Introduction
Apart from the regular albums "End of the world",
"It's five o'clock" and "666" there are many other
interesting issues related to Aphrodite's Child. This page provides a selection
of the most interesting of these issues, ranging from compilation albums to a
poster and video clips...
Compilation albums
LP
Worldwide an impressive number of compilation albums have been released on
vinyl. Several are interesting as they usually contain unique photographs of the
group, but there's just too many to list here. But there is one that is pretty essential
though, from Italy comes a special LP with booklet containing many unique
photos:
Aphrodite's Child - Superstar
Armando Curcio Editore SU-1032 Italy
CD
The best and most complete compilation album on CD is a double-cd set released by BR
Music 2, obvious but misleadingly titled "The complete collection". But don't be
fooled by the name, although it features all the music from the first two albums
and the non-album singles, it still lacks parts of the last album,
"666". So get this one and a copy of "666", and you're
almost done!
1996 The complete collection
Mercury 534 073-2 Germany
Another essential compilation album was released in 2002, this one exploring
the lesser known songs of the group, including several B-sides. And as a bonus includes an
until then unreleased track titled
"Chackachack" (or is it "Chakachak"?), an early instrumental
improvisation by Vangelis.
2002 Babylon The Great Mercury
586 870-2 Europe
Singles
Aphrodite's Child first single contains their first two songs together,
which were also used as a demo for Philips:
1968 Plastics nevermore / The other people Philips 40536 USA
In-between albums Aphrodite's Child released a couple of singles, mostly to
keep a steady flow of hits while they worked on the next album and toured
Europe.
1969 Lontano dagli occhi / Quando l'amore diventa poesia
Mercury 133 250 MCF Italy/Turkey/Lebanon
1969 Lontano dagli occhi / Quando l'amore diventa poesia Mercury 4126
Greece
1969 I want to live / Magic Mirror Mercury 132 505 MCF France/Belgium/Holland/West-Germany/Spain/Italy/Canada/Norway/Turkey/Lebanon
1969 I want to live / Magic Mirror Mercury 4128 Greece
1969 I want to live / Magic Mirror Philips SFL-1243 Japan
1969 I want to live / Magic Mirror Polydor 56769 United Kingdom
1969 I want to live / The grass is no green / Magic Mirror Mercury 26010
Portugal (EP)
1970 Spring, summer, winter and fall / Air Mercury 6033003 West-Germany/France/Portugal/Angola/Greece/Turkey/Italy/Spain/Lebanon/Brazil
1970 Spring, summer, winter and fall / Air Mercury 9004 Venezuela
1972 Spring, summer, winter and
fall / It's five o'clock / End of the world Mercury 6234004 Portugal (EP)
1972 Rain and Tears / Spring, summer, winter and
fall / Such a funny night / Marie Jolie Mercury 6234003 Brazil (EP)
Single-reissues
1978 It's five o'clock / I want to live
Philips 6060320 Belgium (Golden Oldies)
1978 Rain and tears / Spring, summer, winter
and fall Philips 6060321 Belgium (Golden Oldies)
1978 Rain and tears / Spring, summer, winter and fall Philips 811 053-7
West-Germany (Legendary Oldies)
1978 Rain and tears / I want to live Mercury 6173691 France
1978 Rain and tears / Don't try to catch a river
Mercury 6033013 France/Ireland (Original Hits)
Annabella / Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall Dimension Records DI-5001 Turkey
CD-single
1994 Rain and tears Philips 1885
France (promotional)
Poster
Rain and tears
Video clips
Thanks to Demis Roussos' fan and collector Bert van Breda and his
production company BR Music, most of the Aphrodite's Child video clips have now
been released on DVD!
In 2000 a special DVD about Demis Roussos was released, The
Phenomenon, which also includes the following four video clips by Aphrodite's
Child: