Jon And Vangelis* – The Friends Of Mr. Cairo
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Polydor – 800 021-2
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CD, Album
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | I'll Find My Way Home | 4:31 | ||
| 2 |
State Of Independence
Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon Flute – Dick Morrisey* |
7:56 | ||
| 3 | Beside | 4:12 | ||
| 4 |
The Mayflower
Vocals – David Coker |
6:38 | ||
| 5 |
The Friends Of Mr. Cairo
Vocals – David Coker, Sally Grace |
12:09 | ||
| 6 |
Back To School
Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon, Clair Hamill* Saxophone – Dick Morrisey* |
5:09 | ||
| 7 |
Outside Of This (Inside Of That)
Flute – Dick Morrisey* |
5:03 |
Credits
- Composed By – Jon Anderson, Vangelis
- Engineer – Raine Shine, Roger Roche
- Engineer [Assistant] – Loic Richman
- Producer, Arranged By, Performer – Vangelis
- Vocals, Lyrics By – Jon Anderson
Notes
Recorded at Davout Studios, Paris with engineer Roger Roche & assistant engineers Loic Richman and at Nemo Studios, London with engineer Raine Shine.
Barcode: 0 42280 00212 1
POL|900
℗ 1981 Polydor Ltd., (U.K.)
CD is manufactured by PolyGram in Hanover, West Germany.
Printed in West Germany by Neef, Wittingen ▪ Made in West Germany.
On CD:
℗ 1981 Polydor Ltd., London.
LC0309 GEMA
Made in W.-Germany.
A very similar (later) version exists with slightly different CD silkscreening (Made in W.-Germany is removed).
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 26) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (LP, Album) | Polydor | POLD 5053 | UK | 1981 | ||
| The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (CD, Album, RE) | Polydor | 800 021-2 | Europe | |||
| The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (LP, Album) | Polydor | POLD 5039 | UK | 1981 | ||
| The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (LP, Album) | Polydor | 2383 609 | UK | 1981 | ||
| The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (LP, Album) | Polydor | 2302 127 | Australia | 1981 |
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[r368935]
This is a real enigma of an album. At face value this should be nothing more than an oddball collection of tunes featuring a dash of Vangelis magic. However it is much more than that...
On this disc you will find house music that is about 10 years ahead of everyone else ('State Of Independence') and lush ambient that would not be out of place on a 'Best Of' album by the Orb ('Friends Of Mr Cairo'). In between is electronic music that stills sounds as good as anything from the current crop of killer artistes.
You will also discover audio production so good for 1981 that it makes most modern (2005) digital techniques seem grossly heavy-handed by comparison. Lush is the best single word to describe the sounds here - the Vangelis magic is indeed in evidence. And finally you will discover the hugely emotional voice of Jon Anderson, a man who should have been singing deep house music for the likes of Murk.
This CD is the audio equivalent of a finding a platinum diamond ring inside a Christmas cracker. Receiving a copy of this album 20+ years after having heard it on vinyl is a real revelation. Unknowingly this album probably went a long way towards defining my emergent musical tastes.
I'd suggest to anyone interested in electronic music that they blag a copy of this and listen to it on a good sound system.