Five Days Married & Other Laments: Song And Dance From Northern Greece, 1928-1958

Tracklist

A1	–Elias Litos*, Lazaros Rouvas*	Skaros (Sheperd's Song)
A2	–Halkias Brothers Folk Orchestra	Pente Meres Pantremeni (Five Days Married)
A3	–Kitsos Harisiadis*	Stroto Pogonisio (Smooth Dance From Pogoni)
A4	–Halkias Brothers Folk Orchestra	Kyragiorgena (Missus George-Wife)
A5	–Group From Northern Epirus	Stis Deropolis Ton Kambo (On The Deropolis Plain)
A6	–Nick Halkias*	Mperati Pogonisio (Berat From Pogoni)
A7	–Kitsos Harisiadis*	Mirologi Arvantico (Albanian Lament)
B1	–Kitsos Harisiadis*	Skaros (Sheperd's Song)
B2	–Five Gliniotes	E Vlaha (A Vlach Girl Washing By The River)
B3	–Manthos Halkias & Folk Orchestra	Samantakas (Samantakas)
B4	–Polyxeni* And Kalliopi Litou*	Mia Omorfi Gitonopula (Next-Door Beauty)
B5	–Nick Tzaras*, Sideris Andrianos	Kalokeraki (Summer)
B6	–Trio Tsitsomitsos	Para Mikri S’Agapisa (Too Young Were You When I Love You)
B7	–Manthos Halkias & Folk Orchestra	Merko Mirologi (A Lament For More Time)

Credits

• Art Direction – Susan Archie
• Cover, Painting, Sleeve [Inner], Illustration [Pen And Ink Drawing] – Robert Crumb
• Design – Christopher Fairchild
• Liner Notes – Christopher King
• Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Bryan Hoffa
• Producer – Christopher King
• Remastered By [Remastered Directly From Original 78s By] – Christopher King

Notes

Featuring sublime and unhinged music rarely heard outside of Northern Greece and Southern Albania, the performances presented in this collection span the range of plaintive, ancient dirges to hypnotic, droning dance pieces. The style, repertoire, and songs from this isolated region are unearthly in their euphonic appeal. Most of the music on this CD has not been issued since they were originally pressed on 78 rpm disc. A deep set of notes in a 12-page booklet is accompanied by comprehensive lyrical translations as well as original artwork by R. Crumb. This CD version includes as bonus tracks all four sides recorded in 1933 by the mysterious and archaic M. Harisis Epirotic Group. Respectfully crafted by Christopher King and Susan Archie for Angry Mom Records. Original artwork by Robert Crumb.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 1695 07502 5

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AMA 03	Various	Five Days Married & Other Laments: Song And Dance From Northern Greece, 1928-1958 ‎(LP, Comp)	Angry Mom Archives	AMA 03	US	2013