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The best 70's Highlights of Vangelis

Rykre | Carson City, Nevada | 10/13/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you haven't yet purchased any of Vangelis' earlier albums, or you've just heard of Vangelis through his most current works, THIS is the best introduction collection of Vangelis' earlier works. This collection represents the best of Heaven and Hell, Albedo 0.39, Beauberg, and Spiral, his main RCA recordings. I would have given this collection a 5 star rating if it gave two crucial tracks from Albedo 0.39 album that is sadly overlooked. I'd have prefered "Nucleogenesis (Part One)", and "Mare Tranquillitatis" over the lesser-impressive "Sword of Orion". And also, not only is the excerpt from "Beaubourg" uninspiring, it suffers from a disturbing audio hiss which causes it to lose its atmospheric intentions. Nevertheless, Out of all the "Best of Vangelis" collections that are out there, this is the best gathering of his early works. His collection called "Themes" is his other "Best of" collection to own which represents the best of his non-RCA recordings from 1973 to about 1984."