dadadacicici
08-21-2011, 01:34 PM
Well, the title says it all. It did not make much sense adding this Vangelis related music to the Blade Runner related threads. Even if I hate having to check different threads every time I log into FFS, I have to reckon that this is the best way to avoid confusion and having it all in the same section. Here you can post the music that never made it to official release or the one that is long out-of-print if you wish. Feel free to contribute as you might see fit! :)
Vangelis-Blade Runner (Limited Edition)-Off World Music-OWM-9301-(1993)[FLAC]

01 - Ladd Company Logo [John Williams] (0:24)
02 - Main Titles and Prologue (4:03)
03 - Los Angeles‚ November 2019 (1:46)
04 - Deckard Meets Rachael (1:29)
05 - Bicycle Riders [Gail Laughton] (2:05)
06 - Memories of Green (5:39)
07 - Blade Runner Blues (10:19)
08 - Deckard's Dream (1:12)
09 - On the Trail of Nexus 6 (5:30)
10 - If I Didn't Care [The Ink Spots] (3:03)
11 - Love Theme (4:57)
12 - The Prodigal Son Brings Death (3:35)
13 - Dangerous Days (1:02)
14 - Wounded Animals (10:58)
15 - Tears in Rain (2:41)
16 - End Titles (7:24)
17 - One More Kiss Dear (4:00)
18 - Trailer and Alternate Main Titles [Robert Randles] (1:39)
https://mega.nz/#!g4tzhLqZ!uhO3z73eNkDe3DApucLf-p129LjvQZyEoAjU50iPols
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Notes :
Limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies. Booklet contains extensive liner notes and photos from the production.
Unfortunaly we might never live to catch a glimpse of it since full scans were never shared :(
Oh, you might stumble on it on the occasional for-deep-pockets-only auctions on eBay... if you are a nice collector please let us know! ;)
http://www.discogs.com/Vangelis-Blade-Runner-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/765048
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Comments :
This is one of the first alternate recordings avalible on the CD format, limited to only 2000 copies, and thankfully a factory pressed disc by DISCTRONICS USA, as stated in the CD matrix (located around the spindle hole of the disc) **WTG01**/121628-R2-3343-2. This recording, issued by OFF WORLD MUSIC/OWM-9301, pretty much has all but two cues; "ogi no mato" by Ensemble Nipponia and Morning at the Bradbury. The sound quality, well I would go for the 1994 Warner Brothers' commercial release for that, remember we're dealing with "Alternate Recordings" here and they should be treated as such. All an all, I rate the packaging and sound of this CD = 7 out of 10.
2007/09/25 - LEE
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=29
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Vangelis-Cavafy-Storm Records-2000-[APE]

01 - Opening Titles (2'32)
02 - "Sounds from our life's first poetry..." (2'45)
03 - The Viennese Waltz Theme (2'41)
04 - Leaving Alexandria (1'42)
05 - The Bosphorus Theme (2'13)
06 - First Turkish Dance (1'31)
07 - "He's an Apollo..." - Second Turkish Dance (3'23)
08 - "Come back and take hold of me..." (4'30)
09 - "I'd like to speak of this memory..." (5'09)
10 - "Family grief..." - Charikleia's Death (4'44)
11 - Memory outside Time - Ancient Sounds (8'08)
12 - The Good Friday Procession (3'37)
13 - "His verse is now quoted by young men..." (6'30)
14 - "As one long prepared and full of courage..." - Cavafy's Death (4'14)
15 - Closing Titles (3'36)
Dead Links Removed
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Notes :
"New CD music soundtrack by the BLADE RUNNER electronic music composer VANGELIS. It labels Storm records on limited edition. The music Vangelis created for the‚ less known film CAVAFY in 1996 (which is depicting the life of the most famous Greek poet of modern times‚ Constantine Cavafy) was never released on any CD until now. One hour of breathtaking music - an excellent mixture between the dark Blade Runner sound and ancient Byzantine-oriental flavor. An extraordinary magical soundtrack! Excellent true and clean stereo sound quality."
