Β-otherSide records proudly presents a retrospective album of songwriter/composer Mary Dalakou.
Mary Dalakou wrote her own unique story in Greek song, as the muse of Yannis Markopoulos, in the recordings of the album "Theseus" (1963) as well as in the soundtracks of the films "Diogmos" and "Psarogiannos", while under his direction, she will appear before the E.I.R.'s Variety Music Orchestra in 1965, performing her own and modern repertoire. As one of the pioneer songwriters of Neo Kyma, she participated in bands in Plaka from the first days of its existence, while together with Spyros Kampanis they will found the Apanemia boite, writing their own history in the narrow alleys of Plaka. At the same time, she will begin recording her first demos at Polysound studio, with the participation of a multitude of distinguished musicians, such as :
Nikos and Giorgos Tzavaras, voices, guitars
Vangelis Ntikos, acoustic guitar
Stamatis Protopappas, flute
Andreas Flyskounis, flute
Bourboulia: Nikos Tsilogiannis on drums, Vasilis Dallas on bass, Johnny Lambitsi on electric guitar.
Argyris Koulouris, electric guitar
Georgos Lavranos, percussion
Gerasimos Miliaresis, classical guitar
creating her repertoire either on original material or on unique arrangements of traditional songs, both Greek and English. Always restless, she will participate in the 2nd Greek Song Competition of Corfu in 1982, submitting 2 songs, while 3 years later, with a rock band consisting of :
Grigoris Melakis, drums
Vagias Naoumis, electric bass
David Grunstein, keyboard
Mary Dalakou, voice, piano
she will record the album "After the performance" in Loukas Thanos' studio.
All of Mary Dalakou' demos, outtakes, rehearsals and live performances between 1965-1985, which were left out of the discography, have been included in this vinyl edition, which contains 17 songs on the vinyl and an additional 12 songs on the accompanying CD.
The editing, cleaning and mastering of the recordings were undertaken by Konstantinos Kampanis (Mr. Woofer) while the cover and the insert were edited by Thanasis Xanthakos (Plan 59).
The edition is released in 200 hand numbered vinyl+cd copies by B-otherSide records and include a 6-page color insert with rare photographic material from Mary Dalakou' archive and a bilingual biography-editorial written by her.
The first 100 copies include as a bonus CD, Mary Dalakou' new album "Vythos" in poetry by Fontas Ladis, hand-signed by its creators, as well as a poster from an original 1970s photo shoot of Mary Dalakou, with her own handwritten signature.

Tracklist:
LP
A1 Πίσω Απ' Τις Βατομουριές
A2 Λιανοτράγουδα
A3 Dans Tes Yeux
A4 Si Tu Veux Partir
A5 Ο Λοχίας Joe
A6 Ο Μικρός Αητός
A7 Δύο Ηπειρώτικα
A8 La Chanson De La Liberté
A9 Ουσιαστικά
B1 Ο Ερχομός Σου
B2 Θρακιώτικο
B3 Ο Τραγουδιστής Του Βάλτου
B4 Αμαρτωλό
B5 Ιπτάμενος Δίσκος
B6 Ροδοχάραξε Η Αυγή
B7 Το Αστροναυτόπουλο
B8 Νύχτωσε Χωρίς Φεγγάρι
CD
1 Ας Το Πούμε Ένα
2 Πεθαμένα Φύλλα
3 Tombe La Pluie
4 Οι Παλιάτσοι
5 Cindy
6 Το Ποτάμι
7 Πού Είσαι Αυτή Την Άνοιξη
8 Το Σύννεφο
9 Τα Πνεύματα
10 Ένα Καρότσι
11 Μετά Την Παράσταση
12 Του Μοναχικού Σκηνοθέτη