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jude111
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Which Vangelis era do you prefer?
1970s: Albedo 0.39, L'Apocalypse des Animaux, Beaubourg, China, Earth, La Fête Sauvage, Heaven and Hell, Ignacio, Magic (with Demis Roussos), Odes (with Irene Papas), Opera Sauvage, Spiral, 666 (Aphrodite's Child) 1980s: Antarctica, Blade Runner [unreleased soundtrack], The Bounty [unreleased soundtrack], Chariots of Fire, Direct, Dragon, The Friends of Mr Cairo (Jon & Vangelis), Hypothesis, Invisible Connections, Mask, Missing [unreleased soundtrack], Private Collection (Jon & Vangelis), Rapsodies (with Irene Papas), See You Later, Short Stories (Jon & Vangelis), Soil Festivities 1990s: 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Bitter Moon [unreleased soundtrack], Blade Runner, The City, El Greco, Oceanic, Voices 2000s: Alexander, Mythodea, Rosetta Edited by jude111 - January 09 2017 at 18:35 |
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The 1970s are probably his most critically lauded (especially by prog fans); the 1980s were his most prolific and commercially successful (probably); yet, while is output in the 1990s slowed considerably, I find myself lately drawn most to the material he produced during this period.
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C'MON!!!
Apart from that "Chariots Of Fire" song, I'm not much into his post-'70s stuff. Edited by zravkapt - January 08 2017 at 12:24 |
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70s all the way! But mostly for two releases that aren't mentioned in the OP: Dragon and Hypothesis - the former being my absolute favourite Vangelis release. Sorta like Vangelis doing mushrooms in an Indian bazar whilst theowing these fat unhinged organ riffs out in the perimetre. The Greek keyboard wizard's Krautrock album, I kid you not.
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'70's closely followed by '90's.
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Cool, I added those 2 to the list:)
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Thanks man:)
I know they weren't supposed to see the light of day - basically high quality demo tapes - but I am so thrilled some guy at the studio dug them out of obscurity...during the same decade no less. Usually takes ages before those types of deals materialise. |
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90s, 70s, 80s, 00s, in that order.
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Indeed - not even the 'B-side' tracks being entitled Stuffed Aubergine and Stuffed Tomato can detract from its brilliance. Hypothesis shouldn't be sneezed at either - very much the Free Jazz Odyssey of his oeuvre. Though I doubt he ever tried to play it for a festival crowd. It stands alongside the magnificent s/t album from Axis when it comes to truly far out Greek albums of the period, IMO. |
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Good call! I haven't spun that Axis album since the cold war. Methinks a revisit is in order. Funny how small things like a mere post over PA sparks interest in long forgotten records.
Stuffed Aubergine is brilliant. The dish is also tops but not nearly as rhythmically enhanced. |
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Socrates drank the Conium - Phos and Aphrodite's Child - 666 for me, not to wild about the others..
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Close call for me between the 70s and 90s, but will go with 70s mostly for China and Heaven and Hell, plus Albedo 0.39 and Spiral were my first intro to him. There are others that I have not heard that have peaked my interest to try from then also.
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My fav album of his is Albedo ----but also loved Heaven and Hell and See you Later which I thought was so cool as an arty college student----and like some of his stuff with Jon (Jon really blew that friendship---they were good together) so I voted 70's.
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1970s.
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Really now... the 70s.
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I did word that rather poorly, but what I meant to say was that Vangelis himself never meant for any of those recordings to be released. Someone at the studio obviously thought otherwise.
High quality demo should be: delicious studio jam |
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Except that I did. Everything's in alphabetical order.
Edited by jude111 - January 09 2017 at 15:32 |
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70s.
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Okay, I did vote '70s, because these albums are simply amazing, and there's nothing else like them out there...
...but I love these albums just as much!
^Soil Festivities is sorely underrated!! Btw, Hypothesis and The Dragon were both originally released (unauthorized) in 1978 (but composed/recorded in 1970-71). And Vangelis' new album Rosetta is OUTSTANDING! A real return to form! |
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