Storm Records is a pirate label [presumably] from Ukraine or Russia .
N.B. It appears that every original that we were able to check has some missing frames filled with a tiny bit of digital silence at the beginning of tracks 6, 10 and 15. We believe these "edits" are part of the original master. It could easily be fixed providing an audio rip of the ac3 channels of the dvd release.
I do not own the movie, but I might be able to fix that if anyone is willing to help. :)
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Comments :
"There is a little-known Greek film called "Cavafy" or "Kavafis", released in 1996 by Alexandros Film, directed by Iannis Smaragdis, about the life and visions of the famous Greek poet, Constantine P. Cavafy (Konstantinos Petro Kavafis). The film was scored by Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire", "1492") and is the last film that he has scored."
04/15/2004 - Uncle Don
http://vangeliscollector.com/
"I have never seen the film "Cavafy" but I'm certain‚ like in Blade Runner‚ that Vangelis' score exerts the same impact over the atmosphere of the movie. In general‚ the sound of this score is very reminiscent of "El Greco‚" since there are many byzantine and eastern themes throughout. The mood is somber‚ brooding‚ and at times‚ dramatic. However‚ some themes such as "The Bosforus Theme" and "Family grief" are very melodic and delicate and sound very much like themes found "Bitter Moon." The production value of this release is wonderful. The tracks flow into each other beautifully and the sound quality is just excellent. However‚ the only drawback to the release‚ is the considerable amount of Cavafy's poetry recited in Greek throughout the disc. Nevertheless‚ this score has moments of brilliance and is really an essential item for any Vangelis collector."
Sebastian *****
"I think Vangelis faced this score as a very special project. I can guess the loving he put on it listening to some of its passages. For instance‚ I must say that the first 5 tracks are all wonderful. The first seems to be taken from "El Greco"‚ while the Viennese Waltz seems... well‚ a Viennese Waltz. The score gets a little tedious in the middle‚ specially in the longer tracks‚ where music is dark and there are no big melodies... But the second half of "Charikleia's Death"‚ (A melody that reminds me a lot to Shubert's "Ave Maria") is wonderful. And the end titles.... Well‚ the end Titles is one of the most beautiful tunes I've heard from this man in his entire career... It brings chills to my spine every time I listen to it‚ and I've add it to my personal favourites. What a masterpiece! The production is great: The themes are nicely linked and the sound quality is superb... Yes‚ I know there's a Greek guy speaking all the way‚ but when the music is that great‚ who cares? A must."
Jaime - Spain *****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=35
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[B]Vangelis-M�moires Vol. 4 - Bitter Moon + Blade Runner-FIC-1997-[APE]

01 - Opening Titles (Theme from Bitter Moon) (2.58)
02 - Fever/Nigel Meets Mimi at the Bar (2.59)
03 - Memoirs of Paris (3.04)
04 - A Tale of Strange Attractions/Games of Obsession (4.53)
05 - Love Theme from Bitter Moon (2.30)
06 - Oscar's Obsession/Back to the Cabin (3.33)
07 - Dating Mimi (Memoirs of Paris reprise) (2.37)
08 - Le Carrousel (The Vertigo of Love) (1.59)
09 - Mimi Talks to Nigel/Oscar hits Mimi/
Forgiveness (Bitter Moon reprise) (3.15)
10 - Desire Wanes (Bitter Moon reprise) (2.37)
11 - Consequences/The Extremes Of Passion/Waiting For Mimi (4.13)
12 - Mimi's Dance/The Dance of The Sensualities/
Oscar's Confessions (4.13)
