Introduction
“See You Later” is the third studio album by Vangelis issued on the Polydor record label, after “China” (1979) and “Short Stories” (1980). Released in November 1980, the album is a collection of songs addressing different subjects, picturing a negative image of a dystopian future in a satirical way, a style very different from Vangelis' preceding late-1970s albums. Most tracks include vocals contributions by the people that frequented Nemo Studios at the time, such as Peter Marsh, Jon Anderson, Cherry Vanilla, Andrew Hoy and Christina Moser and Maurizio Arcieri from Chrisma.
The album release was promoted by the release of an advance 7” single ‘My Love’ b/w ‘Domestic Logic 1’ in June 1980, both songs did not get included on the final album. Actually the officially released version of the album (consisting of 6 tracks) is different from what Vangelis originally intended, as is known by the existence of a white label test pressing LP that includes 8 tracks (see below). This early version of the album used a different track order, where ‘My Love’ would serve as the opening track, and still featured the tracks ‘Neighbours Above’ and ‘Fertilization’, which would ultimately be replaced with the ‘See You Later’ track on the released album. Fortunately, all non-album tracks that did not make it onto the official album were released in 2017 as part of the “Delectus” CD boxset, except for ‘Fertilization’, which remains unreleased until this day. Note that ‘Fertilization’, a song about the human reproductive system, is sometimes incorrectly referred to as ‘Gestation’.
Another 7” single with ‘Not A Bit - All Of It’ b/w ‘Multi-track Suggestion’ was issued in Spain only. ‘Memories Of Green’, the only instrumental track on the album, features background sounds produced by studio engineer Raphael Preston playing the computer game "UFO Master Blaster Station". In 1982 the track would appear in Ridley Scott’s film “Blade Runner”.
In 2017 See You Later received a re-release which was personally remastered by Vangelis. Due to some added reverb on some tracks this version is a different listening experience compared to the original release, but overall this is the recommended version to find if in need of a copy of the album. However, for unclear reasons ‘Not A Bit - All Of It’ was cut short on this master, leaving out the vocal ‘obviously’ at the end..
Tracklist and credits
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* vocal by Peter Marsh.
** violin by Michel Ripoche, vocals by Cherry Vanilla, Vangelis and Andrew Hoy.
*** vocals by Jon Anderson, Christina Moser and Maurizio Arcieri.
**** vocal by Jon Anderson.
- Composed, arranged, produced and performed by Vangelis.
- All instruments and lyrics by Vangelis.
- Engineered by Raphael Preston and John Walker.
- Studio assistent: Raine Shine
- Photography by Vangelis, Veronique Skawinska and Alwyn Clayden.
- Very special thanks to Jon Anderson, Peter Marsh, Cherry Vanilla, Maurizio & Christina (Krisma), Niko Papathanassiou, Michel Ripoche, Veronique Skawinska, Andrew Hoy, Silver Koulouris, Cori Josias, Alex Fache, Jim Haynes and friends.
- Thanks to Sally Ann Kirch, Nancy Wurl and Kevin Harrison for modelling.
Discography
LP
- 1980 Polydor, released worldwide.
- 1980 Polydor 2302 101 UK (white label test pressing) includes ‘Neighbours Above’ and ‘Fertilization’.
- 1980 Polydor 2302 101 Ireland. With misprinted labels, erroneously listing the track titles of the test pressing.
CD
- 1989 Polydor 821 932-2 Europe
- 1989 Polydor P22P-20306 Japan
- 2004 Polydor UICY-9379 Japan (Limited mini-LP replica paper sleeve edition)
- 2017 UMC 478 940-5 Europe (Remastered by Vangelis)
- 2021 Polydor UICY-79705 Japan
7” single
- 1980 My Love / Domestic Logic 1 (Polydor 2001 973) UK, Australia, Belgium, Scandinavia, France, Ireland.
- 1980 My Love / Domestic Logic 1 (Polydor PS 1160) South Africa
- 1980 Not A Bit - All Of It / Multi-track Suggestion (Polydor 2002 051) Spain
Recording studio
See You Later was recorded at Vangelis’ own Nemo Studios in London.
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