Vangelis
Heaven and Hell
Greece
(1975)

My next few posts will focus on Prog, etc. records that may have been around for a while. At the moment I can no longer scour all the blogs looking for duplicates. So I'm gonna post what I feel like posting - if you beat me to it, my sincerest apologies. It will not be on purpose. I'm not really much of a Vangelis fan - most of his stuff is too New Agey for my personal tastes. But this one is a real winner. Recorded about the time he was buddying around with Jon Anderson of Yes, this record is simply put - fantastic. Symphonic in every sense of the word. Very programmatic, the music evokes vivid images of both heaven and hell and plays as a soundtrack from one through the other. Powerful, exciting music from a guy who unfortunately began to mellow with time. An absolute must.