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               Yorghos Papasideris 
 sings rare folk songs (Greek & Arvanitic)

Authentic Recordings around 1930-1940 
from rare 78 rpm records

Yorghos Papasideris (a famous singer) was born on 14th September 1902 and he died in 1977. From 1928 since 1977 he recorded 1850 songs.
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



            Yorghos Papasideris
 sings Amanedes and Rebetika songs

Authentic Recordings around 1930-1940 
from rare 78 rpm records
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



Mitsos Arapakis sings folk songs

Authentic Recordings around 1925-1935 
from rare 78 rpm records

Dimitris Kallinikos-Tsousis or Arapakis, as he was called, was born in Preveza but lived in Athens. He was born berween 1890 and 1895 and he died between 1967 and 1970. He was one of the most important singers of his time.
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



               Mitsos Arapakis 
  sings Amanedes and Rebetika songs

Authentic Recordings around 1925-1935 
from rare 78 rpm records
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



                Dimitris Atraidis
 sings Amanedes, Rebetika & Folk songs

Authentic Recordings around 1930-1940 
from rare 78 rpm records

Dimitris Atraidis (composer and singer) was born in Kasaba, a town near Smyrna, in 1900. Arrived in Greece in 1923 and he died in 1970.
Recearch, discovery, text: Markos Ph. Dragoumis
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



    Dimitris Atraidis & Costas Nouros
        sing Amanedes & Rebetika

Authentic Recordings around 1926-1938 
from rare 78 rpm records

Costas Masselos or Nouros (a famous singer) was born in 1892 at Daragac, Smyrna. He came to Greece after 1922 and he died in 1972 at Kokkinia / Athens. He was one of the most important singers of his time.

Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



         Antonis Diamantidis (Dalgas)
 sings Amanedes, Rebetika and Folk songs

Authentic Recordings around 1925-1935 
from rare 78 rpm records

Antonis Diamantidis or Dalgas was born in 1892 at Arnavutköy near Istanbul. He came to Greece after 1922. He was composer and most important singer. He recorded a total of about 450 songs in the years 1925 to 1940. He died in 1945.
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records



    Sotiris Stassinopoulos
    sings Demotic Songs

Authentic Recordings around 1921-1929 
from rare 78 rpm records

Sotiris Stassinopoulos was born in 1880 at Strezova (presently Daphne) in the Dara region of Achaia near Kalavryta. He is still remembered there under his nicknames Skendzos or Hardavellas. He went to the U.S.A. a little after 1900 and he made his first recording in 1921. From 1921 to 1929 he recorded 97 sohngs in the U.S.A. He died in 1960 in America. Quite exceptional singer.
Recearch, coments, text, production supervision: Thanassis Moraitis
Published in 1996 by FM Records


            Samuel Baud-Bovy
A documentation of traditional music in Crete

A group of ethnomusicologists presided by Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906-1986) recorded in 1954 in Crete. The present edition contains texts relating to the field-work of the researchers unpublished studies on certain aspects of Cretan music and musical scores. The publication is accompanied by a double cd.
Editors: Lambros Liavas, Markos Dragoumis, Thanassis Moraitis
Sponsored by Fonds Samuel Baud-Bovy (Geneve)
Published by Centre for Asia Minor Studies - Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive, Athens 2006



          Lullabies
    Recordings 1930-1998

Produced by: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive

Production, publishing and booklet editors: Markos Ph. Dragoumis, Thanassis Moraitis
Published in February 2004



        Songs of Cappadocia
   - from old and new recordings -

Sung by Cappadocian women and
Domna Samiou, Lydia Koniordou, Katerina Papadopoulou, Rodí Tomurcukgül

Orchestra director: Socrates Sinópoulos
Produced by: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive
Production, publishing and booklet editors: Markos Ph. Dragoumis, Thanassis Moraitis
Published in January 2002


* Complete catalogue of the publications (books and CD' s) by the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive you can see in the web page www.mla.gr