'
: (Records & LPs)
besvinyl.com
Regular price
$23.99
Sale
Usually ships in 3-6 business days
The first-ever compilation of ''Xabagies'', the nearly forgotten Hawaiian-influenced music of 1930s Greece, focused on the compositions of Kostas Bezos and his ensemble White Birds. A world-class slide guitarist, political cartoonist, and sleepless Bohemian, Kostas Bezos created some of the most unique music of any era: surrealist guitar portraits blurring Athens and Honolulu, haunting tropical serenades, wild acoustic orchestras, and heartbreaking steel guitar duets.* LP version includes a 28 page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein and Dimitri Kourtis, unpublished photographs, lyrics, obituaries* Includes a bonus CD containing 18 additional tracks* Mastered from original 78s by Michael Graves* Co-released by Olvido Records in an edition of 1000
The first-ever compilation of ''Xabagies'', the nearly forgotten Hawaiian-influenced music of 1930s Greece, focused on the compositions of Kostas Bezos and his ensemble White Birds. A world-class slide guitarist, political cartoonist, and sleepless Bohemian, Kostas Bezos created some of the most unique music of any era: surrealist guitar portraits blurring Athens and Honolulu, haunting tropical serenades, wild acoustic orchestras, and heartbreaking steel guitar duets.* LP version includes a 28 page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein and Dimitri Kourtis, unpublished photographs, lyrics, obituaries* Includes a bonus CD containing 18 additional tracks* Mastered from original 78s by Michael Graves* Co-released by Olvido Records in an edition of 1000