13 - Closing Credits from Bitter Moon (3.12)
14 - Rachael Asks Questions/Los Angeles in 2019 (Main Titles
Theme)/Leon's Voight-Kampff Test/Deckard Meets Rachael (3.01)
15 - Memories in a Picture/Pris' Quest (Blade Runner Blues) (4.45)
16 - Spinner Ascent (Gaff Takes Deckard to Bryant)/
Pris Meets J.F. Sebastian (1.35)
17 - Sebastian's Apartment/Prelude to Love Theme/
Love Theme from Blade Runner (5.21)
18 - Morning At The Bradbury/To Tyrell Corporation/
Roy Ends His Maker's Life (The Prodigal Son Brings Death) (4.16)
19 - Deckard and Roy's Chase (Wounded Animals)/
A Replicant's Time To Die (Tears In Rain) (3.38)
20 - Deckard and Rachael Escape/End Titles from Blade Runner (4.05)
Dead Links Removed
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Notes :
1-13 Bitter Moon Suite (42:03)
14-20 Blade Runner Suite (26:19)
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Comments :
"Bitter Moon is a beautiful score‚ and most of the music can be listened to perfectly without the images and enjoyed completely. Some of the themes are really beautiful. For example‚ the main theme‚ repeated with variations through parts 1‚ 4 and 10‚ the accordion theme you can hear on part 3 (That somehow makes me think of Paris) and the romantic and inspired part 13 (End credits?). Some of the music‚ however‚ sounds more incidental‚ but stands very well on its own too. Part 12 starts with an dance-arab-like song and then continues with a techno rhythm pattern (Is that really Vangelis?). There's also a jazz song on part 2 (I'll ask again: Vangelis?) [No. That's Fever by Peggy Lee, at least the first part of the song] and some jazzy and dark passages. Since I haven't seen the movie I don't know if the music is well ordered or not. Sound FX from the movie can be heard alltrough the suite‚ and sometines become annoying. Even sometimes the FX andthe music grow suddenly giving you a start. Despite this little defects‚ sound quality is very good and the music in quite enjoyable.
The Blade Runner suite could be interesting in its moment but now‚ with all that Blade Runner releases out there has become a bit obsolete‚ but harmless anyway."
Jaime ****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=89
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Vangelis-M�moires Vol. 8 - L'Arbre De Vie-FIC-1999-[APE]

01 - L'Arbre De Vie Part I (0:37)
02 - La Fete Sauvage (1:59)
03 - Creation Du monde (3:05)
04 - Solitude (1:44)
05 - La Nuit (3:19)
06 - L'Arbre De Vie Part II (5:38)
07 - La Mer (3:41)
08 - Irlande (2:54)
09 - L'Arbre De Vie Part III (5:45)
10 - L'Arbre De Vie Part IV (2:27)
11 - Gong Part I (3:06)
12 - Gong Part II (0:39)
13 - Voyage (0:36)
14 - La Grece Part I (4:18)
15 - Gong Part III (4:16)
16 - La Grece Part II (1:45)
17 - Opera Sauvage (2:36)
18 - Cantique Des Creatures (0:50)
19 - Realite (1:24)
20 - Afrique (1:42)
21 - La Fin Du Voyage (0:23)
22 - L'Arbre De Vie Part V (5:08)
Bonus
23 - Improvisation Athens Part I(3:37)
24 - Improvisation Athens Part II(1:19)
Dead Links Removed
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Comments :
"This television interview/special showed us some truly marvelous Vangelis pieces. All of the L'Arbre de Vie parts (tracks 1‚ 6‚ 9‚ 10) are beautiful‚ namely Part II (track 6). Again‚ there is a considerable amount of dialog in French contained in the disc‚ but it's independent of the music and it gives the listener good insight to Vangelis‚ since he is the one speaking most of the time. Some themes from "La Fete Sauvage" appear here‚ (but not in the same quality as in the OWM La Fete Sauvage) as well as themes from Opera Sauvage. While this is not a proper album per se‚ there are quite a few wonderful pieces and is well worth owning."
