgin English Hula/ Uheuhene/ JIM & BOB: By The Waters Of Minnietonka/
Chimes/ Hula Blues/ Song Of The Range/ KALAMA'S QUARTET: Pehea Hoi Au/
KAMSKU & KAWAIHAE: King Kalakaua March/ KAMSKU & KAWALHAE: Pua Lima Waltz/
KANE'S HAWAIIANS: Hilo/ KANUI & LULA: My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua/
KEAUMOKA LOUIS: Garden Of Paradise/ Penei No/ JOE KEAWE & HIS HARMONY
HAWAIIANS: Hookipa Paka/ My Little Grass Shack/ GEORGE KEOKI DAVIS: Slack
Key Hula/ KING, QUEEN, JACK: Stack-O-Lee/ RAY KINNEY & HIS ROYAL HAWAIIANS:
Coral Isle/ Kauna Kea/ WALTER KOLOMOKU: Medley Of Old Time Waltzes/ GEORGE
KU TRIO: Kuu Lei/ Na Ali'l/ Na Pua O Hawaii/ SAM KU WEST: Hawaiian Hula/
WangWang Blues/ LAWSON'S HAWAIIANS: Drifting And Dreaming/ LES LOUPS: La
Portena Es Una Papa/ HELEN LOUISE & FRANK FERERA: K'alu Luliluli/ Kai Maia O
Ka Madi/ LUA & KAILI (IRENE WEST'S ROYAL HAWAIIAN: Drowsy Waters/ Kohala
March/ MASTER'S HAWAIIANS: Blue Sparks/ Hawaiian Stormy Weather/ MOANA
SERENADERS: E Mama Ea/ He Mea Nui/ TAU MOE'S HAWAIIAN JAZZITES: U Like, Noa
Like/ M.K. MOKE: Moana Chimes/ JAMES MOLKEHA: Maui Girl/ KING BENNIE NAWAHI:
Waikiki Waltz/ PAT PATTERSON & HIS CHAMPION REP RIDERS: The Cat's Whiskers/
ROLAND PEACHY & HIS ROYAL HAWAIIANS: China Boy/ Goodby Blues/ MM. RIVIERES
HAWAIIANS: E Mama Ee/ Ellis March/ La Lupe Ua Sola/ Mai Kai No Kauai/
Paahana/ RODNEY ROGER'S RED PEPPERS: Milenburg Joys/ ANDY SANELLA: Blues Of
The Guitar/ Sliding On The Frets/ ROY SMECK: 12th Street Rag/ Bugle Call
Rag/ Hilo March/ Kalima Walk/ Limehouse Blues/ Twilight Echoes/ TOMMY
SOLOMON: Old Timer's Hula/ SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS: Liliu E/ DANNY STEWART: Les
Femmes d'Amerique/ TAMARI TAHITI: Parari'i Pararara'i/ TRUETT & GEORGE:
Ghost Dance/ UNKNOWN GERMAN ORCH: The Road To Paradise/ CHARLIE WILSON:
Palolo/ JIMMY YATES' BOLL WEEVILS: Smiles
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| CAJUN |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP JSPCD 7749 |
Cajun Country Volume 2: More Hits From The
Swamp |
$28.98 |
Complementing JSP 7726 this is another great compilation of
early Cajun music featuring 100 tracks recorded between the birt of Cajun
music recording in 1928 and 1939 and includes a lot of titles not currently
available on CD as well as titles that have not available since the original
78s were issued. Includes legendary performers like Joe & Cleoma Falcon,
Amede Ardoin, The Hackberry Ramblers, Nathan Abshire and Happy Fats along
with obscure but fine performers like Dudley & James Fawvor, Delma Lachney,
Delint. Guillory & Lewis LaFleur, Bartmon Montet & Joswell Dupuis, Slim
Doucet and others. Sound quality is generally excellent and there are
informative notes by Pat Harrison and discographical details.
