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giovedì 19 giugno 2025

Vangelis - 1978-06-19 - Paris, FR (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

Pavillon de Paris

Source : EX+ audience MASTER

Lineage
JVC stereo mic -> JVC KD2B stereo cassette recorder -> master TDK AD Type I tapes played on Nakamichi Dragon -> Sony MDS JE-520 MD recorder -> Optical cable -> Pioneer PDR 609 stand alone CD burner -> wav -> EAC -> Goldwave v.5.08 for tracks splitting, edits, maximizing -> FLAC Frontend level 8 align on sector boundaries -> FLAC 

CD1 (0:51:18) 
01. Improvisation 1
02. Improvisation 2
03. Improvisation 3
04. Improvisation 4
05. Improvisation 5
06. Improvisation 6

CD2 (156) 
01. Improvisation 7
02. Pulstar 
03. The Plum Blossom(from the album CHINA) 
04. Asian Improvisation 1
05. Création du monde
(from the album L'APOCALYPS DES ANIMEAUX) with solo from Michel Ripoche
06. "China Improvisation" ???
(same chinese violin sounds as in The Tao Of Love from the album CHINA)
07. Alpha (from the album ALBEDO 0.39)
08. Spiral (from the album SPIRAL)

Total time : 2:02:14

The setlist was almost impossible to build *** ; here is what you can read on the Elsewhere Vangelis great independent site - thanks to him - (http://elsew.com/) 'The music at this concert is mainly improvised but sounds surprisingly full, considering the era it was performed in. Although there was no way yet to work with MIDI setups and smartly splitted and layered multisettings Vangelis managed to give a broad and lively performance. The piano has a rather dominating function but is mostly accompanied by synthesizer sounds of all sorts. Also some sequenced cues are triggered by Vangelis to accommodate the music. Only a few small parts feature other musicians. The most important of these is the appearance of violist Michel Ripoche Some parts of the new music are reminiscent of Ignacio (especially the piano part some 10 minutes into its first part) and China. Although a lot familiar cues appear, like the sequence of "I hear you now" (which was to be released a year after), very few actual pre-existing compositions were included. Amongst those that did appear were "Alpha" and of course "Pulstar" which Vangelis seems to play every time he can, each in a different way.

mercoledì 18 giugno 2025

Vangelis - 1991-06-18 - Rotterdam, NL (FM/FLAC)


(FM broadcast FLAC)

VANGELIS
Maaskade, Rotterdam
18 June 1991

Complete FM Broadcast

Lineage
CDr > NCH RIP > WAV > Flac

01 - DJ Intro (02:07)
02 - Chariots Of Fire (05:24)
03 - Spiral (03:02)
04 - Other Side Of Antarctica (01:19)
05 - Chung Kuo (04:47)
06 - Glorianna (feat. Markella Hatziano) (04:28)
07 - Pulstar (05:19)
08 - Mask Part 2 (03:19)
09 - Italian Song (feat. Jon Anderson) (03:25)
10 - Kinematic (07:24)
11 - Mask Part 5 (04:34)
12 - Hymne (06:17)
13 - DJ Outro (03:15)

55 min

This concert was organized by the Dutch ministry of Economic affairs to promote and celebrate the "Eureka Project"; an initiative to stimulate international scientific cooperation between European companies. Vangelis was asked to provide the highlight of the event.The concert took place at the docks in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A floating stage was constructed. Vangelis was seated in the middle, surrounded by his synths and some classically Greek styled props. He was backed up by a choir. To accompany the music some buildings in the neighborhood were used for projections with colors and laser animations. Furthermore there were participating choppers, boats and movable cranes.

Jon Anderson appeared as guest for the track "Italian Song" and Markella Hatziano (who reportedly tripped over the wiring after- wards) appeared for "Glorianna".

Sadly much of the music was not actually performed live. Vangelis played played along with pre recordings, but most of his playing was mixed so soft it was hard to catch. Most of the tracks were shortened versions of famous tunes (like Chariots of Fire, Pulstar, Spiral) as well as tracks from "Antarctica" and "Mask". The performance ended with a spectacular choral version of Hymne, which was later released in a slightly different mix/edit on the compilation album "Portraits {So long ago, so clear}" (1996). An encore was planned to be performed (and announced in the TV broadcast) but it had to be canceled because the bad weather had made it impossible.

The concert attracted an audience of more than 150,000 spectators. There was a program with a picture of Vangelis and texts in Dutch and English.

Vangelis - 1991-06-18 - Rotterdam, NL (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Eureka - Event of Excellence
Portuguese TV broadcast, PAL 4:3

01. Chariots of Fire (extended version)
02. Spiral
03. Other side of Antarctica
04. Chung Kuo
05. Glorianna
06. Pulstar
07. Mask 2
08. Italian Song
09. Kinematic
10. Mask 5
11. Hymne (choral version)

Total running time: aprox. 50' 25"

I've got this DVD-R on a trade, with no info about the lineage except that the source was a Portuguese TV channel broadcast, but apparently there were 2 sources for the DVD-R, as the picture and sound quality slightly change at 4' 28". Anyway, both picture and sound quality are very good for a 1991 recording.