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RAINING PLEASURE ~ REFLECTIONS: MUSIC BY MANOS HADJIDAKIS BLUE NOTE 311536 (Barcode: 094631153624) ~ GREECE ~ Progressive Rock Recorded: 2004 - 2005 Anybody our there remembers the legendary 1969 album Reflections: Music By Manos HadjidakisFind albums with this title by the New York Rock And Roll EnsembleFind albums by this artist? If you do, you surely appreciate how revolutionary and pioneering it was at the time. Manos HadjidakisFind albums by this artist cooperated with a group of young Rock musicians and composed a cycle of songs called “Reflections” (with English lyrics) especially for them. The resulting album created quite a sensation at the time and became a cult album in the years to follow. Hadjidakis was of course the greatest 20th century Greek composer who at that time was a political exile in the US (between 1966 and 1972), as were many other Greek intellectuals and artists who opposed the military dictatorship in their native country. In 1993 Hadjidakis re-recorded “Reflections”, this time with Greek lyrics. Raining PleasureFind albums by this artist, the most prominent and ambitious Rock group in Greece since the mid-1990’s re-recorded “Reflections” yet again in late 2004 / early 2005 with the original English lyrics again, but with much richer and profound instrumental arrangements, developing it into a full-blown Prog masterpiece. Featuring the Mellotron as the main instrument, this is a beautiful and sensitive piece of musical artistry. The original music by Hadjidakis remains as profoundly moving as it ever was, but the modern treatment takes it into new musical vistas, proving that the music is absolutely timeless. Anybody with a well-developed taste for quality will enjoy this masterpiece immensely, regardless of his / hers cultural background, as this music is definitely beyond any boundaries.

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