On the Greek Side of My Mind (also known as Fire and Ice) is a debut solo album by Greek singer Demis Roussos, released in 1971 on Philips Records.

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos was a Greek - Egyptian vocalist and performer who had an internationally acclaimed career, as a single recording artist and bandleader. As a band member he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a vocal soloist, his repertoire included hit songs like ‘’Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye’’, ’’From Souvenirs to Souvenirs’’ and ’’Forever and Ever’’. Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and became "an unlikely kaftan-wearing sex symbol."

Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family where his father George (Yorgos) Roussos was a classical guitarist and an engineer and his mother Olga participated together with her husband in an amateur theatrical Greek group in Alexandria. After settling in Greece, Roussos participated in a series of musical groups beginning with the Idols when he was 17, where he met Evángelos Papathanassíou (later known as Vangelis) and Loukas Sideras, his future bandmates in Aphrodite's Child.  After this, he joined the Athens-based band We Five, another cover band which had limited success in Greece. Roussos came to a wider audience in 1967 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, with Vangelis and Sideras, initially as a singer but later also playing bass guitar, achieving commercial success in France and other parts of Europe from 1968 to 1972. They set off for London to break into the international music scene but were turned back at Dover due to visa problems. They retreated to Paris where they decided to stay, signing a record deal there with Philips Records. Their first recording sessions were delayed by the general strike of May 1968 but later the same year the song "Rain and Tears" was issued across Europe. The song appeared on the album End of the World in October. Composed by Vangelis and the French lyricist Boris Bergman, the song featured Roussos's unusual high tenor. The song was only a minor hit in Britain but was successful in many other countries.[10] Roussos's operatic vocal style helped propel the band to international success, notably on their final album 666, based on passages from the Book of Revelation, which became a progressive rock cult classic. After Aphrodite's Child disbanded, Roussos continued to record sporadically with his former bandmate Vangelis. In 1970, the two released the film score album Sex Power (the album has also been credited to Aphrodite's Child), and later recorded the 1977 album Magic together. Their most successful collaboration was "Race to the End" (also sung in Spanish as "Tu Libertad"), a vocal adaptation of the musical theme from the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire (scored by Vangelis). Roussos also guested on Vangelis's soundtrack to Blade Runner (1982), on the tracks "Tales of the Future", "Damask Rose", "Taffey's Snake Pit Bar", and "On the Trail of Nexus 6"

Demis Roussos ‎– On the Greek Side of My Mind

Label: RPM Retrodisc ‎– Retro 915

Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country: UK

Released: 2012

Genre: Rock

Style: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock. Greek Folk Pop

Tracklist

1 On the Greek Side of My Mind  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Demis Roussos)  3:53

2 She Came Up from the North  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Manos Hadjidakis)  3:29

3 Good Days Have Gone  (Written-By – Anagyros Koulouris, Boris Bergman)  3:48

4 We Shall Dance  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Demis Roussos)  3:35

5 I Know I'll Do It Again  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Costantinos Hadjis)  2:51

6 Fire and Ice  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Demis Roussos, Stylianos Vlavianos)  4:36

7 End of the Line  (Written-By – Anagyros Koulouris, Boris Bergman)  2:14

8 My Blue Ship's A-Sailin'  (Written-By – Anagyros Koulouris, Boris Bergman, Demis Roussos)  3:50

9 Mountains Beyond  (Written-By – Anagyros Koulouris, Boris Bergman)  4:18

10 O My Friends You've Been Untrue to Me  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Demis Roussos)  4:48

11 Lord of the Flies  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, JP Pouret)  4:23

12 Without You  (Written-By – Boris Bergman, Stamatis Spandoudakis)  1:57

Credits

Arranged By – Demis Roussos

Arranged By [Strings] – Lakis Vlavianos

Bass – Argiris Koulouris (tracks: 4,12), Michel Herve (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)

Drums – Christian Devaux (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11), Lucas Sideras (tracks: 4, 12)

Guitar, Lute – Argiris Koulouris (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)

Organ, Piano – Andre Herve (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)

Organ, Piano, Harpsichord – Lakis Vlavianos (tracks: 4, 12)

Producer – Mark Stratford

Producer [Original] – J-C Desmarty

Remastered By – Paschal Byrne

Saxophone – Chalkitis Charalampe (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)

Violin – Daniel Carlet (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11), Michel Ripoche (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)