Despina Vandi: Live
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Despina Vandi Live is the first live album and seventh album overall by Greek singer Despina Vandi
Despina Vandi
Despina Malea , known by her stage name Despina Vandi , is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, West Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old and she later enrolled at the University of Thessaloniki, but eventually dropped out to begin a career in...

. It was released in 2003 by Heaven Music
Heaven Music
Heaven Music is an independent record label in Athens, Greece, founded in 2001 by ANT1 Group. It is known for signing new and young artists.-Overview:...

 and it went platinum. It includes recordings from her sold-out live concert in Lycabettus theatre in Athens.

Track listing

Release history

Region Date Label Format Version
Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

December 8, 2003 Heaven
Heaven Music
Heaven Music is an independent record label in Athens, Greece, founded in 2001 by ANT1 Group. It is known for signing new and young artists.-Overview:...

CD
Compact Disc
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, digital download
Music download
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Original
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...


Charts

Chart Peak position Weeks Certification
Greek Albums Chart 1 58 Platinum
Cypriot Album Chart 1 Platinum
Turkish Album Chart 1 Gold

Credits and personnel

Personnel
  • Christina Argiri - background vocals
  • Vasilis Diamantis - clarinet
  • Akis Diximos - second vocals
  • Giorgos Florakis - background vocals
  • Nektarios Georgiadis - background vocals
  • Antonis Gounaris - guitars (acoustic, twelve-strings, classic, electric)
  • Nikos Halkousis - remix
  • Rolland Hoffman - flamengo guitar
  • Tony Kontaxakis - conducting, guitars (electric, acoustic)
  • Giannis Koutsouflakis - remix
  • Trifon Koutsourelis - keys
  • Giannis Mpithikotsis - bouzouki, baglama, tzoura
  • Alex Panayi
    Alexandros Panayi
    Alexandros Panayi , was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Alex is a Cypriot singer, vocal coach, vocal arranger and composer, best known for having represented his country twice at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 & 2000.-Early life:Alex Panayi grew up in a family of musicians and artists, and took his...

     - background vocals
  • Andreas Papadopoulos - keys
  • Phoebus
    Phoebus (songwriter)
    Phoebus sometimes spelled Phivos or Fivos , is a well-known songwriter in both Greece and Cyprus. Phoebus is mostly known for his music through Despina Vandi and Katy Garbi, although he has composed albums for many other artists in Greece and Cyprus...

     - music, lyrics, keyboards, background vocals, programming, orchestration
  • Kostas Platakis - bouzouki
  • Manolis Platakis - guitars (electric)
  • Giorgos Roilos - percussion, timvani
  • Andreas Siderakis - drums
  • Nikos Stavropoulos - bouzouki
  • Vasilis Tassopoulos - percussion
  • Vasilis Theodorakoglou - keys
  • Petros Triantafillopoulos - bass
  • Despina Vandi
    Despina Vandi
    Despina Malea , known by her stage name Despina Vandi , is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, West Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old and she later enrolled at the University of Thessaloniki, but eventually dropped out to begin a career in...

     - vocals
  • Martha Zioga - background vocals

Production
  • Antonis Gounaris - sound, computer editing, additional programming and orchestrations
  • Giannis Ioannidis - mastering
  • Trifon Koutsourelis - orchestration, programming
  • Lefteris Neromiliotis - mix
  • Giannis Nikolakopoulos - assistant sound engineering
  • Akis Pashalakis - assistant sound engineering
  • Panagiotis Petronikolos - sound, sound recording studio, mix
  • Phoebus
    Phoebus (songwriter)
    Phoebus sometimes spelled Phivos or Fivos , is a well-known songwriter in both Greece and Cyprus. Phoebus is mostly known for his music through Despina Vandi and Katy Garbi, although he has composed albums for many other artists in Greece and Cyprus...

    - production management, orchestration
  • Vaggelis Siapatis - sound recording studio, computer editing
  • Giorgos Stampolis - production, computer editing
  • Fanis Tsirakis - computer editing
  • Christos Zorbas - technical officer recording


Design
  • Menelaos Mirillas - live photos
  • Konstantina Psomadaki - art direction

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
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