Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies

Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies
Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies
Studio album by Stelios Kazantzidis & Marinella
Released	1964
Recorded	Athens, 1964
Genre	World music, Folk, Laïko
Language	Greek
Label	Odeon, Minos EMI
Producer	Minos EMI
Stelios Kazantzidis chronology
Marinella chronology

Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies (Greek: Καζαντζίδης & Μαρινέλλα – Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες; The great hits of Kazantzidis and Marinella) is the name of a studio album by popular Greek singers Stelios Kazantzidis and Marinella. It is their first joint studio album and was released in 1964 by Odeon/Minos EMI in Greece.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] All songs were released on 45 rpm vinyl records in 1964–65.

Track listing

Side One.

"Ta moutzouromena cheria" (Τα μουτζουρωμένα χέρια; Soiled hands) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Stefanos Vartanis)
"Dichos filous, dichos mana" (Δίχως φίλους, δίχως μάνα; Without friends and mother) – (Kazantzidis – Kostas Psichogios)
"Papoutsi apo ton topo sou" (Παπούτσι από τον τόπο σου; A shoe from your place) – (Theodoros Derveniotis – Kostas Virvos)
"Osi glika echoun ta chili sou" (Όση γλύκα έχουν τα χείλη σου; The sweetness of your lips) – (Apostolos Kaldaras)
"Mi kles glikia manoula mou" (Μη κλαις γλυκιά μανούλα μου; Don't cry, my sweet mother) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Ioannis Vassilopoulos)
"Svise to fos" (Σβήσε το φως; Turn off the light) – (Theodoros Derveniotis – Kostas Virvos)

Side Two.

"Ta chili sou osa ki' an poun" (Τα χείλη σου όσα κι αν πουν; Whatever your lips may say) – (Mpampis Mpakalis – Stavros Kaxos)
"Niotho mia kourasi varia" (Νιώθω μια κούραση βαριά; I feel very tired) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Ioannis Vassilopoulos)
"Ap' ta cheria mou s' arpazoun" (Απ' τα χέρια μου σ' αρπάζουν; They grabbed you out of my hands) – (Mpampis Mpakalis – Panagiotis Tzochaderos)
"Ki' an gelao ine psema" (Κι αν γελάω είναι ψέμα; If I laugh it's a lie) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Evaggelos Atraidis)
"To treno Germanias – Athinon" (Το τρένο Γερμανίας – Αθηνών; The Germany-Athens train) – (Stelios Kazantzidis)
"Aponi zoi" (Άπονη ζωή; Heartless life) – (Stavros Xarchakos – Lefteris Papadopoulos)

Personnel

Stelios Kazantzidis – vocals
Marinella – vocals, background vocals
Mpampis Mpakalis – arranger and conductor on tracks 7 and 9
Theodoros Derveniotis – arranger and conductor on tracks 3 and 6
Stelios Kazantzidis – arranger and conductor on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 and 11
Apostolos Kaldaras – arranger and conductor on "Osi glika echoun ta chili sou"
Stavros Xarchakos – arranger and conductor on "Aponi zoi"
Karapatsopoulos Photography – photographer
Minos EMI – producer

References

^ Liner notes, Kazantzidis & Marinella, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Odeon – Minos EMI: OMCG 11, 1964
^ Petros Dragoumanos: Odigos Ellinikis Diskografias (Greek Discography Guide) 1950–1990 Archived 4 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Nea Synora – A. Livani, 1990 (First edition), at Scribd (in greek)
^ Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950–2009 (Greek Discography 1950–2009)
^ Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies (OMCG 11) 1964 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at vinyl.gr
^ Stelios Kazantzidis – Discography (on 33 rpm vinyl records) Archived 22 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine at vinyl.gr (in greek)

[1] Liner notes, Kazantzidis & Marinella, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Odeon – Minos EMI: OMCG 11, 1964

[2] Petros Dragoumanos: Odigos Ellinikis Diskografias (Greek Discography Guide) 1950–1990 Archived 4 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Nea Synora – A. Livani, 1990 (First edition), at Scribd (in greek)

[Dragoumanos,_Petros_2009-3] Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950–2009 (Greek Discography 1950–2009)

[4] Kazantzidis & Marinella – Megales Epitihies (OMCG 11) 1964 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at vinyl.gr

[5] Stelios Kazantzidis – Discography (on 33 rpm vinyl records) Archived 22 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine at vinyl.gr (in greek)

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