Alec R. Costandinos
Hunchback Of Notre Dame (LP) - (Alec R. Costandinos and the Syncophonic Orchestra)
Casablanca Records and Filmworks (US) / 1978 / NBLP 7124 DJ
LP-album 33 ⅓ rpm vinyl record - Promotional copy
Genre: Dance
Composed and produced by Alec R. Costandinos
Original lyrics by Alec R. Costandinos and Michael Jouveaux
Arranged by Don Ray
Recorded at Trident Studios, London
Engineer: Peter R. Kelsey
Mastered at Allen Zentz, Hollywood, California by Chris Bellman
Art direction: Henry Vizcarra / Gribbitt!
Logo design: Chuck Schmidt
Front cover photography: Ron Slenzak
Back cover photography: Ed Simpson
Special thanks:
Everyone at Trident Studios, London; Inn on the Park, London; Julian's Instrument Hire, London; Eterna-Pro, Paris
(P) (C) 1978 Casablanca Records and Filmworks Inc.
Side A
1. The Pope Of Fools (5:13)
2. La Esmeralda (1:51)
3. The inconvenience Of Following A Pretty Girl In The Streets At Night (1:35)
4. Phoebus (1:45)
5. You Are Accused Before Us (1:26)
6. The Court Of Miracles (:50)
7. Notre Dame (2:42)
Side B
1. Phoebus and Esmeralda (4:22)
2. Ginfoire and the Duke of Egypt (2:22)
3. Dom Claude's Confession (4:30)
4. Hanging of the Sorceress (3:11)
5. The Attack (1:32)
7. Quasimodo's Marriage (3:06)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an Alec R. Costandinos album that I have loved since I first heard it in the late seventies. It wasn't played as often as Romeo and Juliet, but nonetheless ranks right up there with his other masterpieces. If you've never heard it be prepared for a musical treat. If you have, then relive the experience and pop this on the turntable.
Alec R. Costandinos is of Armenian descent and achieved notoriety by co-writing on such works as Love In C Minor with Cerrone in 1976. However he quickly realized that he had to strike out on his own and signed with Casablanca Records to release his works. Many may recall his other works such as Romeo and Juliet, Winds of Change and a few others under his own name. Then there was I've Found Love and Thank God It's Friday under the group Love and Kisses along with other studio groups which included Sumeria and Sphinx-all of which have appeared here first at DiscoMusic.com in the past at one time or another
The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released after Romeo and Juliet and bears his trademark sound throughout and includes the usual cast of characters on background vocals and the engineering staff. Twenty minutes per side of beautifully woven sounds that will transport you to another world, another time. I've played this song a million times since the '70s and I can honestly tell you that I never get tired of hearing it. Even have multiple copies just in case...
Listen to The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Alec R. Costandinos:
Also See...
Alec R. Costandinos - American
Alec R. Costandinos & the Synchophonic Orchestra featuring Alirol and Jacquet
Alec R. Costandinos - Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alec R. Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet (LP)
Alec R. Costandinos - Romeo and Juliet (Promo 12")
Alec R. Costandinos - Trocadero Bleu Citron
Alec R. Costandinos - Trocadero Bleu Citron (US)
Alec R. Costandinos - Constantly Yours
Sumeria (Costandinos) (US LP)
Paris Connection (Costandinos) (US LP)
John and Arthur Simms - That Thang of Yours
Sphinx (Costandinos)
Sphinx (Costandinos) (US LP)
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Feb 26, 2010 | 8:43 am"Hunchback..." was issued by Casablanca as a one-sided promotional 12" single in 1978 (NBD 20143 DJ), a few months later than its 'cousin' "Romeo and Juliet".
Like the 'Romeo' 12", it was reduced in time, extracting various tracks from the much longer two-sided LP. Unlike however the 'Romeo' 12" (13:45), it was shrunk into a club-oriented 7:40, masterfully editing and blending various tracks from the album into a dominant, seamlessly fluid instrumental base with over vocals which made it significantly more danceable (and DJ manageable) than the lyric-heavy, heady 'Romeo'. It's only flaw was its too-brief treatment of the vocal track 'Phoebus', in our opinion.
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Apr 15, 2008 | 8:39 am
Hi iam from Greece this is a masterpiece! For me Romeo&Juliet and Hunchback of Notre Dame was the best from Alec R. Costandinos. This guy would make SOOOO much money if he was to release his back catalogue on CD!
I love this! One of his best.