The Dragon (Vangelis album)

After the break-up of Aphrodite's Child, Vangelis wanted to relocate to London. Producer Giorgio Gomelsky introduced him to some other musicians and put together a collaborative project which was funded by French free jazz record label BYG records with the intention of releasing an album.^[1] Some years later, Charly Records took over the catalogue of the bankrupt BYG records and released the recordings as an album in 1978 without the approval of the performers. The sleeve was made by Terry Oakes. In Germany Hypothesis and The Dragon were issued together as a double album titled Portrait. Vangelis subsequently took the label to court to have both The Dragon and related album Hypothesis taken off the market. In 2009, two tracks from the album were re-released on archive record label Finders Keepers along with another rare Gomelsky-produced Vangelis project known as 'Alpha Beta', on a limited edition Vinyl EP.

Recording and personnel

Apart from Vangelis, the line-up consisted of long-term musical collaborator Arghiris (Anargyros Koulouris) (guitar), and session musicians Michel Ripoche (violin), Brian Odgers (bass), Micky Waller (drums). The sessions were recorded in London's Marquee Studios by Giorgio Gomelsky. According to Gomelsky, 'The idea was to find "grooves" that could lead into long, (sufi)trance-like but evolving rhythmic patterns with a lot of improvisation on top'.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Dragon"	15:18

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stuffed Aubergine"	11:17
2.	"Stuffed Tomato"	9:32

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Steven McDonald at Allmusic notes that although the album was mainly released to cash in on Vangelis' popularity, it contains elements of both Aphrodite's Child and Vangelis' upcoming solo work.^[3] Other reviews have been mixed, but the album has consistently enjoyed good reviews at Prog Archives.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Giorgio Gomelsky, working with Vangelis"
↑ ibid
1 2 McDonald, Steven. "Dragon". Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
↑ Review at Prog Archives Retrieved February 13, 2011
↑ Review at Prog Archives Retrieved February 13th, 2011
↑ Review at Prog Archives Retrieved February 13th, 2011

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