| # | Artist | Song (click to play) | Album | Year | CD label |
| 1 | Aphrodite's Child | Aegian Sea | 666 | 1971 | Vertigo / Polygram |
| This album ranks very high on an emotional level for me, having played it hundreds of times over the past 25 years. It is a double album mixing psychedelia and prog with lots of creepy and scary elements thrown in. Aphodite's Child started out as a psychedelic pop group in the late 60's in Greece. They released 2 or 3 studio albums prior to _666_ and lots of singles. _666_ is the only one of interest to hard-core prog fans, though the earlier ones are nice if you like 60's psychedelia. ...and, oh yeah, this group marks the beginning of Vangelis' career! | |||||
| 2 | Iraklis (Hercules) | s` allous kosmous / in other worlds | Se Allous Kosmous(In Other Worlds) | 1975 | Fabelsound / Minos EMI |
| This CD re-issue only contains about 1/2 of the complete double album release (which I have not yet heard). There is a wide range of styles here, alot of psychedelia, jazzy guitar, even some bluegrass and cajun sounding music !? | |||||
| 3 | Vangelis | The Dragon | The Dragon | 1971 | Charly |
| This is an unofficial release, I believe, of some jam-sessions recorded at about the same time as Aphrodite's Child's _666_. The line-up features Michel Ripoche on violin, Brian Odgers on bass, and Arghiris on guitar, who I suspect is Silver Koulouris of Aphrodite's Child. This album is slagged by critics, and Vangelis himself, but, I like it alot. The music is much more raw sounding than Vangelis' other solo work, but, the recording is excellent. There is another album recorded one month prior to _The Dragon_ called _Hypothesis_. It is also on the Charly label. Neither of them have been released on CD. | |||||
| 4 | 4 Levels of Existence | Metamorphosis (?) | 4 Levels of Existence | 1976 | Wipe Out Records |
| What I have is a LP only re-issue of a rare Greek prog lp. I am guessing, somewhat, on what the name of the song is, because it is written in Greek. But, it probably is Metamorphosis or some derivation thereof. The music is fairly raw guitar oriented hard-rock. | |||||
| 5 | Vangelis | Stuffed Aubergine | The Dragon | 1971 | Charly |
| Another small sample from this interesting Vangelis artifact. | |||||
| 6 | Tako | Sinteza | Tako | 1978 | Rock Symphony |
| More than anything, this album reminds me of Camel's first album. Slightly jazzy and Canterbury-ish keyboards with riffy guitar playing. The recording on this, Tako's first of two releases, is not as clean as their second. Mostly instrumental. | |||||
| 7 | Aphrodite's Child | Break | 666 | 1971 | Vertigo / Polygram |
| Just one more little quickie from one of my favorite albums. | |||||