The Friends of Mr. Cairo

The Friends of Mr. Cairo is the second music album by the group Jon & Vangelis . Jon Anderson and Vangelis saw their first collaboration Short Stories may very well sell to their own surprise. The solo albums of the gentlemen had separately hitherto moderate success, but Short Stories example ended up in the Netherlands at No. 1 on the album chart. The album was released early after the compact disc had been introduced on the medium; it has for Polydor CD (then) extremely low order number from 800,021 to 2 (2 designation CD); began to 800000 (LP code 2,302,127). The album was recorded in Paris, Davout Studio London , Nemo Studios Vangelis himself.

The Friends of Mr. Cairo appeared as LP and cassette tapes in 1981 in two versions; the first version was missing I'll Find My Way Home . that apparently was an unexpected success. The second version mentioned on the title page "includes I'll Find My Way Home". The CD was released in 1983, always with that song. The album contained besides I'll Find a single , State of Independence ; not a big hit for this combination, but a big hit for Donna Summer ( soul singer ) and later for Chrissie Hynde (punk / New Wave -zangeres).

Content
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 * 1 Tracks
 * 2 Musicians
 * 3 Tracklist
 * 3.1 Version 1
 * 3.2 Version 2

Tracks [ edit ]
The album contains the title song a tribute to old Hollywood films of the 30s and 40s in the area of the crime. There are shots to hear from rifles and film clips. The tribute is focused on The Maltese Falcon withHumphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre with voices and getaway cars. Also Get Carter is a sample of the music.

Back to School is a boogie number ; The Mayflower is about the ship .

Musicians [ edit ]

 * Vangelis- keyboards, electronic percussion
 * Jon Anderson - vocals
 * Dick Morrissey - saxophone , flute
 * David Coker - votes
 * Sally Grace - votes (5)
 * Claire Hamill - backing vocals (6)
 * Carol Kenyon - backing vocals (6)

Version 2 [ edit ]
The CD shows the same sequence