My name is Eleni Oikonomou, and I am a postgraduate student at the Ionian University. I am currently beginning work on my dissertation, which examines social types in occupied Athens (the Saltadoros, the black marketeer and the starving person) through archival material, literature and rebetiko.
For the purposes of my research, I am focusing on three specific occupation-era songs by Michalis Genitsaris: “The Saltadoros”, “The Black Marketeers” and “Raid on Piraeus”.
I understand that the album “The Rebetika of the Occupation”, released in 1980 (Minos) and edited by Kostas Chatzidoulis, included a very detailed, multi-page insert containing historical information, background on the creation of the songs and press clippings from the period.
As this material is absolutely essential to me as a primary source, and I do not have access to the physical record archive, I wanted to ask whether anyone here, or any collector on the forum, has the record and would be able to send me a scan of the insert (or at least clear photographs of its pages).
You would be providing me with enormous academic assistance.
Are we talking about Dalaras’s album? It was also released on CD; it doesn’t seem to be particularly hard to find, but you’ll need to find out whether it has the same insert.
I found the vinyl second-hand here https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/3129253, at various prices from different sellers. Four or five of them are selling it for around 10 euros or less, including postage. The same link also has photos of the insert, but unfortunately the text isn’t legible.
Good evening, yes, that’s the record I mean. To be precise, I do have the record itself, but unfortunately the insert has been lost. Thank you for your help and best wishes.
This seller https://vendora.gr/items/7yk4q4x/giorgos-ntalaras-rempetika-tis-katochis-metachirismeno.html is offering the used vinyl for €5 (excluding postage), and you can see the insert in the photo too. If you scroll down, you’ll find the same one again from nearly twenty sellers (does no one want to keep this record?), at various prices. The cheapest ones are probably in terrible condition, but since you already have it, that won’t matter to you, as long as it comes with the booklet.
Also, if you scour all of Google, you might find libraries and archives that have it and where you can view it on site. I often come across this with other records; I’m not sure about this particular one, though.
By this, I mean anyone who died as a result of the famine that prevailed during the occupation. This does not refer to a specific social group, although I will focus more on child mortality caused by the famine.
Theoretically, it’s a noun; in practice, it’s my own neologism, which will evolve into an established form over time. I understand now what confused you. When I wrote yesterday’s message in the middle of the night, I was practically asleep on my feet.
I’m not in the Department of Music Studies, so I can’t answer you. I’m in the Department of History, and music, like literature and cartoons, is considered part of the historical record alongside official sources.