The Devils Music - Devil Dick Mix Vol. 16 - Mind Games

I own all of this on vinyl. Do you know what any of them are?

If anyones knows or guesses correct i will add the vinyl scan to the post... If not, oh well...

The Devils Music - Devil Dick Mix Vol. 16 - Mind Games

Aphrodite's Child - Babylon

I've already done a big post about this great band so I will spare you the details but if you want to read it hit the linky Here: When i posted some choice cuts off the brillant 666 album, but since my post options are still limited (broken computer) and i had this 45 and tune in draft for some time now i figure i will throw it out there, so here goes... On the great and one of my fave labels "Vertigo".

This has a somewhat funky pinball wizard (The Who) vibe... check it.

Aphrodite's Child - Babylon

Aphrodite's Child - 666

Chariot's of Fire Goes Satanic...

On this Sunday morning while the "Old Lady" is out at Church ( The Devil does not frequent such establishments) let me give you some biblical themed Heavy Progressive Psych w/ some Satanic overtones. Selected tracks from Aphrodite's Child" Concept album, 666. This is a pretty trippy and wild ride.

Enjoy the info below if your not familiar with the group and a few of "The Devils" Fave tracks of the album...

Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards); Demis Roussos (bass guitar and vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris (guitar).

The band began to record their crowning achievement late in 1970: a musical adaptation of the biblical Book of Revelation, entitled 666. Silver Koulouris, having finished his Greek army duty rejoined the band. However, relations between all the band members were not good at the time, and continued to worsen during the album's creation.

Essentially, 666 was Vangelis' concept, created with an outside lyricist, Costas Ferris. The music that Vangelis was creating for 666 was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before. This did not sit well with the other band members, who wished to continue in the pop direction that had brought them success.

By the time the double LP 666 finally came out in late 1971, and having sold over 20 million albums, the band had already split. Both Vangelis and Demis Roussos pursued successful solo careers, Roussos as a pop singer and Vangelis as one of the pioneers in New Age music.

In 1981 Vangelis wrote the score for the film Chariots of Fire, set at the Paris Olympics in 1924. The choice of music was unorthodox—while most period films featured traditional orchestral scores, Vangelis' music was modern and synthesizer-heavy. The movie won a half-dozen awards, including an Academy award for Best Picture of the year. Vangelis won the Academy Award for Original Music Score. The opening theme of the film was released as a single in 1982, topping the American Billboard chart for one week after climbing steadily for five months. Only one other instrumental track, 1985's "Miami Vice Theme," by Czech musician Jan Hammer, has topped that chart since...

Aphrodite's Child - Four Horseman

Aphrodite's Child - The System - Babylon

Aphrodite's Child - Seven Bowls

Aphrodite's Child - Battle of the Locusts - Do It

Rare Bird - Sympathy

One of the cooler idea's for a band that was somewhat successful: A moody somehwhat "heavy" progressive band with NO GUITARS!!!

Breaking tradiation here today. There are no guitars to be found on the 1st two records by Rare Bird.

Here's some info:
Rare Bird came together in October 1969 when organist Graham Field, keyboardist Dave Kaffinetti, drummer Mark Ashton, and vocalist Steve Gould envisioned a two-keyboard rock sound without guitars. They released their debut before the end of the year, featuring the minor radio hit "Sympathy." The next year they released As Your Mind Flies By, a dark and heavier album that put further emphasis on Gould's melodramatic singing style. Field and Ashton left the group before Epic Forest, which saw new drummer Fred Kelly bring in guitarist Andy Curtis to revamp their sound into a more folk-oriented direction. Gould also picked up the guitar at this point, and the music became much more about their guitar interplay than anything else. By 1973's Somebody's Watching, interest had waned in their efforts, leaving the group with a dwindling fan base. Still, they managed to release one more album, 1974's Born Again, which featured an entirely different sound than the progressive rock of their first two albums. The band's demise was followed by a collection, Sympathy, which took its material from the first two albums only. by Bradley Torreano

Rare Bird - Sympathy

Devo - Be Stiff

Looooong before Nickelodeon's Rugrats there was Devo.

Progressive? Punk? New wave? new traditionalists? all of the above?

This is devo's 3rd single & was produced by Brian Eno in 1978 on Stiff records. i was 12 and listening to kiss... when i heard these guys for the first time i thought "what is this strange music?" kind of like when i first saw captain beefheart and i was never the same again...

Of course i dig on all the early devo but i have a fondness for this cut because of the sharp cutting & angular guitar.

I highly doubt that there is anything to add that has not been written about these Akron Ohio misfits of De-Evolution so if your not familiar or even if you are, i'm sure its been a while so dig in and be stiff!!!

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