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Andonis Diamandis, a.k.a. Dalgas, which means sorrow, was born in Istanbul in 1892. He is one of the great singers who settled in Athens after the 1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe and performed in the Smyrneiko Style. His songs are mostly amanedes, slow mournful songs based on two verses, in which the singer improvises in an elaborate style using the arab-persian modes called macam (such as hedjaz, kiourdini, etc.). The bands he played with were mostly smyrneiko bands, with violin, sandouri or kanonaki, saz, accordion and/or piano. During his career he recorded in all major Greek and foreign record companies both as a singer and composer. This collection presents his outstanding voice in 18 tracks composed by him and others. The booklet includes a detailed text on his life and work, by an expert on this style, P. Kounadis.
1. MATIA MOU (My eyes) 3:14
2. MIS HELLAS (Miss Greece – P.Vaindirlis) 3:20
3. SALA SALA 3:11
4. APO LIGO LIGO (Each time a little more) 2:59
5. OI MANGES (The dudes – I. Montanaris) 3:15
6. POLITIKO ZEIMBEKIKO (Zeimbekikos Dance from Istanbul) 3:07
7. TO BAGLAMADAKI SPASE (Break the baglamas – A. Dalgas) 3:13
8. O MANES TIS AVGIS (Dawn’s Manes Song) 3:04
9. POU NA VRO GYNAIKA NA SOU MOIAZEI (How could I find a girl like you – A. Dalgas, a.k.a. Diamandidis & K. Anatolitis) 2:57
10. ARABI (Arab Manes Song) 3:07
11. VASSILIKI PROSTAZEI (Vassiliki Orders) 3:06
12. DERBEDERISSA (A. Dalgas) 2:45
13. KAKOURGA PETHERA (Cruel Mother-in-law – I. Montanaris) 3:00
14. O KAIMOS TOU FTHISIKOU (The consumptive guy’s troubles – A. Dalgas) 3:12
15. ZEIMBEKIKO MELEMENIO (Zeimbekiko Dance from the Melemeni area) 3:25
16. TIS XENITIAS O PONOS (The pains of living abroad – A. Dalgas) 3:08
17. MANES KIOURDINI (Manes Song in the Kiourdini Mode – A. Dalgas) 3:20
18. BARBA YIANNAKIS (Uncle John) 3:08
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