VANGELIS The Dragon

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The Dragon is the second of the pair of illegally-released Vangelis LPs (Hypothesis is the other one) that came out in 1978 but was recorded in June 1971. This album includes Vangelis, Silver Koulouris on guitar, Michel Ripoche on violin, Brian Odger on bass guitar and Mick Waller on drums. It was produced by Giorgio Gromelsky and recorded at Marquee Studios in London. Unlike Hypothesis, The Dragon has a more Greek flavor to it, consisting of three tracks, the side long jam title track, the spaced-out "Stuffed Aubergine" and the upbeat "Stuffed Tomato". This album was also subject of a lawsuit filed by Vangelis and fellow musicians against Charly Records Ltd. After they won, future manufacturing of the album stopped, but there were plenty of albums available already in the marketplace. This album saw wider release than Hypothesis. Again, like Hypothesis, don't spend a lot of money to get a copy of this LP, as there are plenty of UK and Italian pressings to go around ($10-$15+). The most desirable issue would be the Japanese pressing. Now, there is a CD available of this from Hungary, although I'm not quite sure how it could be considered official. It is not being sold as a pirate there, however, but apparently readily available. Otherwise, any other CD you might see on places like ebay are homemade, so pay accordingly. [Thanks to Roland Weißflog for the scans of the Dragon UK LP test pressing inner label and the Japanese white label promo LP.]

LPs

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Pic?	Country	Label	Catalog No.	Notes
	Germany (West)	Bellaphon/Charly	CR 3040
	Greece	Charly	CRL 5013	Released in 1980
	Greece	Charly	CRL 5013	blank white label test pressing, 1980
	Holland	Charly	651.030	Released in 1978
	Italy	Oxford	OX 3196	Released in 1981
	Japan	Legends of Music	RPL-3004	With obi and insert, released in 1981
	Japan	Legends of Music	RPL-3004	white label promo, with obi and insert
	Spain	auvi/Charly	L7 CH26	Released in 1980
	United Kingdom	Charly	CRL 5013	Released in 1978
	United Kingdom	Charly	CRL 5013	1978, white label test pressing

CDs

Pic?	Country	Label	Catalog No.	Notes
	Hungary	West Line	WL-111	Released in 1998

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