Kazantzidis & Marinella Explained

Kazantzidis & Marinella
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Stelios Kazantzidis & Marinella
Cover:	Kazantzidis_Marinella_1969.jpg
Released:	18 January 1969
Recorded:	Athens, 1968, studio Polysound
Genre:	World music, Folk, Laïko
Length:	35:27
Language:	Greek
Label:	PolyGram Greece, Philips
Producer:	PolyGram Records
Chronology:	Stelios Kazantzidis
Prev Title:	Stelios Kazantzidis
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Nichterides Ki Arachnes
Next Year:	1969

Kazantzidis & Marinella (Greek: Καζαντζίδης & Μαρινελλα) is a self-titled studio album by popular Greek singers Stelios Kazantzidis and Marinella that includes their last common recordings.^[1] It was recorded in 1968 and released on 18 January 1969 by PolyGram Records in Greece.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Some of these recordings were first released on 45 rpm vinyl records by Philips/Standard in 1968.^[1]

This album was issued in mono and stereo. The stereo version of this album was released on CD in 1992 with eight bonus tracks by PolyGram.^[6] In September 2006, Universal Music Greece granted a licensed re-release to Athens-based Difono magazine, titled I Teleftees Kines Ichografisis (Their last common recordings), the re-release contained the same tracks as the original album.^{[7] [8]}

Track listing

Side One.

1. "Tha klapsis mia mera" (Θα κλάψεις μια μέρα; Someday you'll cry) – (Nakis Petridis – Stelios Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:17
2. "Sta vrachia tis Piraikis" (Στα βράχια της Πειραϊκής; On the rocks of Piraiki) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 2:58
3. "Apopse s' echo stin agkalia mou" (Απόψε σ' έχω στην αγκαλιά μου; Tonight I've got you in my arms) – (Christos Nikolopoulos – Pythagoras) – 3:14
4. "Mi mou lete gi' afti" (Μη μου λέτε γι' αυτή; Don't tell me about her) – (Nakis Petridis – Stelios Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 2:51
5. "Apano pou se xechasa" (Απάνω που σε ξέχασα; Just as I forgot you) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:16
6. "I pio megali amartia" (Η πιο μεγάλη αμαρτία; The biggest sin) – (Kostas Stamatakis – Pythagoras) – 3:10

Side Two.

1. "I kardia tis manas" (Η καρδιά της μάνας; Mother's heart) – (Nakis Petridis – Stelios Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:00
2. "Ta glika pou psonisa" (Τα γλυκά που ψώνισα; The sweets I bought) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:21
3. "Ime ki ego amartolos" (Είμαι κι εγώ αμαρτωλός; I am a sinner too) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 2:58
4. "Ta roziasmena cheria mou" (Τα ροζιασμένα χέρια μου; Calloused hands) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:12
5. "Ena remali tou Pirea" (Ένα ρεμάλι του Πειραιά; A bum of Piraeus) – (Nakis Petridis – Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:12
6. "Avrio se hano" (Αύριο σε χάνω; Tomorrow, I'll lose you) – (Kostas Stamatakis – Pythagoras) – 2:58

Bonus tracks on the CD re-issue.

1. "M' anapses fotia" (Μ' άναψες φωτιά) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Kostas Delagrammatis) – 3:26
   • This song had been released as a single in 1960.
2. "Ena potiri dakria" (Ένα ποτήρι δάκρυα) – (Nakis Petridis – Stelios Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:10
   • This song had been recorded in 1968.
3. "Glikia fellaha, klapse" (Γλυκιά φελάχα, κλάψε) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Vassilis Karapatakis – Christos Kolokotronis) – 3:25
   • This song had been released as a single in 1960.
4. "Den allaxe i kardia mou" (Δεν άλλαξε η καρδιά μου) – (Nakis Petridis – Stelios Kazantzidis – Pythagoras) – 3:22
   • This song had been recorded in 1968.
5. "Glikia mou Athineissa" (Γλυκιά μου Αθηναίισα) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Christos Kolokotronis) – 3:33
   • This song had been released as a single in 1960.
6. "To tragoudi tis ftochologias" (Το τραγούδι της φτωχολογιάς) – (Stelios Kazantzidis – Kostas Delagrammatis) – 3:10
   • This song had been released as a single in 1960.
7. "Ase me na ziso monachos" (Άσε με να ζήσω μοναχός) – (Chistos Nikolopoulos – Pythagoras) – 3:21
   • This song had been recorded in 1968 and released as a single on September 19, 1969.
8. "Glikia mou mana" (Γλυκιά μου μάνα) – (Christos Kolokotronis – Vassilis Karapatakis) – 3:01
   • This song had been released as a single in 1960.

Personnel

• Stelios Kazantzidis – vocals
• Marinella – vocals, background vocals
• Nakis Petridis – arranger, conductor
• PolyGram Records – producer

References

1. Compilation album Ta Logia Ine Peritta – 50 Chronia Tragoudi (Booklet), Marinella, Universal – PolyGram Greece: 1715636, 2006
2. Liner notes, Kazantzidis & Marinella, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Philips – PolyGram Greece: 843613, 1969
3. Compilation album's booklet Ta Logia Ine Peritta – 50 Chronia Tragoudi (Words are pointless – 50 Years of song), Marinella, Universal – PolyGram Greece: 1733687, 2007
4. Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950–2009 (Greek Discography 1950–2009)
5. http://www.discogs.com/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1/release/4938428 Kazantzidis & Marinella
6. Liner notes, Kazantzidis & Marinella (CD re-release), Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Philips – PolyGram Greece: 7314 5122 4829, 1992
7. http://www.discogs.com/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1-%CE%9F%CE%B9-%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%97%CF%87/release/3761027 Stelios Kazantzidis & Marinella – I Teleftees Kines Ichografisis (Difono) 2006
8. Liner notes, I Teleftees Kines Ichografisis (Οι Τελευταίες Κοινές Ηχογραφήσεις), Stelios Kazantzidis, cMarinella, Difono (Δίφωνο): 0025-2, 2006