Rebetiko Sergiani - Songs of Istanbul (1920 - 1940)
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I just made a grand discovery today (Thanks again tera7). The Greek Blues: Rebetiko. I strongly urge everyone who's into either gypsy/balkan music or blues to give this a try.

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REBETIKO SERGIANI - Various Artists - Songs of the City (1920-1940) (Ä°STANBULUN ÅžARKILARI)

ARTISTS: VARIOUS ARTISTS – REBETIKO SERGIANI No–2- ARTISTS: VARIOUS ARTISTS - REBETIKO SERGIANI No-2 -
TITLE: TRAGOUDIA TIS POLIS 1920–1940 TITLE: TRAGOUDIA TIS POLIS 1920-1940


- Track List -- *=missing

01 Stampoul
02 Eskoutari
03 Bosphorus
04 heavier than SIDERA*
05 Karsilamas policy*
06 Hagia Sophia*
07 the son of the fisherman
08 Civ Hasapiko crude
09 Matia mou
10 Bacon
11 guttersnipe
12 Sylivriano
13 Gaul mothers
14 pyran the brushwood fire
15 Civ Hasapiko
16 Culture Tatafliani
17 Deniz kizi
18 Tatafliano HASAPIKO

Cover scans:
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wiki: Rebetiko, plural rebetika, (Greek ρεμπέτικο and ρεμπέτικα respectively), occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is the name for a type of Greek urban folk music. A roots music form of sorts, the sound of the genre reflects the combined influences of European and Middle Eastern music. Rebetiko music has sometimes been called the Greek blues, since like the blues, it grew out of a specific urban subculture and reflected the harsh realities of an oppressed subculture's lifestyle: poverty, alienation, crime, drink, drugs prostitution, and violence. But rebetiko's subject matter also extends to other subjects: romance and passion, social matters, people such as the mother, death, the difficulties of living in a foreign country, army life, war, trivial matters of everyday life, exotic places, poverty, labor, illnesses, and the minor sorrows of people. A major theme of Rebetiko is the pleasure of using drugs, especially hashish. Rebetiko songs of this kind are called Χασικλίδικα (hasiklidika). Also like the blues, rebetiko progressed from being a music associated with the lower classes to becoming during the 1960s and later a revived musical form of wide popularity, especially among younger people. Rebetiko music was closely associated with the mangas Greek urban subculture. Finally, rebetiko songs usually display the same chord progressions found in songs from classic Mississippi delta bluesmen like Robert Johnson and others 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebetiko

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Thanks to tera7, asterastrip and looksee for helping me out on the transcription issue :)