NATHAN ABSHIRE & THE RAYNE-BO RAMBLERS: La Valse De
Riceville/ One Step De Laccissine/ One Step De Morse/ THE ALLEY BOYS OF
ABBEVILLE: Abbeville Breakdown/ Apres Jengler A Toi/ Jolie Petite Blonde/
Quel Espoire (What's The Use)/ Tu Ma Quite Seul (The Prisoner's Song)/ Tu
Peus Pa Me Faire Ca (You Can't Put That Monkey On My Back)/ AMEDE ARDOIN: La
Valse Ah Abe (Abe's Waltz)/ Madam Atchen (Mrs. Atchen)/ Two Step De Eunice/
Two Step De La Prairie Soileau (Prairie Soileau Two Step/ La Valse De
Amities (Love Waltz)/ Les Blues De Crowley (Crowley Blues)/ Les Blues De
Voyage (Travel Blues)/ Oberlin/ THE BREAUX BROTHERS: La Valse Du Bayou
Plaquemine (Plaquemine Bayou Waltz)/ GUIDRY BROTHERS: La Valse Du Mariage/
SOILEAU COUZENS: Sur Le Chemin Chez Moi (On My Way Home)/ JOE CREDUER &
ALBERT BABINEAUX: La Fille Que J'Aime (The Girl I Love)/ Ma Cherie (My
Cherie)/ THE DIXIE RAMBLERS: Barroom Blues/ SLIM DOUCET: Chere Yeux Noir/
OSCAR DOUCET & ALIUS SOILEAU: Oh Baby!/ When I Met You At The Gate/ JOE &
CLEOMA FALCON: Mes Yeux Bleu/ DUDLEY & JAMES FAWVOR: T'est Petite A Ete
T'Est Meon (You Are Little And You Are Cute)/ FOUR ACES: Aces Breakdown/
Lake Charles Waltz/ COLUMBUS FRUGE: Bayou Teche/ The Toad (Saud Crapaud)/
J.B. FUSELIER & HIS MERRYMAKERS: Ma Chere Bouclett (My Curly Headed Girl)/
Mon Chere Vieux Maison Dan Swet/ Redell Breakdown/ Two Step De La Tell/ Vien
Don Ma Reguin (Come And Meet Me)/ BIXY GUIDRY & PERCY BABINEAUX: J'Vai Jouer
Celea Pour Toi (I'll Play This For You)/ DELINT. GUILLORY & LEWIS LAFLEUR:
Alone At Home/ Quelqun Est Jalous (Somebody Is Jealous)/ Stop That/
HACKBERRY RAMBLERS: 'Neath The Weeping Willow Tree/ Darbone's Creole Stomp/
J'Ai Pres Parley/ Louisiana Breakdown/ Rice City Stomp/ HAPPY FATS & HIS
RAYNE-BO RAMBLERS: Aux Bal Se Te Maurice/ Gran Prairie/ La Place Mon Coeur
Desire/ La Veuve De La Coulee/ Le Reponse De Blues De Bosco/ Les Blues De
Bosco/ Les Ecrivis Dan Platin/ Nouveau Grand Gueydan/ Oublies Moi Jamais
Petite/ Rayne Breakdown/ Ta Oblis De Vernier/ Vain Ton Don A Ma Mort/ Valse
De Maria Bueller/ DIDIER HERBERT: I Woke Up One Morning In May/ JOE'S
ACADIANS: Il Ya Pas La Claire De Lune (No Moonlight)/ Si Tu Voudroit Marriez
Avec Moi (Marry Me)/ JOLLY BOYS OF LAFAYETTE: Jolly Boys Breakdown/ DELMA
LACHNEY: Baoille/ Riviere Rouge/ ANGELAS LE JEUNNE: Bayou Pom Pom One Step/
Valse De Pointe Noire/ MCGHEE & ARDOIN: Amadie Two Step/ Blues De Basille/
La Valse A Austin Ardoin/ La Valse A Thomas Ardoin/ La Valse De Gueydan/ One
Step D'Oberlin/ One Step des Chameaux/ Two Step D'Elton/ Valse A Alcee
Poulard/ Valse Des Opelusas/ MILLER'S MERRYMAKERS: Cajun Breakdown/ Elton
Two Step/ Lake Arthur Stomp/ Pine Island/ Round Up Hop/ ARTELUS MISTRIC:
Belle Of Point Clair/ You Belong To Me/ BARTMON MONTET & JOSWELL DUPUIS: Je
M'En Suis (I'm Going Away)/ L'Abandoner (The Abandoned Waltz)/ DEWEY SEGURA:
Far Away From Home Blues/ Rosalia/ Your (sic) Small And Sweet/ THE SEGURA
BROTHERS: A Mosquito Ate Up My Sweetheart/ New Iberia Polka/ FLOYD SHREVE &
THE THREE ACES: Lonesome Blues/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS RHYTHM BOYS: Chere Liza/
LEO SOILEAU & HIS THREE ACES: Hackberry Hop/ LEO SOILEAU & HIS RHYTHM BOYS:
La Valse De La Rosa/ THE THIBODEAUX BOYS: La Two Step A Erby/ La Vieux Vals
An' Onc Mack/ Tu Pen Pas Ma Retter De Revere/ JOE WERNER & THE RAMBLERS:
Crap Shooter's Hop/ She's My Flapper And My Baby
