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Tonight, All is for You: Greek Folk and Rebetiko B​-​sides on 78rpm

by Passé Records

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This compilation of Greek folk music and rebetika comes from my small collection of about fifty Greek 78rpm records. Featured here are my favorite cuts, a vast majority of which were located on the B-sides of records.

These recordings date back as early as 1927 ("Στην Πάτρα μεσ' τον καφενέ") and span about three decades into the late 1950s ("Απόψε όλα είναι για σένα"). I would by no means consider this compilation to be a fair cross section of Greek music of the era, however. There were many more diverse styles also popular at the time. The tracks featured here are simply what stands out to me from my modest collection. Great care has been taken to reduce noise on these recordings without compromising audio quality, but background noise in some cases is unavoidable. I hope you will enjoy these pieces as much as I have!

-Lon Eldridge

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released January 16, 2020

Compilation and digitization by Lon Eldridge.

Big thanks to George Demetriou for proofreading Greek text.

Cover photo: from left to right, Δημήτρης Σέμσης (Dimitrios Semsis, violin), Αγάπιος Τομπούλης (Agapios Tomboulis, oud), and Ρόζα Εσκενάζυ (Roza Eskenazi, vocals and tambourine). Athens, 1932.

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