Collected is a triple-CD greatest hits album by Greek singer Demis Roussos, released in 2015 by Universal Music Group. In Belgium the album reached no. 1 in Flanders (43 weeks on the chart) and no 3. in Wallonia (58 weeks on the chart). Roussos was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Forever and Ever, Goodbye and Quand Je T'aime. He was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite's Child. Last December, Demis compiled a collection of his most favourite songs he recorded from 1968 onwards. This is his legacy, his last contribution to the world of pop music, his selection of songs, with liner notes from his children Emily and Cyril.
Reissue with latest 2015 DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. A bold little message from alto saxophonist Lenny Hambro – a very strong record that should have made him as much of a giant on his instrument as contemporary talents like Lee Konitz or Herb Geller! Hambro has some of the soulful edge of the latter, and lots of the crisp, modern chromes of the former – especially in the way he runs alongside some great guitar in the group from Dick Garcia – a player we mostly know for his work on the Dawn label at the time, but who really makes the record something special here. The rest of the combo features Wade Legge on piano, Clyde Lombardi on bass, and Mel Zelnick on rhythm – and Hambro's sax work is angular and very deft – already at the top of his game. Titles include the Legge originals "Slave Girl", "Message In Minor", "Moon Slippers", and "Hoof Beats" – plus Hambro's "Thanatopsis" and "The Lonely One".
As a man not familiar with the classic rock act Asia, I must say that this live concert (originally recorded back in 2012 at the Regency Ballroom) comes as a breath of fresh air and served as a bit of a break from all of the extreme heavy metal that I pound my eardrums with on a daily basis. First and foremost, the listener is getting a concert performance of ridiculously high clarity, which is always a major factor for me in live albums.