Identify the performer of this bouzouki music (Μπαξέ Τσιφλίκι)

Cafe Society
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I don’t remember how I came into possession of it, but one of my very favourite MP3s is a raucous recording of Μπαξέ Τσιφλίκι (Mpaxe Tsifliki), a popular tune composed by the famous bouzoukist Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης (Vassilis Tsitsanis). I acquired the file more than 20 years ago, and according to the ID3 tags (which may or may not be accurate) the recording dates to 1997. But unfortunately, most of the other important metadata fields, including the artist and album, are missing. The length of the track is 2 minutes and 47 seconds.

Can anyone help me find the name of the performer so that I can hear some more of their work? MusicBrainz’s acoustic fingerprinting software doesn’t seem to recognize this track. A title search turns up dozens of other recordings of the same song. For the ones whose length is unknown or about the same as my version, I tried to look them up on YouTube (by searching for “Μπαξέ Τσιφλίκι” plus the name of the performer), but the ones that are available there don’t match my version.

Maybe someone else here recognizes the recording, or knows some bouzouki-loving friend who does, or has access to other acousting fingerprinting software that can be run on it…

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FWIW, “MP” together in Greek represents what in English is a “B” sound. The “B” in Greek is actually the “V” sound.

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All I’ve got is: “will you shut that bloody bouzouki up!”

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But I thought you love all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse?

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Just for you, psychonaut, I tried all the versions listed on spotify, and it’s none
of those.

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Thanks so much! At least we know so far what it’s not.

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Yes, and likewise their ντ (“nt”) represents the English /d/ sound, and γκ (“gk”) represents the English /g/ sound. We just got back from a holiday in Greece a few days ago and it amused us to no end seeing all the restaurant menus offering all-dressed "chot ntogk"s and “mpanana” splits for dessert.

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I once saw a restaurant in Heraklion promising “Fried Squits”.

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For the hell of it I tried googling the tune name. An odd variation on the spelling was suggested:
“mp baxe tsifliki”

using that in the search and looking at the “all” results, the videos that popped up on the top included a version that was 2:51 in length. Maybe that’s your version?