A. KOSTIS

‘A Jail's a Fine School'

Vinyl Record LP Record

Pressed on black vinyl! - Limited Pressing 

Killer Greek Rembetika from the 1930s!

Comes with booklet

You are bidding on a brand new copy of the ‘A Jail's a Fine School’ Lp from the seminal rembeti - ‘A. KOSTIS!’  This guy was considered one of the best Greek Rembetiko players!

Now own your very own copy that you can cherish and love and admire and be considered the envy of all of your friends!

First ever vinyl collection of the legendary 'Kostis,' the most enigmatic of all Greek rebetika artists of the early 1930s. Truly unique guitar duets and black-humor prose chronicling the hash dens, prison culture and pickpockets of old Athens. Virtuosic fingerpicking of Near-Eastern modes at the dawn of rebetika, when the bouzouki was yet to become supreme. Recorded under a pseudonym for export to the Greeks living in America, it stands as an enduring mystery and the high standard for a once subversive art form. Includes Greek and English lyrics, extensive liner notes by Tony Klein and many previously unpublished photographs. Co-released by Olvido Records

For cover, see picture below.

Tracks are: Giannis Hasiklis (Yannis the Hash Smoker)
Kaike Ena Scholeio (A School Was Burned)
Troumba
Isouna Xipoliti (You Were Barefoot) Dertlidhikos Horos Stin Ypoga (In The Basement) Ap' Tin Porta Sou Perno (I Pass By Your Door) Toumbeleki Toumbeleki Me Pianoune Zaladhes (Dizziness Overcomes Me) Touto To Kalokeraki Adinatisa O Kaimenos (I Became Thin) I Fylaki Einai Scholeio (The Jail's a Fine School)

Lp record is brand new! Winning bidder to pay for U.S.P.S. shipping, international bidders please e-mail me for international rates. Payment must be received within 10 days of closing auction date. Payment by PAYPAL! Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions of concerns. Thanks and happy bidding

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