Vangelis - The Dragon(1971)
Found this early Vangelis rarity the other day and was blown away. "The Dragon" is a psych monster, especially Side A. Fuzz Bass, Tripped Strings, and throbbing Rhythms. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
Info,
In 1971, Vangelis played several sessions in the London Marquee Studios, some of them together with guitarist Argyris 'Silver' Koulouris, violinist Michel Ripoche, bass guitarist Brian Odger and drummer Mick Waller. For some reason the recordings were never released at the time, and lay shelved until 1978, when Charly Records suddenly released the music under the name 'The Dragon'. Apparently this release wasn't approved by Vangelis, as he successfully went to court to get the album off the market.
Other recordings of these jam-sessions were released at the same time as the album 'Hypothesis'.
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Dragon
12 comments:
YES!!!!!!!!! vangelis could be my dad.
Either you fixed it or I got smarter.
Thanks. I've been looking for this forever.
Man, this is way better than I was expecting!
It's like some crazy fuzzed-out Jean-Claude Vannier (must be the french violin player)...Also great and weird drum production, it sounds so heavy...
Thanx a ton...
you're a brave and generous soul for posting this, and i am brave for proclaiming my love for it! (I think polanski's use of vangelis in 'bitter moon' is pretty dang clever...wonder if vangelis thought so....) thanka ye
thank you so so much!
unbelievable album!!!
some of the best stuff I've heard in years, thanks.
Your site is awesome! I love the Dragon and look forward to sampling so many of the picks you've got here... did I say your site is awesome? Nightshadow? Weee
this is great.
righteous
wonderful lp!
thank you for all your great work
look forward to hearing this one. thank you for sharing.
i first listened to this song while tripping on a workshop "holotropic breathing" - "the dragon" wow, what a song - the most psychedelic song ever!
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