Despina Vandi Live Explained

Despina Vandi Live is the first live album and seventh album overall by Greek singer Despina Vandi. It was released in 2003 by Heaven Music and it went platinum. It includes recordings from her sold-out live concert in Lycabettus theatre in Athens.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Version
Greece	December 17, 2003	Heaven	CD, digital download[1]	Original
Cyprus
Turkey	2004	Mega Müzik	CD, MC	Turkish edition

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 - background vocals
• Andreas Papadopoulos - keys
• Phoebus - music, lyrics, keyboards, background vocals, programming, orchestration
• Kostas Platakis - bouzouki
• Manolis Platakis - guitars (electric)
• Giorgos Roilos - percussion, timpani
• Andreas Siderakis - drums
• Nikos Stavropoulos - bouzouki
• Vasilis Tassopoulos - percussion
• Vasilis Theodorakoglou - keys
• Petros Triantafillopoulos - bass
• Despina Vandi - 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 - 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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: iTunes - Music - Live Apo to Lykavitto by Despina Vandi . Itunes.apple.com . 2003-01-01 . 2012-02-13.
2. Live . . 2003 . CD . Heaven Music. 5204958 0027 2 6 .