Marinella & Athenians

Marinella & Athenians
Studio album by Marinella
Released	July 26, 1977
Recorded	Athens, 1977, studio Polysound
Genre	World music, folk, Éntekhno
Length	36:74
Language	Greek
Label	PolyGram Greece, Philips
Producer	Philippos Papatheodorou
Marinella chronology
Alli Mia Fora (1976) Marinella & Athenians (1977) I Marinella Tou Simera (1978)

Marinella & Athenians (Greek: Μαρινέλλα & Αθηναίοι) is the name of a studio album by popular Greek singer Marinella. It was released on July 26, 1977 by PolyGram Records in Greece and it went gold selling over 50,000 units.^[1][2][3][4] Marinella was accompanied by the Greek musical group of The Athenians (by Philippos Papatheodorou, Kostas Trouptsios, Spyros Livieratos)^[5] and Tzavara Twins (Nikos and Giorgos Tzavaras).^[6][7] This album was issued in mono and stereo. The stereo version of this album was released on CD in 1995 by PolyGram.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Track listing

Side One.

1. "Antio" - (Αντίο; Good-bye) – (Kostas Hatzis - Sotia Tsotou) – 3:17
2. "Ke tora ti echis na pis" (Και τώρα τι έχεις να πεις; What do you have to say now?) – (Nini Zaha) – 2:58
3. "Tha 'thela na isoun (Agapi mou)" (Θα 'θελα να ήσουν; I'd like you to be) – (Giorgos Hadjinasios - Nikos Vrettos) – 3:34
4. "I galaria" (Η γαλαρία; The balcony) – (Kostas Hatzis - Sotia Tsotou) – 2:19
5. "Ine aplo" (Είναι απλό; It is simple) – (Kostas Hatzis - Mimis Theiopoulos) – 2:41
6. "Afise me na s' agapo" (Άφησέ με να σ' αγαπώ; Let me love you) – (Stelios Zafeiriou - Mimis Theiopoulos) – 3:14
   • The first studio version of this song had been released on Alli Mia Fora.

Side Two.

1. "Tora tipota" (Τώρα τίποτα; Now, nothing) – (Tolis Voskopoulos - Mimis Theiopoulos) – 4:27
   • The first studio version of this song had been released on Alli Mia Fora.
2. "Pare me konta sou" (Πάρε με κοντά σου; Take me close to you) – (Giorgos Hadjinasios - Michalis Bourboulis) – 3:30
3. "Tha tragoudiso" (Θα τραγουδήσω; I will sing) – (Tolis Voskopoulos - Mimis Theiopoulos) – 2:55
   • The first studio version of this song had been released on Alli Mia Fora.
4. "Anthropi - anthropi" (Άνθρωποι - άνθρωποι; People - people) – (Nini Zaha - Sotia Tsotou) – 3:16
5. "Den eim' ego" (Δεν είμ' εγώ; It isn't me) – (Kostas Hatzis - Sotia Tsotou) – 3:37
6. "Svise to fos" (Σβήσε το φως; Switch off the light) – (Philippos Papatheodorou as Giannis Axiotis - Sotia Tsotou) – 3:26

Personnel

• Marinella - vocals
• The Athenians and Tzavara Twins - background vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 11
• Philippos Papatheodorou - producer
• Kostas Klavvas - arranger, conductor
• Yiannis Smyrneos - recording engineer
• Alinta Mavrogeni - photographer
• Antonis Kanavakis - artwork

References

1. Liner notes, Marinella - Marinella & Athenians, Philips - PolyGram Greece: 9112013, 1977
2. Dragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950-2009 (Greek Discography 1950-2009)
3. Compilation album Ta Logia Ine Peritta - 50 Chronia Tragoudi (Booklet), Marinella, PolyGram Greece: 1715636, 2006
4. MARINELLA - ATHENIANS (PHILIPS 9112013) 1977 at vinylmaniac.madblog.gr (in greek)
5. Billboard - Marinella & The Athenians (November 6, 1976) by Lefty Kongalides
6. Compilation album's booklet Ta Logia Ine Peritta - 50 Chronia Tragoudi (Words are pointless - 50 Years of song), Marinella, Universal - PolyGram Greece: 1733687, 2007
7. Compilation album I Foni Ke O Mythos - 30 Chronia Tragoudi (Booklet), Marinella, Mercury - PolyGram Greece: 534828, 1997
8. Liner notes, Marinella & Athenians (CD re-release), Marinella, Philips - PolyGram Greece: 7314 5284 7720, 1995
9. "Musical CD profile 1995". Musical.gr. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
10. iTunes Music - Marinella & Athenians 1977
11. Marinella & Athenians 1977 at mygreek.fm