Markos Vamvakaris* – Είναι Πικρός Ο Θάνατος = Death Is Bitter

Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης - Είναι Πικρός Ο Θάνατος = Death Is Bitter album cover

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Label:	Olvido Records – OLV-10
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Compilation, Mono , 160g
Country:	US
Released:	Nov 4, 2022
Genre:	Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Folk

Tracklist

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*

Companies, etc.

Lacquer Cut At – Telegraph Mastering
Pressed By – Smashed Plastic Record Pressing

Credits

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

Notes

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)

Runouts are etched.

Lacquer cutting company/engineer derived from runouts.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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