A. KOSTIS The Jail's A Fine School LP/1930s Greece/Rebetiko/Folk/Kostas Bezos
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A. KOSTIS 'The Jail's A Fine School' LP (US, Mississippi Records Records, Catalogue #MRP-097) Brand new/unplayed copy of SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT limited year 2015 Mississippi Records label LP edition/collection of 1930's Rebetiko 78"s by A. Kostis (Kostas Bezos). 28-page booklet included. Fantastic!
(NOTE: SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT/LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)
First ever vinyl collection of the legendary “Kostis,” the most enigmatic of all Greek rebetika artists. 12 tracks of truly unique guitar duets and black-humor lyrics chronicling the hash dens, prison culture and pickpockets of old Athens. Recorded under a pseudonym for export to the Greeks living in America, research has uncovered the musician, journalist and cartoonist Kostas Bezos as the figure lurking behind the Kostis name, with ties to the famous singer Tetos Demetriades. Renowned for his slide guitar playing in Hawaiian-style orchestras throughout the 1930s, the Kostis recordings reveal an entirely different underworld of the macabre and illicit. The use of guitar in these now-classic rebetika songs display a virtuosity of finger-picked Near-Eastern modes and unusual tunings at the dawn of rebetika, when the bouzouki was yet to become supreme.
Presented in pristine audio quality mastered from original 78 rpm discs by Michael Graves, “The Jail’s a Fine School” stands as an important document of an enduring mystery in Greek music, and a high standard for what was once a truly subversive art form.
Tracks on this LP are as follows:
A1 Yannis The Hash Smoker 3:56 A2 A School Was Burned 4:10 A3 Troumba 4:01 A4 You Were Barefoot 3:55 A5 Dertlidhikos Horos 4:09 A6 In The Basement 3:59 B1 I Pass By Your Door 4:17 B2 Toumbeleki Toumbeleki 4:17 B3 Dizziness Overcomes Me 4:09 B4 This Summer 4:15 B5 I Became Thin 4:15 B6 The Jail's A Fine School 4:22Shipping in US is $4.98./CANADA AIRMAIL is $20.98./MEXICO AIRMAIL is $23.98./OVERSEAS AIRMAIL is $24.98. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)
Record shipped in professional, superior rectangular shaped, corner-protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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