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Have in mind that there are more than 100 officially released tracks not included in the box (although there are also tracks that appear here for the first time). He worked with some prominent American song writers, carefully selecting songs, and in 1980 he recorded and released the album “Man of the world”, but the label decided that it’s not worth the effort to distribute and promote it in the US, so that was the end of his “American dream”. What’s interesting is that Roussos didn’t gave up, but instead he moved with his family in Los Angeles, where he lived from 1979 to 1981, still hoping to be able to create a really successful LP for the US market. So it was definitely a disappointing and unsuccessful experience, especially compared to the effort and investment. The tour didn’t live up to the expectations and was cancelled halfway, and the album didn’t chart at all (I’m not even sure if it was very well distributed across the US after the weak performance of the singles and the tour).
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got a hold on me” reached #26 on the dance chart.
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But the main single “That once in a lifetime” only charted to #47, and the disco track “L.O.V.E. The US campaign from 1978 was very ambitious, some top producers and musicians from the era were involved (Freddie Perren was the main producer), and an expensive promotional campaign was organized, together with an extensive tour. I don’t know if this decision was wright or wrong, and wouldn’t judge his family for taking it, AFAIK he died peacefully in his sleep, and he was in good spirit until the end, so maybe it was better for him this way. He was aware that he was ill, and he received treatment, but he didn’t know that he only have few months left and there’s no hope for survival – he was waiting for recovery, and he had 2 fully sold dates for one of the biggest concert halls in Moscow for March 2015 (he passed away in January that same year). It’s true that he was kept in the dark about the severity of his condition, it’s not a hoax. So one could only guess what’s in the vaults…Ībout the eventual Nashville album – I also couldn’t imagine how this would sound, but for sure it could have been a labor of love and dedication, and IMO he wouldn’t try to imitate the classic country singing style. Invasion" campaign or was it a total bust? seems wild so much money was involved and this is the first I've ever heard of it, so I'm guessing it didn't even fizzle out so much as fail to launch.Ĭlick to expand.Have in mind that there are more than 100 officially released tracks not included in the box (although there are also tracks that appear here for the first time). Oh, and before I forget to ask, was there any success from that "U.S. I'd heard of that before, but I wasn't sure if it was just "wikipedia truth" or something along those lines. Very odd to hear that he was kept in the dark about his own condition towards the end. While I have a hard time imagining Demis' voice on a country album, he never seemed to approach material from an insincere place, so I can't imaging it would have been bad by any stretch. It really does make me wonder about vault material, but if there's this much officially released material courtesy of the box, I don't know how many hours of "deep dive" material the average listener would have time for (I would want to hear all of it, but I'm weird).Ī shame to hear that Nashville album never happened. Yes, there have been excellent albums in there, but some of the bonus material has been as strong as, if not better than, the "mainstream" releases. As I've been working through the "Complete" box set, something that has consistently struck me is how good out-takes and non-album singles have been.