VANGELIS Beaubourg |
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(Interviewer): What did you have in mind with the album "Beaubourg" (1978)? Without doubt, it is your most experimental record. Was this just a gag - to do music like this once and only once - and are there connections between this unusual record and you changing record companies after the LP? Vangelis: No, this isn't a gag. I do this kind of music a lot when I am in the studio. But you know, it isn't really the sort of music for the market. Therefore I was very lucky to have this contract with RCA so that they had to publish this music as well as other stuff. But this had nothing to do with the end of my contract with RCA. (click here to read the entire interview) I love this album! I waited patiently for a CD release, and one came in early 1990. But it was mastered improperly, with master tape drag noticible on both parts. Ugg. RCA Japan released a CD and all was well, although all the RCA CDs need a good remastering (too much hiss). Beaubourg and L'apocalypse des Animaux were the two 70s albums without any single releases. It would have been difficult to market a single from this album I guess, although RCA did make an excerpt for The Best of Vangelis. |
LPs |
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Label |
Catalog No. |
Notes |
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Argentina |
RCA |
AVI-5033 |
1980, face cover |
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Canada |
RCA |
KYL1-0455 |
1982, face cover |
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France |
RCA |
PL 25155 |
gatefold sleeve, green cover |
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Germany (West) |
RCA |
INTS 5158 |
1981, gatefold sleeve, green cover |
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Germany |
RCA |
NL 70010 |
reissue, green cover |
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Greece |
Polydor |
2421 123 |
green cover |
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Holland |
RCA |
PL-25155 |
gatefold sleeve |
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Japan |
RCA |
RVP-6312 |
obi and insert, green cover |
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Japan |
RCA |
RVP-6312 |
obi and insert, white label promo |
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Portugal |
RCA |
PL-25155 |
back cover variation |
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South Africa |
RCA |
38 638 |
green cover |
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Spain |
RCA |
PL-25155 |
green cover |
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Spain |
RCA |
NL-14387 |
reissue, green cover |
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United Kingdom |
RCA |
PL 25155 |
gatefold sleeve, green cover |
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United Kingdom |
RCA |
INTS 5158 |
green cover |
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United Kingdom |
Fame/EMI |
FA 3168 |
reissue, face cover |
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United States |
RCA |
AFL1-3020 |
face cover |
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United States |
RCA |
AFL1-3020 |
face cover, gold stamped promo |
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United States |
RCA |
AYL1-4387 |
reissue, face cover |
CDs |
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Country |
Label |
Catalog No. |
Notes |
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Germany |
RCA |
ND 70010 |
1990, poor mastering |
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Germany |
RCA |
ND 70010 |
reissue, correct mastering |
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Japan |
RCA |
BVCP-5027 |
obi strip and insert, correct mastering |
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Japan |
RCA |
BVCP-5027 |
obi strip and insert, correct mastering, "SAMPLE" on disc |
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Japan |
RCA |
BVCM-37681 |
2nd pressing, obi and insert, 20bit Mastering, replica LP-style gatefold sleeve (copies sold at "Disc Union" in Japan came with a bonus replica LP obi strip and, if buying all four RCA reissued CDs, a custom box also came with the set.) |
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Japan |
RCA |
BVCP-37681 |
2006, obi strip and insert, custom inner sleeve, 20bit Mastering, replica LP-style gatefold sleeve, SAMPLE on disc |
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Japan |
RCA |
BVCM-34431 |
2008, 3rd pressing, obi and insert, SHM-CD mastering |
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United States |
Windham Hill |
01934-11235-2 |
1997, poor mastering |
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