Mother loved the music of Zorba the Greek by Mikis Theodorakis from the time she saw the movie - which she loved - an absolute age ago. Indeed, I remember when I was a kid, being driven by my father to a specialist store so that we could buy her the LP album of Zorba the Greek for her birthday - both of us choosing the LP (well, I chose it under his direction).
Later, years and years later, when visiting the Greek islands on several holidays - they loved Crete especially - she also really loved (as did my father) - they developed a taste for the music of Manos Hadjidakis, which they both loved, and I remember them bringing back a tape recording of 'Giaconda's Smile' from Crete, which was played so much it wore out.
It took well over a decade before I was able to replace it for them, - when I bought it in the form of a CD while transiting through Thessaloniki on my way back from an election in the Balkans.
