In June 1972, “Vertigo” label released “666”, the third and the final Aphrodite’s Child album. It was recorded 1970 – 1971, at “Studio Europa Sonor” in Paris, and was produced by Vangelis Papathanassiou. The album cover art was by Gerard Fallec.
Personnel:
- Vangelis Papathanassiou(Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) – keyboards, organ, piano, vibraphone, bass, flute, percussion, backing vocals
- Demis Roussos(Artemios Ventouris Roussos) – lead vocals, bass, guitar, backing vocals
- Loukas Sideras- drums, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Silver Koulouris(Anargyros Koulouris) – guitar, percussion
- Harris Halkitis – bass, tenor saxophone, congas, percussion, backing vocals
- Michel Ripoche – trombone, tenor saxophone
- Irene Papas- vocals
- John Forst – English narration
- Yannis Tsarouchis- Greek narration
- Daniel Koplowitz – narration
- Roger Roche – engineer
- Jean-Claude Conan – engineer assistant
- Hans Brethouwer – mastering
- Hitoshi Takiguchi – mastering engineer
- Kiyoshi Tokiwa – art coordinator
- Gerard Fallec – design, production coordination
- Giorgio Gomelsky- “passing by”
- Minoru Harada – product manager
Track listing:
All tracks by Vangelis Papathanassiou and Costas Ferris.
- The System
- Babylon
- Loud, Loud, Loud
- The Four Horsemen
- The Lamb
- The Seventh Seal
- Aegian Sea
- Seven Bowls
- The Wakening Beast
- Lament
- The Marching Beast
- The Battle of the Locusts
- Do It
- Tribulation
- The Beast
- Ofis
- Seven Trumpets
- Altamont
- The Wedding of the Lamb
- The Capture of the Beast
- “∞” (Infinity)
- Hic and Nunc
- All the Seats Were Occupied
- Break