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The Jail's A Fine School
| Label | Mississippi Records – MRP-097Olvido Records – OLV-001 |
| Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| Barcode | 2090404795822 |
| Country | US |
| Released | 2020 |
| Genre | Folk, World, & Country |
| Style | Rebetiko |
The first ever vinyl collection of the legendary Kostis, the most enigmatic of all Greek rebetika artists of the early 1930s. Truly unique guitar duets and black-humor prose chronicling the hash dens, prison culture and pickpockets of old Athens. Virtuosic fingerpicking of Near-Eastern modes at the dawn of rebetika, when the bouzouki was yet to become supreme. Recorded under a pseudonym for export to the Greeks living in America, it stands as an enduring mystery and the high standard for a once subversive art form. This release includes Greek and English lyrics, extensive liner notes by Tony Klein and many previously unpublished photographs.
| A1 | Yannis The Hash Smoker | 3:56 |
| A2 | A School Was Burned | 4:10 |
| A3 | Troumba | 4:01 |
| A4 | You Were Barefoot | 3:55 |
| A5 | Dertlidhikos Horos | 4:09 |
| A6 | In The Basement | 3:59 |
| B1 | I Pass By Your Door | 4:17 |
| B2 | Toumbeleki Toumbeleki | 4:17 |
| B3 | Dizziness Overcomes Me | 4:09 |
| B4 | This Summer | 4:15 |
| B5 | I Became Thin | 4:15 |
| B6 | The Jail's A Fine School | 4:22 |
Liner Notes – Tony Klein
Mastered By – Michael Graves
Typography – Jola
Mastered By – Michael Graves
Typography – Jola
Mastered from original 78 rpm discs.
Includes a 28 page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein (“Greek Rhapsody,” “Mortika”), full lyrics in Greek and English, and several previously unpublished photographs.
Includes a 28 page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein (“Greek Rhapsody,” “Mortika”), full lyrics in Greek and English, and several previously unpublished photographs.