Aphrodite's Child - 666 - 23 - All The Seats Were Occupied 1

The short story of APHRODITE'S CHILD starts in 1968, when the Greek/Egyptian bassist and vocalist named Artemios Ventouris Roussos (Demis Roussos) and the powerful drummer Lucas Sideras were supposed to meet the multi instrumentalist Evengelio Odyssey Papathanassiou (VANGELIS) who had left his first group FORMINXS, but the first two were not admitted to England because they had no working permits but custom officers discovered photos and tapes in their luggage so they assumed the musicians intended to stay.

A few months later the three musicians join in Paris with Anargyros Koulouris (Silver Koulouris) a very competent guitar player and they decide to form a new band which was supposed to mix traditional Greek music with Western Pop and Psychedelia, but they ended doing much more than was expected.

Due to their financial situation they had to sign a terrible contract with a record company. Soon after the birth of the band, Silver Kouloris has to leave the group because he was called for his Military Service and only joins again for the recording of their last album 666, during these years Demis Roussos has to play guitar and bass.

Their first two releases "End of the World" (which includes two hit singles, "Rain and Tears" and "I Want To Live", the last one reached N° 1 in most Europe) and "It's Five O'Clock" showed a commercial oriented band with a very peculiar sound, but it's not until 1970, when they start to record the brilliant and adventurous "666" that they get a place in progressive Rock history even when the relation inside the band was at the lowest point, mostly because VANGELIS wanted to do more serious music than Lucas Sideras and Roussos.

The paradox is that this masterpiece which combines 100% Symphonic structure, British Psychedelia, Greek Orthodox Religious music with a touch of pop was only released in 1972 (after the band had already split) due to several reasons like the controversial concept ("The Book of Revelations"), the confession made by the band that "666" was conceived under the influence of Sahlep (some people believed this word was referred to some kind of pagan divinity when in fact it's a common non alcoholic beverage from Turkey) and the track "Infinity" sung by the great actress Irene Papas which is really a five minutes orgasm.

After APHRODITE'S CHILD disbanded, the members took different paths, like Roussos who became a well known pop singer and VANGELIS who is still a respected Progressive/New Age artist, but none of their later works will have the importance of "666", an Icon of Progressive Rock and one of the first conceptual albums in history.

: : : Iván Melgar Morey - PERU : : :

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• symphinic
• progressive
• Aphrodite's
• Child
• 666

[Wolfgasm0414]

what a treat, 5 stars from me...

[oeleboeb]

beautiful sound

[TJMasterK]

addicting, absolutely addicting

[massimo59able]

........fantastici !! Avanti nel progetto creativo musicale di quei tempi come pochi altri; GRANDI !!

[peoniesfleur]

@Fergyguitar I agree with you, it is superb. Sorry about your friend who died. He had good taste in music.

[Fergyguitar]

This is the album that turned me onto prog rock. Unfortunately, the guy who played me it first died in a motorbkie crash at the age of 17 or 18. It remains the seminal prog album. The musicianship is superb.

[angdemo69]

Ειναι ονειρο.....το πιο γλυκο..

[onivoritoottespir]

Really An interesting Group with an amazing sound. No doubts on the fact that VANGELIS could express his genious at a different level here in this group. They must be rediscovered!

[domtsak]

this musik is from greek country muski

[ladykillertime]

Have this on doubleset vinyl in perfect condition at home.

[MelbaToast454]

I have a rare UK vinyl version with the vertigo label. Bought it on a whim and can't believe how great it

is . im keeping this for myself

[Kristopful]

@Threetails This album is very valuable on vinyl...so dont give it away. If you want to sell it, look on E-Bay. Depends a lot on condition of the records & album cover. (as I understand).

Otherwise take care and keep it for future posperity.

[Threetails]

A friend of mine recently found the vinyl of this at a local store. Listening to this on vinyl was a treat! This was the first track I heard, too.

I was also surprised that this was where Vangelis had started out. It's so unlike his work with the "Cosmos" soundtrack just a decade later.

I kind of wish they'd done more albums like this. Seems like Aphrodite's Child was just too brilliant to last.

[mikemenelaos]

best greek band ever. did u hear demis?

[TheBlackycat]

Great album!

[drziltox]

one of the greatest lsd songs ever!!!

[moonrock]

@lukeman62 Ladies and gentlemen Seven trumpets the sound of thunder! (we got the system) Seven trumpets (to fuck the system) the trembling voice! (We got the system) Seven trumpets (to fuck the system) the threatening anger! (we got the system) Seven trumpets (to fuck the system) the trembling voice! (we got the system) Seven trumpets (to fuck the system) You got no choice! (we got the system)

[vinnothelizard]

dmis rousoss at his best!!



[frizkybabe]

LSD!

[ALVAROBOTERO1]

Esto sí era música más allá de los límites, incluso los más progresivos. En estos años, se buscaba, exploraba, con soniudos, previos a los sintetizadores modernos, los primeros intentos por reflejar eatdos mentales y emocionales en sonidos armónicos, en melodías creadas a partir de simples sintonías.

[williamj189]

that is some wild shit i like it alot

[Antropopitectus]

Excelente informe y evaluación de lo que fue y siempre será APHRODITE´S CHILD

Muchas gracias

[lukeman62]

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