Sebastian ****
"The bad news about this release is that if you take away the tracks 4‚ 7‚ 11‚ 13‚ 16‚ 19‚ 21 wich are French dialog‚ and 2‚ 3‚ 8‚ 17 which are excerpts from "Opera Sauvage"‚ "L'Apocalypse des Animaux" and "La Fete Savage"‚ you'll arrive to the conclusion that only little more than the half of this release is unreleased material. Still more‚ all the music is recorded on Mono. OK‚ here is the good news: All the older selections are wisely chosen‚ all are among my Vangelis favourites. More over‚ I guess the dialogs are quite interesting‚ but I don't speak French‚ so I hope somebody could correct me if it's not so.
And regarding the new music‚ it's very beautiful. It mainly consists in gentle electric piano improvisations‚ in the typical Vangelis "wildlifestyle"‚ that paint very evoccative and haunting landscapes. Really‚ from the short and catchy "Part I" to the beautiful "Grece"‚ all the music is great. Also thrown in the middle there are some percussion improvisations. And in the end you get the best theme for my taste: Can you imagine "Spiral" adapted to fit "Opera Sauvage"? Listen to "Part 5" and you'll see. It's simply wonderful.
The last two themes don't fit with rest‚ since they are two boombastic improvisations taped 12 years later for the AT1 Greek Channel (See the elsewhere site for more information). In conclusion‚ a very beautiful release. Try to get it!"
Jaime - Spain ****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=92
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Afterword :
A few words need to be added before going lossless. We would like to remind that you should not make profit off what it is not your own. The reason to be of this release is for a better archival purpose only. Be responsible in giving back what you had for free. Consider sharing back what was shared of old if you care. We are only left with what we share eventually. The more accurately (read properly) the better for the peers-to-be. Needless to remind to decompress to WAV first (preferred). Cue sheet with CD-Text info is included (suggested). Burn at 4x speed (always). Alternate unofficial Official artworks kindly provided by Pendor, Zoran, JacKc, MrYeeashkul and Xchullit. Special thanks everybody for the graphics! :)
Have a better one Jack Deth! ;)

Vangelis-Blade Runner (Limited Edition)-Off World Music-OWM-9301-(1993)[FLAC]

01 - Ladd Company Logo [John Williams] (0:24)
02 - Main Titles and Prologue (4:03)
03 - Los Angeles‚ November 2019 (1:46)
04 - Deckard Meets Rachael (1:29)
05 - Bicycle Riders [Gail Laughton] (2:05)
06 - Memories of Green (5:39)
07 - Blade Runner Blues (10:19)
08 - Deckard's Dream (1:12)
09 - On the Trail of Nexus 6 (5:30)
10 - If I Didn't Care [The Ink Spots] (3:03)
11 - Love Theme (4:57)
12 - The Prodigal Son Brings Death (3:35)
13 - Dangerous Days (1:02)
14 - Wounded Animals (10:58)
15 - Tears in Rain (2:41)
16 - End Titles (7:24)
17 - One More Kiss Dear (4:00)
18 - Trailer and Alternate Main Titles [Robert Randles] (1:39)
https://mega.nz/#!g4tzhLqZ!uhO3z73eNkDe3DApucLf-p129LjvQZyEoAjU50iPols
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes :
Limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies. Booklet contains extensive liner notes and photos from the production.
Unfortunaly we might never live to catch a glimpse of it since full scans were never shared :(
Oh, you might stumble on it on the occasional for-deep-pockets-only auctions on eBay... if you are a nice collector please let us know! ;)
http://www.discogs.com/Vangelis-Blade-Runner-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/765048
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments :
This is one of the first alternate recordings avalible on the CD format, limited to only 2000 copies, and thankfully a factory pressed disc by DISCTRONICS USA, as stated in the CD matrix (located around the spindle hole of the disc) **WTG01**/121628-R2-3343-2. This recording, issued by OFF WORLD MUSIC/OWM-9301, pretty much has all but two cues; "ogi no mato" by Ensemble Nipponia and Morning at the Bradbury. The sound quality, well I would go for the 1994 Warner Brothers' commercial release for that, remember we're dealing with "Alternate Recordings" here and they should be treated as such. All an all, I rate the packaging and sound of this CD = 7 out of 10.
