Vangelis, Albedo 0.39 - Pulsar

[rodswebdesign]

some sweet info here

[xtremetom180]

love the video man

[crimsonfripp85]

I can say? goes against nature... fuck!

[emsavings]

I grew up crafting to Vangelis with my mom; to me all I can think is "Ukrainian egg music!" It's a good thing.

[ColinBobbyDartford]

Everybody has heard this. It's just that they don't know where or when and they don't know the composer. This is Vangelis and what he does. It is sound that penetrates the subconsciosness. He captures vibrations, filters them, moulds them and produces a structured piece of music. It is order from chaos. The man is beyond definition.

[emsavings]

@ColinBobbyDartford I'd say that pretty much captures it, yes. =D

[Wittgensteinism]

billions and billions and billions and... well, you get the idea.

[TheConspiracyHunter]

the stabs at the start come from the moog prodigy

[Scifimaster92]

According to Wikipedia, the types of synthesizers that Vangelis used on "Albedo 0.39" and "Heaven and Hell" are unknown. However, I personally suspect that he's using one or two Moog Minimoogs and one or two ARP Odysseys, seeing that those were the best synths available at the time. Indeed, the bassline on this one and a few of the other sounds do honestly sound like they were created on the former synth.

[nordicpower88]

Singing diamond stars and flying cars...

[Samcancer]

Vangelis & Jean-Michel Jarre are the best producers of electronic music, in fact my favorites musicians during the 80´s, they are the fathers of Daft Punk, Moby,DJ Tiesto and others more in the actuality

[oliaiguambfigues76]

The second half is a pure musical orgasm: like Hendrix palying the synthetizer.

In fact I reckon Vangelis as the Hendrix of electronic music.

[LockheedF22Superstar]

懐かしきNHKラジオSFコーナーのオープニング曲じゃございま­せんかｗ

1970年代ですよ

[akabilly]

PULSTAR

[skyblueo]

There is a kind of optimistic energy that pervades this whole album. Its a kind of 70s joyousness that I really love.  After the 70s much of electronic music got very dark. I love that too, but this is special.

[Dewwhisper]

This brings back memories :D

[MrChristian326]

Yes, 1976 technology. The whole album is a classic. I couldn't get some of this tracks out of my head when I bought the LP. It just grows in you. Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michere Jarre opened the doors to many electronic music genre .... oh yes, I almost forgot - the Father of the syth, Robert Moog. 

[zkxv]

@MrChristian326 Moog definitely made the synthesizer popular, however you should look up Elisha Gray who developed the very first keyboard synth in 1874 !

[drchepa]

1976 tecnology......

[drchepa]

noticias de la COPE....

[Lightmane321]

True Genius

[marlg10]

100% Noticias!!!

[coolsdon]

@drmagricola What song? I don't hear any singing!!

[k2kkoos]

@coolsdon lyrics aren't needed to make a song, in some cases it's superfluous. It depends what you want to achieve, this stuff goes much deeper than the chew up and spit back out pop you hear so much off, it's original, it doesn't copy anyone or try to fit in a 'description' or 'kind'. It evokes emotions / feelings etc. What's more, they are 'YOUR' emotions, not that of a pop artist trying to put a story in your brain with txt and video .

[aloydivi]

This was the theme COSMOS BY CARL SAGAN

[coolsdon]

This was the theme to the tv programme 'Horses Galore' from the 70's!!

[krazyenema]

@coolsdon Hosted by the gorgeous Susan King . I had the pleasure of meeting her several times in the early Eighties. Lucky ole me!!!

[RamBam3000]

The only bit of this I don't like is the "talking clock" at the end, but that's just a minor niggle. Vangelis rules.

[Pendor42]

beep beep beep

[skyblueo]

This brings back memories of listening to WNEW FM DJ Alison Steele late nights in the late 70s. She introduced a whole generation to electronic. RIP Alison, the Night Bird of NYC.

[footwalls]

my new ringtone :D

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Omg Vangelis get off of my ears, im not homosexual and you are making love to my ears.

You must listen to this with a pro pair of Sennheisers. How he managed to to get so much clarity, space, depth, detail and dynamic in this recording 'in those days', is just amazing.

