SERGE GAINSBOURG GOES REGGAE...
Serge Gainsbourg - Serge Gainsbourg & The Revolutionairies [2015] (3 x CD's)
A fabulous 3CD set, presented in a 10" x 10" hardcover book. Collects the studio albums "Aux armes et caetera" [1979] and "Mauvaises nouvelles des etoiles" [1981] plus live release "Enregistrement public au Theatre Le Palace" [1980] and rare material, all from his "reggae" period. Includes 8 previously unreleased tracks.
The reggae albums of the most rasta of French singers reissued, enriched with unpublished and dub versions.
At the end of the 1970s, Gainsbourg needed to revive a career in low water and landed in Jamaica with a blank check for the finest of Kingston studio musicians. From Clash to Police, reggae is in vogue, but it seems cut for the percussive poetry, the hot rhymes and the nonchalant diction of French. Nothing was composed in advance. Everything is played in a night of stressful writing and a few days of recording during which the personality of Gainsbourg maraboute the local musicians, Sly and Robbie in the lead, who hold Aux armes et cætera for "the best reggae album of a non Jamaican ". Convinced that reggae is the revolutionary music of the time, Gainsbourg adapts the Marseillaise with the success (and the troubles) that one knows, and aligns some timeless pearls (Lola Rastaquouère, Daisy Temple ...). Since then, the cult for this album has been maintained by the French journalist / musician Bruno Blum, who has extended the songs of Aux armes (and his twin Mauvaises Nouvelles des étoiles) with dub versions in Jamaican fashion . "Doc Reggae" has also retouched the bands and collected rare shots for an abundant libretto. - Laurent Rigoulet (www.telerama)
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Track lists
CD1
01. Javanaise Remake
02. Aux Armes Et Cætera
03. Les Locataires
04. Des Laids Des Laids
05. Brigade Des Stups
06. Vieille Canaille - You Rascal You
07. Lola Rastaquouère
08. Relax Baby Be Cool
09. Daisy Temple
10. Eau Et Gaz À Tous Les Étages
11. Pas Long Feu
12. Marilou Reggae Dub
13. Planteur Punch
14. Daisy Temple
15. Marilou Reggae
16. Javanaise Remake
17. Brigade Des Stups
18. Vieille Canaille
19. Lola Rastaquouère
20. Marilou Reggae Dub
CD2
01. Drifter
02. Relax Baby Be Cool
03. Marilou Reggae Dub
04. Daisy Temple
05. Brigade Des Stups
06. Elle Est Si
07. Aux Armes Et Cætera
08. Pas Long Feu
09. Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde
10. Harley Davidson
11. Javanaise Remake
12. Des Laids Des Laids
13. Les Locataires
14. Présentation Des Musiciens
15. Bonnie and Clyde
16. Vieille Canaille - You Rascal You
17. Relax Baby Be Cool - Instrumental
18. Lola Rastaquouère
19. Bis
20. Lola Rastaquouère
21. Aux Armes Et Cætera
CD3
01. Overseas Telegram
02. Ecce Homo
03. Mickey Maousse
04. Juif Et Dieu
05. Shush Shush Charlotte
06. Toi Mourir
07. La Nostalgie Camarade
08. Bana Basadi Balalo
09. Evguénie Sokolov
10. Negusa Nagast
11. Strike
12. Bad News from the Stars
13. Ecce Homo Et Cætera
14. Ecce Homo
15. La Nostalgie Camarade
16. Harley Davidson
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Hi Butterboy,
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this side of Gainsbourg music. Thanks a lot!
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Hi Il Commendatore
DeleteThis is certainly an interesting look at Gainsbourg.
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Can't wait to hear this. I had no idea he had this period. Thanks very much for your generosity in sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Ace F'really,
DeleteThere is no other artist like Serge that I can recall.
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Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Paolo,
DeleteWell you have found a very interesting and enjoyable set of Cd's. Enjoy!
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Thanks for this, looking forward to hearing it! Glad to find the links are still working.
ReplyDeleteHi jonder,
DeleteIt very interesting to say the least.
Enjoy.
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Also, give a try to "Aux armes et caetera! A jewel !!!
ReplyDeleteHi jahtorx,
DeleteWelcome.
I will do that, thanks for the heads up.
Cheers.
Also "Mauvaises Nouvelles Des Étoiles" Supreme!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this! He must have smoked a few spliffs and said; "What the hell?". Can't wait to give it a listen. Of all people, wow!
ReplyDeleteHi Buzzcut9.
DeleteI hope that when yo listen to it you will be delighted.
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Bonjour,
ReplyDeleteWikipedia doesn't excist anymore. Is it possible to provide new links?
I lost these albums in a hard disk crash.
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Hi peerke,
DeleteSorry to of your hard disk crash.
A new link established, tested and working.
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Hi Butterboy
ReplyDeleteThanks for the swift respons and the new link.
You're the best.
Have a nice day.
Thanks, BB!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, RiCK SAUNDERS.
DeleteCheers.