2007/09/25 - LEE
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=29
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Vangelis-Cavafy-Storm Records-2000-[APE]

01 - Opening Titles (2'32)
02 - "Sounds from our life's first poetry..." (2'45)
03 - The Viennese Waltz Theme (2'41)
04 - Leaving Alexandria (1'42)
05 - The Bosphorus Theme (2'13)
06 - First Turkish Dance (1'31)
07 - "He's an Apollo..." - Second Turkish Dance (3'23)
08 - "Come back and take hold of me..." (4'30)
09 - "I'd like to speak of this memory..." (5'09)
10 - "Family grief..." - Charikleia's Death (4'44)
11 - Memory outside Time - Ancient Sounds (8'08)
12 - The Good Friday Procession (3'37)
13 - "His verse is now quoted by young men..." (6'30)
14 - "As one long prepared and full of courage..." - Cavafy's Death (4'14)
15 - Closing Titles (3'36)
Dead Links Removed
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Notes :
"New CD music soundtrack by the BLADE RUNNER electronic music composer VANGELIS. It labels Storm records on limited edition. The music Vangelis created for the‚ less known film CAVAFY in 1996 (which is depicting the life of the most famous Greek poet of modern times‚ Constantine Cavafy) was never released on any CD until now. One hour of breathtaking music - an excellent mixture between the dark Blade Runner sound and ancient Byzantine-oriental flavor. An extraordinary magical soundtrack! Excellent true and clean stereo sound quality."
Storm Records is a pirate label [presumably] from Ukraine or Russia .
N.B. It appears that every original that we were able to check has some missing frames filled with a tiny bit of digital silence at the beginning of tracks 6, 10 and 15. We believe these "edits" are part of the original master. It could easily be fixed providing an audio rip of the ac3 channels of the dvd release.
I do not own the movie, but I might be able to fix that if anyone is willing to help. :)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments :
"There is a little-known Greek film called "Cavafy" or "Kavafis", released in 1996 by Alexandros Film, directed by Iannis Smaragdis, about the life and visions of the famous Greek poet, Constantine P. Cavafy (Konstantinos Petro Kavafis). The film was scored by Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire", "1492") and is the last film that he has scored."
04/15/2004 - Uncle Don
http://vangeliscollector.com/
"I have never seen the film "Cavafy" but I'm certain‚ like in Blade Runner‚ that Vangelis' score exerts the same impact over the atmosphere of the movie. In general‚ the sound of this score is very reminiscent of "El Greco‚" since there are many byzantine and eastern themes throughout. The mood is somber‚ brooding‚ and at times‚ dramatic. However‚ some themes such as "The Bosforus Theme" and "Family grief" are very melodic and delicate and sound very much like themes found "Bitter Moon." The production value of this release is wonderful. The tracks flow into each other beautifully and the sound quality is just excellent. However‚ the only drawback to the release‚ is the considerable amount of Cavafy's poetry recited in Greek throughout the disc. Nevertheless‚ this score has moments of brilliance and is really an essential item for any Vangelis collector."
