MARIANGELA

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Back in 1975, Vangelis completed a project with a young teenage girl. The result is the self-titled Mariangela LP, so named after the singer, Mariangela Papakonstantinou (betcha didn't know her last name!). She really does have a sweet singing voice, and you haven't lived until you heard her singing "Little Girl It's Time To Be A Woman" set to Vangelis music! Actually, some of these tracks are very mature, such as "This Is My World" and "Alone with the Day". Sadly, this album has yet to see release on CD. There is some speculation that there is yet another Vangelis pseudonym used on this album, as several of the songs are written by one "Denny Beckermann". However, we know that this is not fact. It is also specualted that Marinagela sings backup on the Socrates track "A Day In Heaven", which we now know is fact. Fellow Greek composer Stamatis Spanoudakis wrote the track "Let Me Find A Pathway". From the back cover of the Greek LP comes these notes (translated from the original Greek): "Born in Milano from a tenor father and soprano mother, Mariangela grew up with music. At the age of 11, she plays and sings with her guitar! At 13 she begins to write music and two years ago she comes to Greece to give her first hits, while at the same time she takes part of international festivals. The record you are holding is the result of an ideal collaboration that Mariangela had with the famous Greek musician (as producer), Vangelis Papathanassiou. The leader of "Aphrodite's Child", producer of the record, collected songs of several composers and together with four that Mariangela wrote, he knocks the door of your heart on her behalf." Sad to say, this album has never been released on CD. [Thanks to John van Houtert for the scans of the Dutch 7" single, to Robert Eichelsheim for the scan of the Dutch paper-style inner label LP, and to Roland Weißflog for the scan of the Dutch promo LP]

LPs

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Pic?	Country	Label	Catalog No.	Notes
	Canada	Philips	6331 084
	Greece	Philips	6331 084
	Holland	Philips	6331 084	Paper style inner label
	Holland	Philips	6331 084	Plastic style inner label
	Holland	Philips	6331 084	Promotional markings printed on inner label (looks like a sticker but it's not)
	South Africa	Philips	6331 084
	United States	Peters International	PILPS 9011

7" singles

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Title	Pic?	Country	Label	Catalog No.	Notes
Honolulu Baby/Shoo Be Doo		Holland	Philips	6060 242	Picture sleeve

Various Artists LPs

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Title	Pic?	Country	Label	Catalog No.	Notes
EPITUCIES TOU '76		Greece	Philips	6475 031	With "This Is My World"

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