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Artist...............: Vangelis
Album................: Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
Genre................: New Age
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1996
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy   (Secure mode) & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 54 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: 

Ripped by............: leonenero on 16/11/2012
Posted by............: leonenero on 16/11/2012
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News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.flac.full_albums

Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD 

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                       Tracklisting
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1. To The Unknown Man [06.34]
2. Italian Song [02.49]
3. Pulstar [05.38]
4. La Petite Fille De La Mer [05.49]
5. Alpha [05.33]
6. I Hear You Now [05.06]
7. I'll Find My Way Home [04.27]
8. State Of Independence [06.07]
9. Himalaya [06.51]
10. Conquest Of Paradise [05.31]
11. Hymn [05.06]
12. Antarctica [03.44]
13. Sauvage Et Beau [03.17]
14. Chariots Of Fire [03.22]
15. So Long Ago, So Clear [04.57]

Playing Time.........: 01.14.58
Total Size...........: 401,68 MB

Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) is a 1996 compilation album of works by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis.

The album features some of the most-renowned Vangelis' solo work, as well as songs from Jon & Vangelis, his collaboration with Yes vocalist Jon Anderson.
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The album won gold sales awards in 9 countries, platinum in Portugal and quadruple platinum in the Czech Republic. The album reached #3 in Austria,#4 in Netherlands, #7 in Switzerland, #13 in Germany, #14 in the UK and #59 in Sweden. The album also won the "Platinum Europe Award" for sales exceeding one million copies on the European continent