Sebastian *****
"I think Vangelis faced this score as a very special project. I can guess the loving he put on it listening to some of its passages. For instance‚ I must say that the first 5 tracks are all wonderful. The first seems to be taken from "El Greco"‚ while the Viennese Waltz seems... well‚ a Viennese Waltz. The score gets a little tedious in the middle‚ specially in the longer tracks‚ where music is dark and there are no big melodies... But the second half of "Charikleia's Death"‚ (A melody that reminds me a lot to Shubert's "Ave Maria") is wonderful. And the end titles.... Well‚ the end Titles is one of the most beautiful tunes I've heard from this man in his entire career... It brings chills to my spine every time I listen to it‚ and I've add it to my personal favourites. What a masterpiece! The production is great: The themes are nicely linked and the sound quality is superb... Yes‚ I know there's a Greek guy speaking all the way‚ but when the music is that great‚ who cares? A must."
Jaime - Spain *****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=35
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[B]Vangelis-M�moires Vol. 4 - Bitter Moon + Blade Runner-FIC-1997-[APE]

01 - Opening Titles (Theme from Bitter Moon) (2.58)
02 - Fever/Nigel Meets Mimi at the Bar (2.59)
03 - Memoirs of Paris (3.04)
04 - A Tale of Strange Attractions/Games of Obsession (4.53)
05 - Love Theme from Bitter Moon (2.30)
06 - Oscar's Obsession/Back to the Cabin (3.33)
07 - Dating Mimi (Memoirs of Paris reprise) (2.37)
08 - Le Carrousel (The Vertigo of Love) (1.59)
09 - Mimi Talks to Nigel/Oscar hits Mimi/
Forgiveness (Bitter Moon reprise) (3.15)
10 - Desire Wanes (Bitter Moon reprise) (2.37)
11 - Consequences/The Extremes Of Passion/Waiting For Mimi (4.13)
12 - Mimi's Dance/The Dance of The Sensualities/
Oscar's Confessions (4.13)
13 - Closing Credits from Bitter Moon (3.12)
14 - Rachael Asks Questions/Los Angeles in 2019 (Main Titles
Theme)/Leon's Voight-Kampff Test/Deckard Meets Rachael (3.01)
15 - Memories in a Picture/Pris' Quest (Blade Runner Blues) (4.45)
16 - Spinner Ascent (Gaff Takes Deckard to Bryant)/
Pris Meets J.F. Sebastian (1.35)
17 - Sebastian's Apartment/Prelude to Love Theme/
Love Theme from Blade Runner (5.21)
18 - Morning At The Bradbury/To Tyrell Corporation/
Roy Ends His Maker's Life (The Prodigal Son Brings Death) (4.16)
19 - Deckard and Roy's Chase (Wounded Animals)/
A Replicant's Time To Die (Tears In Rain) (3.38)
20 - Deckard and Rachael Escape/End Titles from Blade Runner (4.05)
Dead Links Removed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes :
1-13 Bitter Moon Suite (42:03)
14-20 Blade Runner Suite (26:19)
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Comments :
"Bitter Moon is a beautiful score‚ and most of the music can be listened to perfectly without the images and enjoyed completely. Some of the themes are really beautiful. For example‚ the main theme‚ repeated with variations through parts 1‚ 4 and 10‚ the accordion theme you can hear on part 3 (That somehow makes me think of Paris) and the romantic and inspired part 13 (End credits?). Some of the music‚ however‚ sounds more incidental‚ but stands very well on its own too. Part 12 starts with an dance-arab-like song and then continues with a techno rhythm pattern (Is that really Vangelis?). There's also a jazz song on part 2 (I'll ask again: Vangelis?) [No. That's Fever by Peggy Lee, at least the first part of the song] and some jazzy and dark passages. Since I haven't seen the movie I don't know if the music is well ordered or not. Sound FX from the movie can be heard alltrough the suite‚ and sometines become annoying. Even sometimes the FX andthe music grow suddenly giving you a start. Despite this little defects‚ sound quality is very good and the music in quite enjoyable.
The Blade Runner suite could be interesting in its moment but now‚ with all that Blade Runner releases out there has become a bit obsolete‚ but harmless anyway."
