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Vangelis in General

Newest Review: ... "Earth", in 1970. In 1972 he was slated to replace the departing Rick Wakeman in Yes, but disagreements with the ... more

... band led to this falling through. Ironically it led to a long-term musical collaboration and friendship with Jon Anderson that would later surface as Jon And Vangelis for "Page of Life", "I'll Find My Way Home" and "Friends of Mr Cairo", among others. This collaboration, however, appeared on Vangelis's "Heaven and Hell", and space odyssey "Albedo 0.39". Vangelis did several other albums for RCA, notably "Spiral" and the atonal "Beaubourg"...more

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Vangelis in General: A great artist... (350 words)
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Vangelis began his career with the group "Aphrodite's Child". Their early album "It's Five O'Clock" features some wonderful songs, but by the time the biblical-inspired "666" came along, internal tension within the band meant Vangelis was writing most of the material himself. His first solo releases were film soundtracks: "Sex Power" and "L'Apocalypse Des Animaux" (and no funny ideas please!). But the first genuine solo release was "Earth", in 1970. In 1972 he was slated to replace the departing Rick Wakeman in Yes, but disagreements with the band led to this falling through. ...

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