The Best Of Jon & Vangelis

---

---

Customer reviews

review by: GNB date: 2008-05-21 rating:
Van-tastic !
Many people wondered what the outcome would be when Polish pianist Vangelis (pronounced Van-jealous) teamed up with Jon Anderson of The Yes.

And the results were much better than expected. Vangelis improvised on the keyboards while Anderson sang random collections of words and the result was quite entertaining.

Their real scoop of the project was managing to tape the late Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney for the song "Friends of Mister Cairo" in what turned out to be the last recorded performance of both actors.

Sadly the partnership ended when Vangelis took a wrong turn on a drive to Andersons house ended up at the home of noted actor and film producer, Lord David Attenborough. From thence Attenborough replaced Anderson on vocals, a pairing which resulted in the number one hit "Chariots of Fire".

This collection features all of the tracks mentioned except for "Friends of Mr Cairo" and "Chariots of Fire".


review by: date: 2002-07-18 rating:
Timeless classics
Near the end of the 1970's, Jon Anderson, of "Yes" fame, teamed up with Greek virtuoso composer/performer Vangelis for a series of albums.

This 1984 compilation album contains a great selection of some of their best songs taken from several of them.

As an introduction to the work of Jon & Vangelis, this album is excellent. Highly recommended.

---

Similar products

Private Collection
The Friends Of Mr Cairo
Short Stories
Odyssey - The Definitive Collection [Digipak]
The Best of Vangelis

---

Similar categories

Music . Styles . Pop . Bestsellers
Music . Styles . Pop . General AAS
Music . Styles . Rock . General AAS
Music . Styles . Soundtracks . Composers . Vangelis
Music . Refinements . Format (binding_browse-bin) . CD . CD Album

---