At 4 I have put the 1971 album 666 by Greek band Aphrodite's Child. The album is loosely based on the Book of Revelation and so from the moment I first heard if it I was intrigued. I remeber finding a rare copy in FNAC in Paris in the early eighties and seriously thinking of buying it (but it was an unknown double album and so I plumped for a still treasured Guitars by Philip Catherine). it is only in more recent years that I have got to know it. Aphrodite's Child included Demis Roussos and Vangelis who both went on to later fame of different sorts. In fact by the time 666 appeared they had begun on their separate paths. 
It is a fascinating album on many levels. This site gives lots of background info. Also see here on wikipedia.Tracks:
1 The system 0:23 2 Babylon 2:47 3 Loud loud loud 2:42 4 The four Horsemen 5:54 5 The Lamb 4:33 6 The Seventh Seal 1:30 7 Aegian Sea 5:22 8 Seven Bowls 1:29 9 The Wakening Beast 1:11 10 Lament 2:45 11 The Marching Beast 2:00 12 The Battle Of The Locusts 0:56 13 Do it 1:44 14 Tribulation 0:32 15 The Beast 2:26 16 Ofis 0:14
1 Seven Trumpets 0:35 2 Altamont 4:33 3 The Wedding Of The Lamb 3:38 4 The Capture Of The Beast 2:17 5 Infinity Symbol 5:15 6 Hic and nunc 2:55 7 All the Seats were occupied 19:19 8 Break 2:58
1 The system 0:23 2 Babylon 2:47 3 Loud loud loud 2:42 4 The four Horsemen 5:54 5 The Lamb 4:33 6 The Seventh Seal 1:30 7 Aegian Sea 5:22 8 Seven Bowls 1:29 9 The Wakening Beast 1:11 10 Lament 2:45 11 The Marching Beast 2:00 12 The Battle Of The Locusts 0:56 13 Do it 1:44 14 Tribulation 0:32 15 The Beast 2:26 16 Ofis 0:14
1 Seven Trumpets 0:35 2 Altamont 4:33 3 The Wedding Of The Lamb 3:38 4 The Capture Of The Beast 2:17 5 Infinity Symbol 5:15 6 Hic and nunc 2:55 7 All the Seats were occupied 19:19 8 Break 2:58
The album is more about the sixties and its culture than the Book of Revelation.
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