Vangelis – Who Killed The Dragon? (The BYG Sessions)
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Label: Finders Keepers Records – FKRMAXI 01 Series: The No No Years Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: Nov 2009 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Prog Rock, Experimental
1968. The explosion of two frustrated leading Greek Pop bands We Five and The Forminx brings four intrepid musicians to Paris. Their ambition is to travel to England, explore the Great British Rock scene and wow the vibrant music industry with a two-track demo tape called ‘Plastics Nevermore / The Other People’, but to their dismay the group (known at this point as The Papathanassiou Set) are delayed due to air strikes and passport problems forcing them to either return to Greece or wait in France until future notice – resulting in their nervous guitarist returning to Athens to carry out his National Service. Undefeated, the band’s leader, Evanghelos Odyssey Papathanassiou, uses this time to visit the French offices of Mercury and Philips Records who agree to release the one-off single (under the easier to pronounce moniker Aphrodites Child) while the band waits for work visas. Unfortunately, the following month, student riots break out and the band are subjected to stringent security measures and delayed even longer so they record their second single ‘Rain And Tears’ and sign-up to live agents Giorgio Gomelsky and Jean-Pierre Rawson (sharing books with Rotomagus, Chico Magnetic Band and Martin Circus)... (NM/NM)
