Mourmourika: Songs of Greek Underworld

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rounder Select
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 018964112028
EAN: 0018964112028
ASIN: B00000G5T5

Release Date: 1999-01-26

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Tracks:

Mourmouriko-Zeimbekiko - Loannis (Jack) Halikias
In The Basement - A. Kostis
The Mangas' (Dude's) Song - Spachanis
Prisoner's Blues - Yeorgios Kamvisis
The Dude From Votanikos - Z. Kasimatis
The Con Artist - Stell. Perpiniadhis
The Dervish's Broad - K. Roukounas, Samiotakis
Marjorie, On The Sly - Stellakis Perpiniadhis
The Junkie - V. Mesolongitis
They Sent Us Into Exile - Yeorgios Katsaros
The Mourmouris - Tassos Eleftheriadhis
(Hash-Den Instrumental) - Loannis (Jack) Halikias
The Jail's A Fine School - K. Kostis
Manolis The Hash-Smoker - Konst. Dhoussas
The Ruffians - Z. Kasimatis
The Dark-Eyed Flirt - Stell. Perpiniadhis
A Mangas (Dude) At The Deke (Hash-Den) - Marika Kanaropoulou, Tourkalista
The Pickpockets - Kostas Roukounas
Dance From Syros (Syrian Hasapiko) - F. Zouridhakis
The Gambler - Harilaos Kritikos
The Sultan - N. Pourpourakis

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Customer Reviews:

BAD RECORD.......2002-09-09

It's the first time I gonad write something like this... It's to bad to be true...

The real rembetica!.......2001-10-14

When one travels in Greece it is very hard to find true Rembetica music. When asked where this style of music is to be found, most Greeks will send you to the nearest taverna to hear the loud, raucous, popular music that is now called rembetica by so many. For the afficianado who wishes to hear the real thing, this CD is the perfect fix. It is the best of the real rembetica singers of the 1930s to 1950 and will give the listener a true felling for the music of those times in the Greek tavernas. Acoustic, simple, clear, and totally authentic - pure Greek gold!

N. Pourpourakis.......2000-12-17

I met Nick Pourpourakis, the composer of the last song on this CD, "The Sultan", 15 years ago. In his heyday he was one of the most talented and most popular of Greek Musicians here in the United States. His speciality is "Rembetiko" style music which is the theme of this CD. He is still active and performs in a local restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California and was recently on television. He composed "The Sultan" in New York in the 50's in his late teens and he has actually worked with some of the musicians who are featured on the album (who of course were quite a bit older). "The Sultan" was also chosen as background music for an episode of a very popular Soap Opera in Greece "Lampsi." This CD "MOURMOURIKA" is an excellent collection of a style of music that was in a world of its own, back in the 1900's to about the late 1950's. I recommend it highly, especially to music historians. Here's to you Nick.

Well chosen collection of rare tracks.......1999-03-22

This CD contains a good selection of rare tracks by well known and rather more obscure singers of the rebetiko idiom. The sound quality is very good considering the age of some of the recordings. If you know rebetika already, this CD will increase your knowledge, if you are new to the music, it provides a good introduction. All in all a must have.

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