Rebetika

This is how it all began. On the instigation of Peter Leman, the arts officer for the City of Brunswick, the original line-up of Apodimi recorded their first Lp-recording for Brunswick Recordings, released in 1987. The album focuses on pre-war and post-WW2 songs as well. A few are from the anonymous period of composition and apart from a couple, most had never been re-recorded up until the time of this release. Guest musicians were vocalist Rena Hatzilepou, accordeon player Nick Sereslis and fiddle and santouri player Christos Pantzaras. On it’s re-release the album featured the cover art-work of local artist Nick Soulakis. Sleeve notes were by Stathis Gauntlett.