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Kostas Bezos And The White Birds
12+ albums
Greek
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https://olvidorecords.bandcamp.com/album/kostas-bezos-and-the-white-birds The first-ever compilation of χαβάγιες ("havagies"), the nearly forgotten Hawaiian-influenced music of 1930s Greece, focused on the compositions of Kostas Bezos and his ensemble White Birds. A world-class slide guitarist, political cartoonist and sleepless Bohemian, Kostas Bezos created some of the most unique music of any era: surrealist guitar portraits blending Athens and Honolulu, haunting tropical serenades, wild acoustic orchestras, and heartbreaking steel guitar duets. Incredibly, this is the same musician responsible for the legendary "Kostis" rebetika recordings (see A. Kostis "The Jail's a Fine School" [OLV-002 / MRP-098]). LP version includes a 32-page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein and Dimitris Kourtis, many rare photographs, lyrics, obituaries and a bonus CD containing 18 additional tracks. Restored and mastered from original 78s by Michael Graves, this release is limited to 1,000 copies. Digital version includes all 32 songs and a PDF of the booklet. Co-released by Olvido Records (OLV-002) and Mississippi Records (MRP-098) on January 30th, 2017. credits released January 30, 2017 Produced by Gordon Ashworth, Tony Klein, Dimitris Kourtis. Articles by Tony Klein, edited by Gordon Ashworth. Newspaper Research and Bezos Drawings provided by Dimitris Kourtis. Photographs provided by the Kalliris Family, Stavros Kourousis, Lia Dimitriou, Hugo Strötbaum. Translations by Tony Klein
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Χιπ χοπ φοξ (Hip Hop Fox)
952Σμάρτ (Smart)
693Τρέλα Πέρα Για Πέρα (Utterly Crazy)
614Μη με ρωτάς (Don't Ask Me)
585Τ Άσπρα Πουλιά στα βουνα (The White Birds In The Mountains)
586Τ’Άσπρα Πουλιά στα βουνα (The White Birds In The Mountains)
577Άχ Αθήνα (Oh, Athens)
508Κουμπανέζικο (Cuban Song)
499Πάμε στη Χονολουλού (Let's Go To Honolulu)
4810Νύχτες Γλυκές (Sweet Nights)
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