[chingpowping]

@DonJuanDeMarco2 correction u r homosexual. tell the guy behind u i said try not to turn that brown eye blue

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

@chingpowping Its pink actually. Clearly yours leaks, you should try tampons.

[gqsalas72]

La música del futuro del pasado.

[lianlaspinas]

Magandang Gabi, Bayan! Sa Ulo ng Mga Balita!

[chirleydantas]

Lindo demais.

[17johnpaolo]

I think it's from the original "TV Patrol"(1987-1992)

[Snowflake70]

OMG, I needed that !

[STCCLover]

Got the LP



[lianlaspinas]

theme music for TV Patrol and The World Tonight (1987-1995)

[edmund184]

@lianlaspinas Also 

[romac53]

Back in the 70's I think that I played this LP at full volume until the needle wore from both sides. The neighbors in the adjoining apartments' loved' me. It was worth it!

[bilbobagins1951]

 a moterway tune

[madnezz1]

maybe the first song I had heard of this genre it wasn't the last

[katherine3486]

Eternal!

Ever New and fresh!

Amazing - who needs imagination when listening to Vangelis!

[romac53]

Oh I was SO in love with this whole vinyl album I wore it out, both sides! Thanx a million for posting this. It has been so buried and overlooked by many in the main stream commercial media that I was beginning to think it was a figment of my '70's era sometime-recreationally-medica­ted imagination.

[romac53]

Oh I was SO in love with this whole vinyl album I wore it out, both sides! Thanx a million for posting this. It has been so buried and overlooked by many in the main stream commercial media that I was beginning to think it was a figment of my '70's era sometime-recreationally-medica­ted imagination.

[Lightmane321]

This is one of my favorites by Vangelis. Turn it up!!!

[MICKELESAMPEI]

Pulstar no Pulsar

[SUNSHINESBETER]

@MICKELESAMPEI nope...its spelt 'pulsar' ,same as on the album n single.

[Mrsdoubdaki]

it is good

[desdanova3]

Just Amazing !!! Timeless, is a classic that's a piece that is going to last forever !!!

[CornishEnglish]

Now Vangelis is the true master of eletronic music. Simply Fantastic.

[1787dude]

omg XD

[jakebiaco]

Theme song of TV Patrol (1987-92) original theme

[jaycee1980]

I wonder if Vangelis knows that Francis Monkman ripped this off as the BBC "Think Again" theme tune in 1983. Very similar, using a Prophet 5 AFAIK

[MisterQuizzz]

This masterwork is a classic of all time.

[MayloKydavio]

1:33 ?

[westhoughtonian]

I first heard this during a show at the Royal Academy called Light Fantastic. The music blew me away. We bought all of Vangelis' LP records before I found this particular track in the late 1970s. It is still as fantastic in 2009.

[legionsofalbion]

I remember hearing this track for the first time as previewed on, I think, Radio2 as there "track of the week" back in 1976. I was so impressed, I bought it the next weekend. Seriously good peice of Synth writing with up to 1/2 a dozen interwoven themes. Tried to replicate this with a couple of buddies of mine as we are all synth geeks. We did okay, but just needed more keyboards!!!

[MrThylo]

Esto me recuerda a la serie de tv Cosmos de Carl Sagan, simplemente lo MEJOR.

[U5096]

I really would love to know what synths Vangelis used on this and his other early albums pre-Yamaha CS80, I think I can definately here Rolands and possibly Korgs, and ARP 2500 all over Albedo 0.39

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

@U5096 Don't forget Oberhiems

[Sixalienasa]

He has got some sweet Synths at his disposal. It makes a lot of difference.

Not to detract from his abilities and talents.

[jmramos0109]

MAGANDANG GABI BAYAN!!!!!!

Sa ulo ng mga nagbabagang balita........

[imperatorakiro]

Класс!!!

[SuGaR3217]

WoW great song!!!

[marquim196]

Muito muito demais esse som,o Vangelis tem cada trilha sonora de tirar o chapeu,é um músico Fantástico.

[erixoff]

Sounds futuristic, even now.