Jaime ****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=89
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Vangelis-M�moires Vol. 8 - L'Arbre De Vie-FIC-1999-[APE]

01 - L'Arbre De Vie Part I (0:37)
02 - La Fete Sauvage (1:59)
03 - Creation Du monde (3:05)
04 - Solitude (1:44)
05 - La Nuit (3:19)
06 - L'Arbre De Vie Part II (5:38)
07 - La Mer (3:41)
08 - Irlande (2:54)
09 - L'Arbre De Vie Part III (5:45)
10 - L'Arbre De Vie Part IV (2:27)
11 - Gong Part I (3:06)
12 - Gong Part II (0:39)
13 - Voyage (0:36)
14 - La Grece Part I (4:18)
15 - Gong Part III (4:16)
16 - La Grece Part II (1:45)
17 - Opera Sauvage (2:36)
18 - Cantique Des Creatures (0:50)
19 - Realite (1:24)
20 - Afrique (1:42)
21 - La Fin Du Voyage (0:23)
22 - L'Arbre De Vie Part V (5:08)
Bonus
23 - Improvisation Athens Part I(3:37)
24 - Improvisation Athens Part II(1:19)
Dead Links Removed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comments :
"This television interview/special showed us some truly marvelous Vangelis pieces. All of the L'Arbre de Vie parts (tracks 1‚ 6‚ 9‚ 10) are beautiful‚ namely Part II (track 6). Again‚ there is a considerable amount of dialog in French contained in the disc‚ but it's independent of the music and it gives the listener good insight to Vangelis‚ since he is the one speaking most of the time. Some themes from "La Fete Sauvage" appear here‚ (but not in the same quality as in the OWM La Fete Sauvage) as well as themes from Opera Sauvage. While this is not a proper album per se‚ there are quite a few wonderful pieces and is well worth owning."
Sebastian ****
"The bad news about this release is that if you take away the tracks 4‚ 7‚ 11‚ 13‚ 16‚ 19‚ 21 wich are French dialog‚ and 2‚ 3‚ 8‚ 17 which are excerpts from "Opera Sauvage"‚ "L'Apocalypse des Animaux" and "La Fete Savage"‚ you'll arrive to the conclusion that only little more than the half of this release is unreleased material. Still more‚ all the music is recorded on Mono. OK‚ here is the good news: All the older selections are wisely chosen‚ all are among my Vangelis favourites. More over‚ I guess the dialogs are quite interesting‚ but I don't speak French‚ so I hope somebody could correct me if it's not so.
And regarding the new music‚ it's very beautiful. It mainly consists in gentle electric piano improvisations‚ in the typical Vangelis "wildlifestyle"‚ that paint very evoccative and haunting landscapes. Really‚ from the short and catchy "Part I" to the beautiful "Grece"‚ all the music is great. Also thrown in the middle there are some percussion improvisations. And in the end you get the best theme for my taste: Can you imagine "Spiral" adapted to fit "Opera Sauvage"? Listen to "Part 5" and you'll see. It's simply wonderful.
The last two themes don't fit with rest‚ since they are two boombastic improvisations taped 12 years later for the AT1 Greek Channel (See the elsewhere site for more information). In conclusion‚ a very beautiful release. Try to get it!"
Jaime - Spain ****
http://www.anunna.net/vangelis-rarities/newsite.php?methode=methode1&id=92
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Afterword :
A few words need to be added before going lossless. We would like to remind that you should not make profit off what it is not your own. The reason to be of this release is for a better archival purpose only. Be responsible in giving back what you had for free. Consider sharing back what was shared of old if you care. We are only left with what we share eventually. The more accurately (read properly) the better for the peers-to-be. Needless to remind to decompress to WAV first (preferred). Cue sheet with CD-Text info is included (suggested). Burn at 4x speed (always). Alternate unofficial Official artworks kindly provided by Pendor, Zoran, JacKc, MrYeeashkul and Xchullit. Special thanks everybody for the graphics! :)
Have a better one Jack Deth! ;)