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| GREECE |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP 7776 |
Rembetika |
$28.98 |
Four CDs, 89 tracks, approx five hours, essential
This is one of the reissues of 2007. Rembetika is
often thought of as the Greek equivalent of the blues - a creation of the
underclass and dealing with the realities of their life - smoking hash,
thieving, jail, addiction, desire and betrayal sung with incredible soul and
feeling. The music is thought to have originated with Greeks who had to
leave Asia Minor at the beginning of the 20th Century. The earliest form is
the Smyrnaic style (after Smyrna in Turkey) where the musicians first played
the style and had a strong Turkish flavor to it. The usual accompaniment
included violin, santouri/ cimbalom (hammered dulcimer), guitar and oud. The
first volume is mostly devoted to recordings in this style and includes such
legendary performers as Marika Papagika (who recorded in the USA), Achilleas
Poulus (who sang in Turkish), the prolific and popular Andonios
Dhiamandidhis (aka "Dalgas"), the sublime female singers Roza Eskenazi and
Rita Abadzi. In the early 30s a new style of rembetica began to appear in
the port city of Piraeus with a less ornamented style of singing and the
extensive use of the bouzouki and its smaller cousin the baglama. The second
disc is devoted to this style featuring sides by the gruff voiced Markos
Vamvakaris - another extremely popular performer who recorded hundreds of
songs as well as Stratos Payioumidzis, Yiorgis Batis and others. The third
volume is strongly dominated by the guitar though the bouzouki and other
instruments are also featured. It includes five gorgeous instrumental sides
- two of them featuring bouzouki master Jack Halikias, one a rare example of
a lute instrumental in rembetika and a dazzling guitar instrumental from the
mysterious K. Kostis. This disc also features a track by the amazing George
Katsoras whose modal singing and guitarist almost has the feel of a
Mississippi hill country blues. In April, 1936 a right-wing government took
power in Greece and censorship was introduced resulting in the banning of
lyrics with an "undesirable" content as well as "Eastern style" music. The
fourth disc features recordings from this period of censorship and while the
lyrics are more concerned with romance than with dope or crime the
performances are still powerful and moving featuring artists like Rirta
Abadzi, Stellakis, Vassilis TsitsanisYiorgos Kavouras and others. The sound
quality is superb and the only drawback to this set is that only 12 pages
were allocated to the notes and compiler and annotator Charles Howard has
done his best to give an overview of the music, brief biographies of the
performers, a glossary and very brief excerpts or descriptions of the songs.
There is no discographical information but Charles has kindly provided us
with discographical details which we have printed up and will provide to
anyone who orders this set. (FS)
RITA ABADZI Markopouliotissa/ I Margarita/ O Vlamis Tou
Psyri/ Pane Yia To Prasso/ To Flidzani Tou Yianni/ YIORGOS BATIS: I Fylakes
Tou Oropou/ Taxim Athineiko Ke Zeimbekiko/ Varka Mou Boyiatismeni/
Thermastis/ AND. DALGAS: Sousta Politiki/ Zeimbekiko Melemenio/ ANDONIOS
DALGAS: Echo Meraki Echo Dalga/ ANESTIS DHELIAS: Soura Ke Mastoura/ A.