It is even sad that there is no more future ambiance like this, today :-(

[ISDP1337]

I'm so glad I learned about this.

[purplepoodle1970]

Awesome light years ahead

[funkmonkey06]

king of the 'synth'

[collin341]

het clubhuis staat in de brand xD nice memories off childhood programs again 5/5

[miahdij]

i remember getting turned on to this stuff in the late 70's and it was hard to find. you had to go to the "record store" it was very obscure under the heading "electronica" if you were lucky. in my little town it was as if i had found a gold mine and i needed to buy it all. the rest of my friends were gooned out on Genesis, Rush, and Yes. i tried to get this into my friends heads and they would have no part of it. i quietly listened to it in my room with the headphones on. thanks for posting!

[mariusbrabus]

@miahdij Same here, but in the very early 80's. To me it was Vangelis and Jean Michelle Jarre, they are very similar sounding, and both tremendous artists.

[russumm1]

@miahdij

If by "gooned out" on Yes means that your friends liked Yes, that would be really ironic because Jon Anderson asked Vangelis to join Yes in 1973. Vangelis refused, and Patrick Moraz joined instead. I think that this is a great piece, even if it is based on a simple blues progression. Somehow, the synth orchestrations made the piece more substantial...

[Zentrpoint]

@miahdij haha so cool

[supobostarman]

@miahdij I listened to all those groups and early electronica like Vangelis and Tomita. Loved them all, but yes, only my Pink Floyd friends seemed to appreciate the early electronica.

[tonkehar]

@miahdij I know how you feel , and I too had friends just like that in the 70's, and music has moved on...........2010 more great music is still going on right now, and all my old friends are still listening to Rush and Yes. And now Lady Gaga..You know they never learn!

[RAMSSSES2]

verry good !!!!!!!!!

[svdragunov91]

beautiful

[mihayyyyyy]

Vangelis is WONDERFUL!!!!!!

[niallio77]

this makes me want to train for the olympics

[walter0bz]

you're thinking of "chariots of fire". this is supposed to make you want to bend space and jump into alternate dimensions

[ciwan6321]

5*****

[FllashLight]

Zajebiste kurwa!

[Asahel1990]

I think Vangelis is one of the most important figures ever in the direction "electronic music"

i love his music, nearly everything is only wonderful!

[Mtbfanro]

@Asahel1990 I love his music too. Whats interesting to me is that everytime I hear his music is like hearing the 1st time, it never gets old like other artists. I just cant get enough of it and I've listened it for 15 years now.

[Switcher1972]

@Asahel1990 Add Kitaro, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Wendy Carlos and some others and we'll begin to get an interesting list of artists who helped to mainstream the "electronica" genre.

[xnonsuchx]

@Asahel1990 - I think both Vangelis & Larry Fast (Synergy) took what W. Carlos started in the late 60's to a new level. There may be other "synth gods" from the time, but they didn't focus on the recording quality and orchestration of what others did. To hear some synth-heavy rock from the same time (e.g. Rick Wakeman), I often wonder how much better it woulda been if one of these others helped engineer the recordings.

[Qwizz76]

Tihs is so good I hardly know how to sit still...but i don´t agree with drchepa... If you been on one of his concert you know that is not crap.... but as they say taste is like the ass, two sides.... :o)

[whitedatte]

Inesquecível!!!

[4yn5]

Incrivel!!!!!!!!!* * * * *.

[numey]

tv patrol

[jorgebcn59]

No soy un entusiasta de la musica electronica pero esto es fabuloso Vangelis es un virtuoso en todos los cammpos. Excelente...

[Gavikka]

Lindo*-*

[tailscat]

so good to hear again,had this as an old style vinyl LP years ago

[fitoterasim]

Wonderful music!!! Magnific sounds!!!

[alexnordh]

vangelis beats jarre any day!!!

[Pawels87]

In any way. Equinoxe, Oxygene - unbeatable. Vangelis has few nice tracks, but...

[TheSahara65]

Vangelis- or Mozart of our time- is officially rated the top of the greatest composors of XX (and XXI) century, His music goes deeply into the soul and remains there forever. Jean Michel Jarre is not as Brilliant as Vangelis by far.

