TRENO FEVGI STIS OKTO, TO
Created on 17/03/2009Latest update on 29/11/2022
Artist: Antonis Kaloyannis & Maria Dimitriadi
Author: Mikis Theodorakis/Manoi Eleftheriou
Label: Polydor
Year: 1971
With the Mikis Theodorakis orchestra. Means The Train Leaves At Eight in Greek. Part of Ta Laïka (The Popular Songs), first performed in Rome in 1970. Theodorakis was banned by the colonel regime in Greece. Ended up in exile.
Covers:
- 1970s:
Manolis Mitsias [in Greece, orchestrated by Loukianos Kilaidonis]
- 1971:
Maria Farantouri [recorded in Paris]
- 1974:
- 1986:
Maria Dimitriadi [vocal version; lyrics: M. Eleftherio]
- 2000:
Walkabouts [as Train Leaves At Eight; title track cd with European covers]
