See You Later
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See You Later is a 1980 album by the Greek
artist Vangelis
. It breaks quite violently with the style he had employed in the late 1970s, relying much more on vocals and being more experimental and returning (in many respects) to his early 1970s work.
According to sources Vangelis had conceived this album back in 1975. But waited till the 80's to record it.
.
There was a rare Irish pressing of See You Later with a different track listing, but not containing the listed tracks. A white label test 8 track test pressing has also surfaced without the title track, but including the track "My Love" which was featured on a previous single "My Love/Domestic Logic 1", along with two additional tracks.
Side One:
Side Two:
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s, electric piano
, grand piano and drum
s. The Roland CR-5000 drum machine is used extensively. Michel Ripoche plays the violin
on 4. Vocals featured are by Jon Anderson
(tracks 5 and 6), Peter Marsh (track 1), the members of the Italian
group Chrisma
(on 5) and Cherry Vanilla
(track 4 narrative).
over a deep synthesizer glissando bass, a synthesizer choir and CR-5000 hihats.
"Multitrack Suggestion" builds on a polysynth and upbeat CR-5000 pulse; the choir sings some terms associated with analog synthesizer
technology (VCO, VCF).
"Memories of Green" is a slow piano piece against a backdrop of synthesizer noise and the bleeps of a computer game. In later interviews, sound engineer Raphael Preston revealed that he had to play the game without losing for the duration of the piece. It would later appear again on the Blade Runner
soundtrack.
"Not A Bit – All Of It" shows an unexpected side of Vangelis — it sounds like a radio commercial for cosmetics, with a comical narrative and vocals against an upbeat rhumba tune.
"Suffocation" was, according to later interviews, inspired by a chemical incident
in Italy (10 July 1976 at Seveso
, Lombardy
in the La Roche factory). It employs the CR-5000 and a saw wave synthesizer melody, followed by an eerie brass and megaphone
emergency announcements in Italian. The second (slower) half of the piece features vocals by Jon Anderson and a narrative in Italian, by Krisma
(Maurizio Arcieri
and Christina Moser).
"See You Later" is a rather jazzy but dark-mooded epic piece, with Vangelis on electric piano and staccato male atonal choir. About halfway it slows down, with a child narrative in French
, but picks up briefly before a slow finale in minor with Anderson's vocals.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
artist Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
. It breaks quite violently with the style he had employed in the late 1970s, relying much more on vocals and being more experimental and returning (in many respects) to his early 1970s work.
According to sources Vangelis had conceived this album back in 1975. But waited till the 80's to record it.
Track listing
All songs written by VangelisVangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
.
- "I Can't Take It Anymore" – 5:42
- "Multi-Track Suggestion" – 5:36
- "Memories of Green" – 5:48
- "Not a Bit – All of It" 3:00
- "Suffocation" – 9:26
- "See You Later" – 10:22
There was a rare Irish pressing of See You Later with a different track listing, but not containing the listed tracks. A white label test 8 track test pressing has also surfaced without the title track, but including the track "My Love" which was featured on a previous single "My Love/Domestic Logic 1", along with two additional tracks.
Side One:
- "My Love" - 4:02
- "Not A Bit - All Of It" - 2:55
- "Neighbours Above" - 4:48
- "I Can't Take It Anymore" - 5:38
- "Memories of Green" - 5:42
Side Two:
- "Fertilization" - 7:28
- "Suffocation" - 9:22
- "Multi-Track Suggestion" - 5:25
- Information taken from Vangelis Collector website*
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Instruments and style
Vangelis plays all instruments: synthesizerSynthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s, electric piano
Electric piano
An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
, grand piano and drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s. The Roland CR-5000 drum machine is used extensively. Michel Ripoche plays the violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
on 4. Vocals featured are by Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes...
(tracks 5 and 6), Peter Marsh (track 1), the members of the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
group Chrisma
Krisma
Krisma is an Italian musical New Wave - electronic group founded by Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser in 1976.- 1976-1979 :...
(on 5) and Cherry Vanilla
Cherry Vanilla
Cherry Vanilla is an American singer-songwriter, publicist, and actress. After working as an actress in Andy Warhol's Pork, she worked as a publicist for David Bowie, before finding fame as a rock singer. She subsequently became a publicist for Vangelis.-Career:Kathleen Dorritie was born in...
(track 4 narrative).
Individual tracks
"I Can't Take It Anymore" is sung by Peter Marsh through a vocoderVocoder
A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
over a deep synthesizer glissando bass, a synthesizer choir and CR-5000 hihats.
"Multitrack Suggestion" builds on a polysynth and upbeat CR-5000 pulse; the choir sings some terms associated with analog synthesizer
Analog synthesizer
An analog or analogue synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. The earliest analog synthesizers in the 1920s and 1930s such as the Trautonium were built with a variety of vacuum-tube and electro-mechanical technologies...
technology (VCO, VCF).
"Memories of Green" is a slow piano piece against a backdrop of synthesizer noise and the bleeps of a computer game. In later interviews, sound engineer Raphael Preston revealed that he had to play the game without losing for the duration of the piece. It would later appear again on the Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...
soundtrack.
"Not A Bit – All Of It" shows an unexpected side of Vangelis — it sounds like a radio commercial for cosmetics, with a comical narrative and vocals against an upbeat rhumba tune.
"Suffocation" was, according to later interviews, inspired by a chemical incident
Seveso disaster
The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 pm July 10, 1976, in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately north of Milan in the Lombardy region in Italy...
in Italy (10 July 1976 at Seveso
Seveso
Seveso is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based around the furniture industry....
, Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
in the La Roche factory). It employs the CR-5000 and a saw wave synthesizer melody, followed by an eerie brass and megaphone
Megaphone
A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loud hailer is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped horn used to amplify a person’s voice or other sounds towards a targeted direction. This is accomplished by channelling the sound through the megaphone, which also serves to match the...
emergency announcements in Italian. The second (slower) half of the piece features vocals by Jon Anderson and a narrative in Italian, by Krisma
Krisma
Krisma is an Italian musical New Wave - electronic group founded by Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser in 1976.- 1976-1979 :...
(Maurizio Arcieri
Maurizio Arcieri
Maurizio Arcieri formerly leader of The New Dada, a '60s Italian Beat Music band, and current member of Krisma, was a successful singer in the '70s.He is married with Christina Moser.-Career:...
and Christina Moser).
"See You Later" is a rather jazzy but dark-mooded epic piece, with Vangelis on electric piano and staccato male atonal choir. About halfway it slows down, with a child narrative in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, but picks up briefly before a slow finale in minor with Anderson's vocals.