[Pawels87]

Nope, Jarre is a genius. He revolutionized electronic music. Vangelis makes a nice music, but when comes to strict e electronic he doesn't have a chance.

[drchepa]

jarre is a crap, he began very strongly but now he has finished like mike oldfield with his tubular bells 4 5 6 or more, jarre the same back again with oxygene when a composer has nothing more to compose goes back again to money, vangelis is always improving and he really makes what HE wants, with all the freedom and the winsdom that he has, AMEN!

[Pawels87]

I wonder if Vangelis is improving. I like only Blade Runner and 1492 music and some few other tracks - so I consider his old music is the best, but the same when comes to Jarre. It would be great if they will do something good and really new :)

[Greensmurf]

Can't we just like both?

[desdanova3]

Virtuoso player,composer and person. Along with others like jean michel jarre, but interesting to note the incredible soundtrack blade runner, hard to emulate and compare.

[hamoid]

No wonder I like electronic music! this was the first thing I heard when I was born :)

[slitmalta2]

this music will never be dated, one of the best tracks by vangelis ever.

[kowithpain5]

I also like Conquest of paradise, chariots of fire, Alpha and Spiral and ofcourse this great song :D

5/5

[andreiclawhammer]

I think Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria(Into Eternity) is Vangelis's best piece.

[firstmusic00]

It might sound a bit dated now, but this was cutting-edge stuff in 1976. Very cool to hear it after all these years.

[LalalandE2008]

great piece of music

[theatheisticlown]

Hey, from Cosmos right? sweet.

[tarsupial]

I remember this album from my teen years, awesome.

[TrueCourse]

Omigosh! Haven't heard this since I was a kid! I could still remember the tune (finger-tapping ;)) Thanks loads for the upload!

[stynqueone]

I remember the advertisements on KROQ/LA for this album when it first came out.

One of the first Vangelis LP's I bought

[ciwan6321]

süperrr

[magandayarrak]

süpe rya

[ryttu3k]

Fantastic! Although this track is actually called Pulstar, despite the actual spinning neutron star being called a pulsar...

[WillC1177]

Ha ha awesome song. My friend recomends all this crazy stuff from when he was young...

[mrdee11091]

a great track by vamgelis with its changing sounds a typial vangellis number thanks for the upload

[kaiserwilhelm23]

great music

[echoes707]

very nice i start to lit sen vangelis in 1976 i use to lit sen lots the 70's and 80 's now only time to time !!! great job

[kaiserwilhelm23]

wonderful piece of music

[theonlyhalf]

Wow....20 yearS since I last heard this. fantastic........now i'II nhave to go and buy it......and get my awia fixed...... 160w of rwal music power ......

[sirkamon]

I can't hear :48 and not hear cats.

Love this song, either way.

[almant2]

VANGELIS THE GREEK ALL STAR

[xaniared]

The best of the best

[titatus08]

i think you mean the music, but where is the video?

[xaniared]

what video?

[PASJONAT51]

Niesamowita płyta/Amazing Record

[Topher4334]

Close Encounters or what!!!!beautiful!!!!loved it!!!!God is good love Chris

[JohnAL1970]

Vangelis got me into electronic music. This song alone hooked me into buying 16 vintage analog synthesizers and counting.

[Genchmen]

This guy is a genius..

[ET40]

Great a piece of music, but I also recommend you Marek Biliński (e.g. "Dom w dolinie mgieł")

[retaliatorek]

Dom w Dolinie Mgieł Bylińskiego to muzyka w konwencji podobnej do utworów Vangelisa i rzeczywiście mi podpasował, mimo, że na co dzień słucham muzyki nieco cięższej. Muszę przyjrzeć się dokładniej twórczości tego artysty. Dzięki za rekomendację :)

[KARLITOS61]

Amazing!

"Pulsar" is a great classic.

VANGELIS in the begining...

[parthasarathy4u]

VANGELIS THE GREAT!

[kingoftwilight80]

this album is simply spectacular...i love all 9 tracks that's in...albedo 0.39, nucleogenesis, alpha (my favourite)... i have the all discography of vangelis... magic, powerfull, wonder. vangelis rulez

[drchepa]

the album is very good, but the sound is a creep, china and la opera sauvage are too very very good works....

[AsaLothario]

Rockin! I was looking for this. I was into Vangelis before I got into Yanni.. good times indeed :)

[crazysif]

The first time I heard this piece I was blwn away. Vangelis is one of a kind.

[ancalites]

vangelis is the best

[mali1sh]

wooouw.....amazing

[DieSchwartzmann]

Bangin'. Pioneering rave music. Of course, it's much better than the Scooter version.

[bbpatrol]

i remember this theme on ABS-CBN... it is used by the world tonight, tv patrol & news advisory....

[54spiritedwill54]

I would love to find out if Foreigner found that out.

[wizzboy76]

Perfect sound, great recording.

[adeeboy]

james last does a great arrangement of this can be found on the cd james last in the royal albert hall live 2007

[koonterllisious]

This used to be the old ESPN theme

[domatoshi]

i love this song..hehehehhehe..it used to be the sound track of "TV Patrol" a leading primetime tv news in the philippines..

[devonherrington]

This....song....RULES!!!!!!

[drchepa]

another classic from vangelis... i love this album! altought the sound is nasty, but there are masterpieces like sword of orion albedo and my favourite alpha....

[arwelp]

Thanks for putting this track up. I was just starting to buy music in 1976, and Albedo 0.39 was one of the first albums (well, musicassettes, actually) that I bought!

[lionmanner]

One of my favorites. Very powerful. I use it as workout music.

[philokiko]

é a melhor coisa que já ouvi em termos musicais , o futuro é aqui. the best music. the future now...

[mruresm8]

Good God, I've got this album ''somewhere'', its just FANTASTIC to hear it again, thankyou so much for posting, truly timeless!!!!!

[Refrescospepito]

Wow, I love the end of the song: the speaking clock.

You know, that voice belongs to Pat Simmons, who was the British Telecom Speaking Clock from 1963 until 1984.

[Cwisteeen]

Thank you, this has encouraged me to 'sod the expense' and buy a load more CD's of V's :o)

[RikVideoMan]

I can say the best theme EVER in the music world, also with the Magma Dragoon's theme

[RikVideoMan]

One of the bests songs EVER and one of the bests in Vangelis. Great video.

[RikVideoMan]

And the real name is Pulstar not Pulsar.

[retaliatorek]

Actually, it's PULSAR - a type of a neutron star.

[dotjean]

The name of the track, unlike the star, is actually Pulstar. I used to be confused too. :)

[U5096]

I haven't been able to find out which synthesizers Vangelis used on this album. 1976 would mean that it is pre-Yamaha CS80. I think the ARP 2500 features quite prominently in Albedo 0.39. Would love to know what he used to make those big brassy sweeping sounds

[back2frinky]

There was some great synthesizer music in the 70s, like this, Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene, and Popcorn by Hot Butter.

[OrionDenali]

I am so FLIPPING OUT! I purchased this album after hearing this track during intermission at a Foreigner Concert at Cobo Areana in Detroit!! I enjoyed more than the concert. Walked over the sound guy and showed me plain cassette case with " Vangelis" on it. Wow!!!!

[SCECountZero]

HA HA HA.

I would love to find out if Foreigner found that out.

[jimsim3]

The term albedo (derived from albus, a Latin word for "white) is commonly used to applied to the overall average reflection coefficient of an object. For example, the albedo of the Earth is 0.39 Well that is what it was in 1976 when The great Vangelis recorded this what it is now with the advent of global warming. Ice caps melting I don't know? ALBEDO O.30 Maybe?

[mark56122]

Love this track....thanks for posting..

[retaliatorek]

I'm glad you've enjoyed it. I love it too. The whole album is great. Reminds me of my childhood...

[KopKoenKrab]

At last ! Thank you very much for posting this fantastic track - (complete). Vangelis deserves a statue - or whatever he likes :).

[retaliatorek]

Yeah, to my surprise YouTube lacked this splendid track. I thought it was worth changing. And so - here it is ;))))