Arleta (3 March 1945 – 8 August 2017) was a Greek singer. Her real name is Argyro - Nicoleta Chapra. He was born in Athens. She studied painting at the School of Fine Arts. She began her recording career in the 1960s by participating in the so-called new wave of Greek music. In her first recordings she collaborated with several well-known composers, such as Yannis Spanos, Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis. She released three personal albums at the end of the sixties of the new wave era, and a collection of Hadjidakis songs. After a withdrawal from live performances in the 70s and a short hiatus in discography at the end of that decade, she returned to music scene with a slight different style of music. Appart from her participation to the work of great composers as the Third Anthology of Giannis Spanos, N. Mamagakis (Erofili) and N. Mavroudis (Child Of The Earth), as well as her special interpretation to Romancero Gitano of Mikis Theodorakis (on F. G. Lorca lyrics), she released only an exceptional work then, the album Six Days on Pavlina Pampoudis lyrics, which is very rare today. In 1981 she recorded the first album with her own material (One Hat with Songs). In 1984 and 1985 she was very successful with songs written by composer Lakis Papadopoulos and lyricist Marianina Kriezis in the albums Peripo and Tsai Yasemiou. Some of her successes are: «Once I Remember», «Little Children», «The Song Says It Also», «The Wolf», «The Song of the Drachma», «Café», «Serenade» «Cozy», «Jasmine Tea», «The Quiet Evening», «Batida de Coco», «The Shipwreck Bar», «Bus 2». In 1997 she released the book «Which Way Do They Go For The Spring» with texts, lyrics, drawings and paintings. (Kastaniotis Publications). The music of Arleta was very successful in Athens boites.
This is the Original withdrawn 1st press row of tracks, including censored tracks (A2: Κάποιες Νύχτες [Some Nights], A3: Το Λειβάδι [The Meadow]) which were replaced on next pressings. The next vinyl reissues, substituted these songe with Α2. Τα Πελαγίσια Όνειρα [Sea Revery] (Written By: Νίκος Χουλιαράς, Νότης Μαυρουδής) and Α3. Η Μέρα Τέλειωσε [The Day Is Ended] (Written By: Νίκος Χουλιαράς). The CD reissue of 2010 contains all the songs with a different row. We have added the two replacement songs at the end as bonus tracks. This upload is dedicated to the memory of our beloved singer, songwriter and distinguished person, who was a companion from the times of our youth up to date.
Arleta – Arleta Sings [1966] (Full Vinyl Album)
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Tracklist:
Α1. Μια Ιστορία Από Τον Πόλεμο [A Story From The War] (Written By: Γιάννης Κακουλίδης, Νότης Μαυρουδής)/Α2. Κάποιες Νύχτες [Some Nights] (Written By: Γιάννης Σπανός, Κώστας Γεωργουσόπουλος)/Α3. Το Λειβάδι [The Meadow] (Written By: Νίκος Χουλιαράς)/Α4. Δέκα Στρατιώτες Κι Ένας Λοχαγός [Ten Soldiers And A Captain] (Written By: Γιάννης Σπανός, Κ. Γεωργουσόπουλος)/Α5. Σαββάτο Απόγιομα [Saturday Afternoon] (Written By: Γιάννης Κακουλίδης, Νότης Μαυρουδής)/Α6. Τώρα Θ' Ανοίξω Τα Φτερά [Now I Will Fly Away] (Written By: Γ. Στεφάνου, Γιώργος Κοντογιώργος)
Β1. Το Πέτρινο Χαμόγελο [The Stone Smile] (Written By Νίκος Χουλιαράς)/Β2. Μια Φορά Θυμάμαι [Once, I Remember...] (Written By: Γ. Στεφάνου, Γιάννης Σπανός)/Β3. Λίγο Πριν Φτάσει Η Άνοιξη [Before Spring Comes] (Written By: Α. Δασκαλόπουλος, Νότης Μαυρουδής)/Β4. Τις Άδειες Νύχτες [The Empty Nights] (Written By: Γ. Στεφάνου, Γιώργος Κοντογιώργος)/Β5. Στα Κούλουμα (Written By: Γιάννης Κακουλίδης, Νότης Μαυρουδής)/Β6. Ερημιά [Solitude] (Written By: Γ. Στεφάνου, Γιάννης Σπανός)
Original withdrawn very 1st mono press, including censored tracks (A2, A3) which were replaced on next pressings.
Bonus Replacement Tracks from the next releases
1. [Α2.[ Τα Πελαγίσια Όνειρα [Sea Revery] (Written By Νίκος Χουλιαράς, Νότης Μαυρουδής)/2. [Α3.] Η Μέρα Τέλειωσε [The Day Is Ended] (Written By: Νίκος Χουλιαράς)
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