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Select in-print Discography: Eliot's "top five" CDs

click on cover Artists CD title Reviews and notes
CD Various Women of Rembetica Absolutely essential CD: includes some of the best tracks by Markika Papagika, Roza Eskenazi, Rita Abadzi. Here's a complete mp3 of "Tha Spaso Koupes", sung by Markia Papagika...
CD Antonis Dalgas Dalgas 1928-1933 Essential release by the greatest male singer of Rebetika.
CD Various Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece Well-produced collection, but many of the tunes are on the lackluster side.
CD Various Songs & Dances in the Asia Minor Style: Greek-Oriental Rebetica I know the producer of this collection; the notes here are some of the most extensive and accurate of any Rebetika release. It's also the only CD that properly spells the genre name in its English transliteration...
CD Rosa Eskenazi Rebetiko of Rosa Eskenazi One of the great female singers of Rebetika.

Select in-print Discography: Greek Archives CDs

click on cover Artists CD title Reviews and notes
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 2: Rebetiko Song in America No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 3: the Rebetiko Song in America No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 4: Memory of Smyrna Most of these songs are in other collections (Dalgas); sound quality is lower in this one. Some unique smyrna songs.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 5: Songs Of The Underground No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 6: Women Of The Rebetikio Song No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 7: Unknown Recordings of Songs from Smyrna:1922-1940 I don't know about the unknown status -- most are by noted singers of Rebetika who lived in Smyrna, and all the Rosa songs are present in other collections featuring her songs.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 8: Armenians, Jews, Turks & Gipsies in Old Recordings Marginally related.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 9: Constantinople in Old Recordings Focus on rebetika music of singers who lived in Istanbul at some point.
CD Various Greek Archives vol. 12: Unknown Recordings of Rebetiko Songs: 1922-1940 Mainly male singers with bazouki orchestras.
CD Various Greek Archives: Anthology of Rebetiko Songs vol. 1 Unique repertoire by lesser-known singers.
CD Various Greek Archives: Anthology of Rebetiko Songs vol. 2: 1930-1940 Unique repertoire by lesser-known singers.
CD Various Greek Archives: Anthology of Smyrean Songs: 1920-1938 lots of songs by Vangelis Sofroniou and others from the Smyrna scene.
CD Various Greek Archives: Anthology of Smyrnean Songs 1926-1939, Vol. 2 Contains some rare recordings, including a Greek brass band piece from smyrna from the 20's.
CD Various Greek Archives: Mourmourika: Songs of Greek Underworld. No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives: Songs of Prison Life No notes yet.
CD Various Greek Archives: Songs of the Taverna No notes yet.

Select in-print Discography: Other CDs

click on cover Artists CD title Reviews and notes
CD Various My Only Consolation: Classic Pierotic Rembetica 1932-1946 Zembekikos on bazouki, baghlama, and guitar, by the male manges of Piraeus.
CD Various Lost Homelands: the Smyrnaic Song in Greece No notes yet.
CD Various Women of Rembetica Absolutely essential CD: includes some of the best tracks by Markika Papagika, Roza Eskenazi, Rita Abadzi.
CD Antonis Dalgas Dalgas 1928-1933 Essential release by the greatest male singer of Rebetika.
CD Various Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece Well-produced collection, but many of the tunes are on the lackluster side.
CD Various Songs & Dances in the Asia Minor Style: Greek-Oriental Rebetica The producer of this collection, Marty Schwartz, is one of the experts on rebetika. The notes here are some of the most extensive and accurate of any rebetika release. It's also the only CD that properly spells the genre name in its English transliteration...
CD Rosa Eskenazi Rebetiko of Rosa Eskenazi One of the great female singers of rebetika.
CD Rosa Eskenazi Rembetissa: Roza Eskenazi A lot of amanes from this great singer. Collection released on Rounder, so it will be around for a long time.
CD Rosa Eskenazi Rebetiko of Rosa Eskenazi Not as well done as the Rounder release (above).
CD Vassilis Tsitsanis 1936-1946: Vassilis Tsitsanis Late-period rebetika music.
CD Marika Papagika Greek Popular & Rebetic Music: Marika Papagika Only readilly available collection of Marika, my favorite of the female rebetika stars.
CD Yorghos Papasideris Yorghos Papasideris Sings Amanedes & Rebetika Songs I have heard very little by this singer until this CD. Excellent; 2nd to Dalgas. Beautiful voice obviously with Turkish gazel influence (Smyrna).
CD Mitsos Arapakis Mitsos Arapakis Sings Amanedes & Rebetika Songs Sweet voice; another unknown male singer with excellent songs. Most of the amanes are in obscure Ottoman modes, indicating Turkish education? Not as deep as Dalgas, but sweeter...
CD various Great Singers of Smirneiko & Rebetiko Interesting unfocused collection; some good songs, but some poor remastering cloud the overall release.
CD various Rebetiki Istoria No notes yet.
CD Labyrinth At the Cafe Aman (live) New rebetika music: this is a very good CD!
CD the Athenians Greek Songs Dances and Rembetiko Late-period rebetika music. A large bazouki orchestra. This has almost no resenblance to the prison-song aesthetic, but is a great Greek pop CD and costs less than $8!.
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