Absolutely essential CD: includes some of the best tracks by Markika Papagika, Roza Eskenazi, Rita Abadzi. Here's a complete mp3 of "Tha Spaso Koupes", sung by Markia Papagika...
I know the producer of this collection (the legendary Marty Schwartz); the notes here are some of the most extensive and accurate of any Rebetika release. It's also the only CD that properly spells the genre name in its English transliteration...
I don't know about the unknown status -- most are by noted singers of Rebetika who lived in Smyrna, and all the Rosa songs are present in other collections featuring her songs.
Sweet voice; another unknown male singer with excellent songs. Most of the amanes are in obscure Ottoman modes, indicating Turkish education? Not as deep as Dalgas, but sweeter...
Late-period rebetika music. A large bazouki orchestra. This has almost no resenblance to the prison-song aesthetic, but is a great Greek pop CD and costs less than $8!.
