Vangelis O. Papathanassiou – Earth 1973 ( Greece Folk Rock, Prog Rock ) Full Lp

Side one 1. Come on 00:00 2. We Were All Uprooted 02:20 3. Sunny Earth 09:12 4. He-O 15:55 Side two 1. Ritual 20:08 2. Let It Happen 22:54 3. The City 27:14 4. My Face in the Rain 28:29 5. Watch Out 32:56 6. A Song 35:59 Bass, Backing Vocals – Robert Fitoussi Composed By, Arranged By, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Tabla, Flute, Backing Vocals – Vangelis O. Papathanassiou Engineer – Didier Pitois, Didier Périer, Roger Roche Guitar, Lute, Backing Vocals – Anargyros Koulouris Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (born March 29, 1943 . Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου , is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis . He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as The Forminx Aphrodite’s Child, with the latter’s album 666 going on to be recognized as a psychedelic “classic“. In the 1970s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes, and the duo went on to release several albums together under the alias Jon & Vangelis. Towards the end of the 1970s, Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries, including Opéra sauvage, the success of these scores moved Vangelis into the eyes of well known filmmakers. In 1981, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. The soundtrack’s single, “Titles“, won Vangelis the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score and also reached the top of the American Billboard. Earth is the third solo album , released in 1973. It is a prime example of the progressive rock of the day. In contrast to Heaven and Hell (1975) and some soundtracks by Vangelis from this period, Earth was not released on compact disc in the 1980s — it was not until 1996 that a CD version was made available, and then only in Greece. The album is a prime example of early-1970s progressive rock but offers some flash-forwards into New Age music, such as “We were all uprooted“. The title of the album reflects the influence of ancient (pre-Christian) Greek or Dorian music.