The music can be a little primitive, but Marika Papagika left a legacy of Greek folk music, rebetika, and light popular music that is unrivaled by very few artists of the day. David Soffa did an excellent job of picking out her most popular recordings primarily from the late 1920's. This is a priceless look at Greek Music in the United States during the 1920's.
(1994) Marika Papagika: 1918-1929 / 320k
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Brass Pins And Match Heads: International 78s (2011) / discogs
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"Many thanks for your interest in my record. As it is still in print, however, I would prefer that people buy it. Would you mind taking down the files until it has gone out of print - ideally a year or so?
many thanks,"A compilation of deep 78's from all over the world—India, Iran, Anatolia, Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Macedonia, Spain, America and more. Compiled by Ian Nagoski, as sort of a sequel to the String of Pearls compilation Mississippi put out a couple years back. Beautiful austere performances by master instrumentalists & vocalists."
(2010) To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul / 320k
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"'To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul' collects 32 intensely beautiful recordings made by the Gramophone Company and HMV in Istanbul during the the first three decades of the twentieth century, while the Ottoman Empire was in it's final throes of collapse. From instrumental improvisations to passionate paeans, this album crosses bridges between Gypsies, Muslims, Christians and Jews, city folk and country dwellers to present a fascinating artefact that's half historical document, half treasure trove of spirits unleashed from crackly 78s. The entire album was expertly restored at Abbey Road studios to sound remarkably clear, allowing the full impact of these songs to affect wholly. A vintage aural luxury." (boomkat)
Tras-os-Montes: Harvest Songs And The Shepherd's Bagpipe (1980)
"Romances, work-songs and dances from deep Galicia, the Tras-os-Montes in the north-east, featuring the Portuguese bagpipe, distinguished by its ancient, oscillating, fluctuating, microchromatic scales."
Martinique - Cane Fields and City Streets (1962)
"With its striking Afro-French creole culture, Martinique nurtures a strong heritage of unique music: drum dances, work songs, quadrilles, story songs, and popular urban styles such as the biguine and mazouk. Caught at a pivotal moment in Martinique's history, Lomax's recordings feature powerful traditional singers such as Ti Raoul Grivalliers, and foreshadow zouk and ragga." - Rounder Records
(1989) Die Andengitarre / 192k
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"Some sort of obscure German instrumental compilation nevertheless powerfully captures a full range of magical techniques behind this Argentinean guitarist. Immediately it becomes apparent Yupanqui's playing, while perhaps a little more free of constraint and certainly poorly produced, ranks amongst the fiercest Latin acoustic talent heard, and quite often overshadows more technically rigid successors simply because of how truthful and expansive the playing is." amazon
Huomen Tuone (2008)
''One of the most harmonic expressions of spiritual freak-folk coming out from Finland, this first vinyl from the band Tulasi spreads around warm and positive feelings in six songs created through spontaneous junctions of flute, guitar, violin, percussions, tambura and voices. So, the perfect sound to bring our Souls peacefully inside the wintertime is coming directly from the North, inside a bright colours handmade sleeve made by Troglosound using drawings and collage.'' -Troglosound
MRC-009: Chaabi Music From Al-Maghrib
MRC-017: Everything Crash
Jamaican, Ska, R&B and Soul
MRC-006: Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Random 78's recorded between 1903-1953
MRC-012: A Little Bit Of Hurt
Soul and R&B