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Markos Vamvakaris - Death Is Bitter - New LP 2022 Mississippi Olvido Vinyl & Booklet - Greek Folk / Rebetika

Markos Vamvakaris - Death Is Bitter - New LP 2022 Mississippi Olvido Vinyl & Booklet - Greek Folk / Rebetika

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Markos Vamvakaris – Είναι Πικρός Ο Θάνατος = Death Is Bitter

Label: Mississippi Records – MRI 133, Olvido Records – OLV 10
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, 160g
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Rebetiko
A1 Εφουμέρναμ’ Ένα Βράδυ = We Were Smoking One Evening
Guitar – Spyros Peristeris*
A2 Μόρτισσα Χασικλού = Hash-smoking Mortissa
Guitar – Kostas Skarvelis*
Performer [Worry Beads On Glass] – Unknown Artist
A3 Σκύλα Μ’ Έκανες Και Λιώνω = Bitch, You Made Me Waste Away
Guitar – Spyros Peristeris*
Lute [Baglamas], Backing Vocals – Stratos Pagioumtzis*
A4 Η Κλωστηρού = The Spinner
Guitar – Kostas Skarvelis*
A5 Αράπ Ζεϊμπέκικο = Arap Zeibekiko
Guitar, Goblet Drum [Toumbeleki] – Unknown Artist
A6 Ο Χασάπης = The Butcher
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Kostas Skarvelis*
B1 Ταξίμ Σερφ = Serfo Taxim
Guitar – Spyros Peristeris*
B2 Τα Μάτια Σου Τ'Αράπικα = Your Arabian Eyes
Guitar – Kostas Karipis*
Lute [Baglamas], Backing Vocals – Giorgos Batis*
B3 Η Γυναίκα Μου Ζηλεύει = My Woman's Jealous
Backing Vocals – Panagiotis Toundas*
Guitar – Kostas Karipis*
Performer [Worry Beads On Glass] – Unknown Artist
B4 Χθες Το Βράδυ Στο Σκοτάδι = In The Dark Last Night
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Performer [Worry Beads On Glass] – Unknown Artist
B5 Ο Μάρκος Ο Συριανός = Markos From Syros
Guitar – Kostas Karipis*
Lute [Baglamas], Backing Vocals – Giorgos Batis*
B6 Πειραιώτικος Μανές (Είναι Πικρός Ο Θάνατος) = Pireotikos Manes (Death Is Bitter)
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Kostas Skarvelis*
  • Lacquer Cut At – Telegraph Mastering
  • Pressed By – Smashed Plastic Record Pressing
  • Compiled By, Design, Layout – Gordon Ashworth*
  • Compiled By, Transferred By, Liner Notes – Stavros Kourousis*
  • Compiled By, Translated By [Lyrics] – Tony Klein
  • Lacquer Cut By – Adam Gonsalves
  • Lead Vocals – Markos Vamvakaris* (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B2 to B6)
  • Lute [Bazouki], Written-By – Markos Vamvakaris*
  • Remastered By, Restoration – Timothy Stollenwerk
  • Translated By [Lyrics] – Thanos Mantas
Remastered from rare 78s by Stereophonic Sound, pressed on heavy 160g vinyl at Smashed Plastic, includes full-size eight-page booklet with detailed historical notes, rare photos, and lyric translations.

Front cover has a large sticker with the main artist name and title on top of the chipboard sleeve, presumably correcting a printing error.

The Greek inscriptions in the runouts are a line from track A6.
Side A: παλεύεις με τα αίματα = you struggle with the blood
Side B: μα δεν πονεί η καρδιά σου = but your heart doesn't hurt

A1, B1 recorded June 1933, originally released as Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Εφουμάραμ' Ένα Βράδυ / Ταξίμ Σερφ.
A2 recorded December 1933, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Ο Μαστούρας / Μόρτισσα Χασικλού.
A3 recorded May 1936 (probably), originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Σκύλα Μ' Έκανες Και Λιώνω / Το Διαζύγιο.
A4 recorded June 1934, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Τα Μαγεμένα Μάτια Σου / Η Κλωστηρού.
A5 recorded December 1932, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Καραντουζένι / Αράπ Ζεϊμπέκικο.
A6 recorded June 1934, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Ο Χασάπης / Στα Σίδερα Με Βάλανε.
B2 recorded 25 November 1933 originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Ώρες Με Θρέφει Ο Λουλάς / Τα Μάτια Σου Τ' Αράπικα.
B3 recorded September 1935, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Ο Ισοβίτης / Η Γυναίκα Μου Ζηλεύει.
B4 recorded September 1935, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Φραγκοσυριανή / Χθες Το Βράδυ Στο Σκοτάδι.
B5 recorded 25 November 1933, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Μάρκος ο Συριανός / Όταν Πλύνω Τουμπεκάκι
B6 recorded January 1934, originally released on Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Για Το Γινάτι Σου Μωρή / Πειραιώτικος Μανές (Είναι Πικρός Ο Θάνατος).

Αφιερωμένο στη μνήμη του Μάρκου Βαμβακάρη (1905 - 1972)
Dedicated to the memory of Markos Vamvakaris (1905 - 1972)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): MRI-133 A παλεύεις με τα αιματα TELEGRAPH-GONSALVES
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): MRI-133 B μα δεν πονεί η Καρδιά σου TELEGRAPH-GONSALVES

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