''Romeo & Juliet'' is the first studio album by the disco musician

Alec R. Costandinos Alec Rupen Costandinos, (born Alexandre Garbis Sarkis Kouyoumdjian in 1944 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French composer, music producer, songwriter and singer of the 1970s, known for his contributions to disco music. His father was Armenian and his m ...

and the Syncophonic Orchestra released in 1978. It was recorded at

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, in September 1977 and released by Ibis in

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and

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in the US. The album consists of one over 30-minutes long

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suite composed of five acts, including various instruments and genres. It included famous collaborators such as Don Ray,

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and the photographer

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. One fragment was released as a "Romeo and Juliet" single and reached the top of US

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chart in March 1978. The album was called "conceptual masterpiece" by the ''AllMusic'' reviewer Jason Birchmeier, who gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from: *Arrangement – Don Ray *Art direction, design – Gribbitt!, Henry Vizcarra, Phyllis Chotin *Bass –

*Brass – John Watson's Brass Section *Drums –

*Engineering – Peter R. Kelsey *Guitar – Chris Rae, Rick Hitchcock,

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*Keyboards –

, Alec R. Costandinos, Raymond Donnez *Percussion –

, John Dean *Performer – The Birds Of Paris *Photography –

*Producing, composing – Alec R. Costandinos *Programming of synthesizers – George Rodi *Strings – The Pat Halling String Ensemble *Tape Operator – Collin Green, Peter Kamlish, Reno Ruocco *Technician – Stephen Short

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1977 debut albums Alec R. Costandinos albums