Description

Aphrodites Child was a Greek rock and pop band formed in 1967, by Evangelos Papathanassiou, later known professionally as Vangelis (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar). They initially found success in Europe with hit singles like Rain and Tears, End of the World, I Want to Live, and Its Five OClock, before pivoting to progressive rock with their third and final album, 666 (1972).

In Paris the band signed to Mercury Records and were christened Aphrodites Child by Lou Reizner, releasing their second single Rain and Tears, a reworking of Pachelbels Canon in D this song the band became an overnight sensation in France and several other European countries in which the single charted well, despite the song being sung in English. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[5] In October of the same year, the band released their first album End of the World. The album contained equal amounts of psychedelic pop songs and ballads in the vein of Procol Harum or The Moody Blues.

The band began touring around Europe, and in January 1969 they recorded a single in Italian for the Sanremo Festival, in which they did not participate. Their next hit single was I Want to Live, an arrangement of the song Plaisir damour.

Numbered limited edition of 500 copies.