Various – Mortika (Recordings From A Greek Underworld)

Label: Mississippi Records – MR-043, Canary Records – none
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Box Set
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Rebetiko

Worn-in underground Greek folk music compiled by the excellent Mississippi label.  Wonderfully raw, ouzo-stained song-craft often born out of death, murder, love, pain, exile and all the other great topics that feed such genuine, feral expression.  TIP!  (NM)  

Tracklist
A1 Jack Gregory– The Mystery 4:18
A2 Yiórgios Katsarós – I Creep Along The Walls 4:45
A3 Spahánis – Oh, Mother I Can't Stand It 3:19
A4 Dalgás – Dou Dou 3:11
A5 Fr. Zouridákis  - D. Tsakíris – The Dachtiri 3:13
Β1 Harílaos Piperákis (Kritikós) - Ep. Asimakópoulos – The Toust 3:59
Β2 K. Roúkounas – I Wasted My Youth 3:06
Β3 Márkos Vamvakáris – The Lifer 3:21
Β4 A. Papatzís – The Bohoris 4:05
Β5 Κ. Kostís – This Summer 4:14
C1 Maríka Papagíka – The Dervish 3:35
C2 Pol – The Hash Smoker 3:05
C3 Ríta Ambadzí – At Tsambíkous Teké 3:17
C4 Márkos Vamvakáris – Hash-smoking Mortissa 3:20
C5 Stellákis Perpiniádhis – Heroin & Hashish 3:06
D1 Ioannis Halikias – The Loser 3:06
D2 S. Gavalás – In The Bezesténi Yard 4:15
D3 D. Góngos – Hash-smoking Chicks 2:49
D4 Ant. Dalgás – The Cab-driver's Perks 4:08
D5 Yeórgios Katsarós – Dhervisaki 3:09
D6 Nikos Vrachnás – Down By The Priest's Jetty 2:59