DHIAMADIDHIS ‘DALGAS’: Huseini Manes/ GUS DUSSAS: I Efmorfi Attaleia/ O
Paraponiaris/ ROZA ESKENAZI: Dzerkeza/ Gazeli Sabach, Sti Mavri Yi Chrosto
Kormi/ Ime Prezakias/ Mas Kynigoun Ton Argile/ Mes’ To Vathi Skotadhi/
LEOPOLD GAD: Piran Ta Frygana Fotia/ D. GONGOS ‘BAYIANDERAS’: Htan Anixi/
Panta Me Glyko Hasisi/ JACK GRIGORIOU & S.MICHELIDHIS: To Minore Tou Deke/
HADZICHRISTOS & I.STAMOULIS: Nea Vaggelitsa/ A. HADZICHRISTOS: Paliopedho/
Tha Se Klepso Tha Se Paro/ JACK HALIKIAS: Trikouverto/ JOHN (JACK) HALIKIAS:
Raste Tou Deke/ YIANNIS IOANNIDHIS & MANOLIS KARAPIPERIS: Tout’ I Batsoi
Pou’Rthan Tora/ AND. KALYVOPOULOS: O Prezakis/ Paraponiounde I Manges Mas/
Pende Manges/ Yiovan Tsaous/ KOSTAS KARIPIS: Minore Manes, S’Afino Tin Kali
Nychtia/ YIORGOS KARRAS: Strive Logia/ GEORGE KATSAROS: Stis Syras To
Aniforo/ YIORGOS KAVOURAS: Dhen Tha’rtho Peia Stin Kokkinia/ O Tsiggounis O
Babas Sou/ STELLIOS KEROMYTIS: I Moni Mou Parigoria/ Mes’Tou Vavoula Ti
Gouva/ A. KOSTIS: Me Pianoune Zaladhes/ K. KOSTIS: Troumba/ PETROS KYRIAKOS:
O Skylomangas/ EL. MELEMENLIS: Tsifte Telli/ MARIKA PAPAGIKA: Aidhinikos
Xoros/ Mandalena/ YIANNIS PAPAIOANNOU: Pali Mou Kanoun Proxenia/ Vadhizo Me
Parapono/ MIKE PATRINOS & YIANNIS DEYAITAS: Hadzimilousiko/ PAYIOUMIDZIS &
TSITSANIS: I Meraklidhes/ EF. PAYIOUMIDZIS: Manges Piaste Ta Vouna/
Vaggelitsa/ EFSTRATIOS PAYIOUMIDZIS: Ouzak-To Tragoudhi Tis Xentias/ San
Eyriz’ Ap’ Tin Pylo/ STRATOS PAYIOUMIDZIS: Opios Orfanepse Mikros/
Zeimbekano Spaniolo/ STELLAKIS PERPINIADHIS & ANNA PAGANA: Dhervisis Ke
Anna/ STELLAKIS PERPINIADHIS: Ego Thelo Prigipessa/ D. PHILLIPOPOULOS & D.
EFSTRATIOU: To Yellekaki/ MARIKA POLITISSA: Melachrinoula/ Rast Zergile/ THE
POPULAR ORCHESTRA: Bournovalio/ ACHILLEAS POULOS: Chakiji Zeibek/ E.
SOPHRONIOU ‘VAGGELAKIS’: Ballos Smyrneikos Me Mane/ STELLAKIS: I Mikri Ap'To
Passalimani/ Mikroula Pireotissa/ Ola Ta ‘Cho Varethi/ STELLLAKIS: I
Magdhalo/ STRATOS & ST.KEROMYTIS: I Baglamadhes/ STRATOS & STELLAKIS: O
Serianis/ Se Fino Akroyiali/ Thelo Na Se Andamoso, Xaveriotissa/ STRATOS &
ST. KEROMYTIS: Tis Mastouras O Skopos/ STRATOS & V.TSITSANIS: To Proi Me Tin
Dhrossoula/ Varka Yialo/ VASSILIS TSITSANIS: Tatavliano/ MARKOS VAMVAKARIS:
I Klostirou/ Kapote Imouna Ki’Ego/ Manavissa Me Gaidhouraki/ O Synachis/
Olli I Rembetes Tou Dounia/ Prepi Na Xeris Michani/ San Ise Mangas Ke Dais/
Taxim-Zeimbekiko/ To Portofoli/ NIKOS VRACHNAS: Ithela Na’ Moun Iraklis/
MICHAILIS YENITSARIS: Ego Mangas Fenomouna
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| GREECE |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP JSPCD 77105 |
Rembetika 2 |
$28.98 |
Four CDs, 87 tracks, essentia
Complemnting JSP 7776 ("Rembetika" - $28.98) this is another fantastic
collection of this incredibly powerful and moving music from Greece that has
parallels with American blues in it's visceral impact. The recordings here
cover the period 1908 through 1946 along with one track from 2000 showing
that the music is still alive. Intensely emotional vocals with varied
instrumental accompaniments including clarinet, oud, violin, cimbalom,
guitar, bouzouki, lyra, mandolin, banjo and other instruments in varying
combinations. Compiled by rembetika expert Charles Howard who provides
notes, discography, brief biographies and excerpts from the songs. Sound
quality is outstanding - even the four tracks recorded between 1908 and 1910
sound great. The first volume was one of the best releases of 2006 - this
one is sure to be one of the best of 2008. (FS)
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