Nearly as ancient as me...
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caddymanComing soon to the Caddyman collection of listening pleasure, two little CDs that I've had on my Amazon wish list for a while and which have recently dropped in price to a level I think almost demands their purchase.
I have noticed recently that record companies have woken up to the potential of their more obscure back catalogues and that some interesting and rarely heard stuff is beginning to see the light of day for the first time in four decades.
Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-68 and Tell Him: The Decca Years by Billie Davis, a singer whose accident proneness ensured she never reached the hights of fame enjoyed by Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw or Dusty Springfield
Daily Telegraph, April 28, 2007
Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-68
This Collection of 40-year-old Gallic pop is distinguished by its delicious melody and sophistication, but also clinging to it is an unmistakable whiff of cabaret kitsch. Beautifully orchestrated and featuring names such as Les Roche Martin, Christie Laume, Ria Bartok and, less obscurely, Sandie Shaw, it's a sliver of semi-forgotten musical history pitched midway between show tunes and cheeky Parisian strip-parlour sass. Naturally Serge Gainsbourg puts in an appearance, crooning on Michele Arnaud's Les Papillons Noirs, which he also wrote.
I have noticed recently that record companies have woken up to the potential of their more obscure back catalogues and that some interesting and rarely heard stuff is beginning to see the light of day for the first time in four decades.
Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-68 and Tell Him: The Decca Years by Billie Davis, a singer whose accident proneness ensured she never reached the hights of fame enjoyed by Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw or Dusty Springfield
Daily Telegraph, April 28, 2007
Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-68
This Collection of 40-year-old Gallic pop is distinguished by its delicious melody and sophistication, but also clinging to it is an unmistakable whiff of cabaret kitsch. Beautifully orchestrated and featuring names such as Les Roche Martin, Christie Laume, Ria Bartok and, less obscurely, Sandie Shaw, it's a sliver of semi-forgotten musical history pitched midway between show tunes and cheeky Parisian strip-parlour sass. Naturally Serge Gainsbourg puts in an appearance, crooning on Michele Arnaud's Les Papillons Noirs, which he also wrote.
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Date: 2008-09-26 04:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-27 12:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-27 04:28 pm (UTC)Anyhting that Gainsbourg has his chain-smoking fingers in has to be great.
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Date: 2008-09-28 05:10 pm (UTC)Luckily Furtle will be in on to take delivery.