Jon and Vangelis ) The Friends of Mr Cairo ) 1981 (1st Edition)

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The Friends of Mr Cairo is the 2nd album by Jon and Vangelis, released in July 1981 on Polydor.
Its accompanying music video serves as an ode to classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including references to the classic film noir The Maltese Falcon. Joel Cairo (Mr Cairo) is the character played by Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon. The track incorporates sound effects and voice impressions of the stars of the era, most notably Lorre, Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, and Jimmy Stewart. The title track includes the sounds of screeching car tires. These were sampled from the audio track of the film Get Carter.

Jon Anderson – vocals, composer
Vangelis – composer, producer, arranger, performer
Dick Morrissey – saxophone, flute
David Coker – voices
Sally Grace – voices
Dennis Clarke - saxophone
Claire Hamill – backing vocals
Carol Kenyon – backing vocals

🔘 Side 1:
The Friends of Mr Cairo
Back to School
Outside of This (Inside of That)

🔘 Side 2:
State of Independence
Beside
The Mayflower