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Title: Histoire De Melody Nelson - 40ème Anniversaire
Condition: New
Format: CD
Edition: Deluxe Edition
Genre: Easy Listening
Release Date: 08/10/2021
No Of Discs: 3
EAN: 0602527782539
Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Record Label: Wrasse Records
Type: Album
Run Time: 02:10:36
Style: Vocal - Male
MPN: 2778253
Release Year: 2021
Description: Released in March 1971 this concept album from the French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is a delicate and modern masterpiece of orchestral pop. Created as an adult tale, each track tells the story of a teenage English girl named Melody Nelson (sung by Jane Birkin) who meets a forty year old French man (sung by Serge Gainsbourg). The entire album is directed by Jean-Claude Vannier who’s also composed some of the music. He gives to this album its unique artistic shape where each track is more like a movement of the music than just a simple song. The result is as Beck said once : “One of the greatest marriages of rock band and orchestra that I've ever heard”They all consider Histoire de Melody Nelson as a major album in pop music history Beck, Air, Cat Power, Brian Molko (Placebo), Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Michael Stipe (R.E.M), Portishead,Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds), Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Tricky, Howie B., David Holmes, Franz Ferdinand, French artist/producer (co-producer of Madonna’s album Music) Mirwais CD 1 : ORIGINAL ALBUM 28’00 ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED FROM MULTI TRACK MASTERSCD 2 : BONUS ALBUM 34’00 COMPLETE AND ALTERNATIVE TAKES LP 1 : ORIGINAL ALBUM 28’00 180gmsLP 2 : BONUS ALBUM 34’04 180gms COMPLETE AND ALTERNATIVE TAKES DVD ORIGINAL ALBUM 5.1 VERSION REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL MULTI TRACK MASTERS AND EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED DOCUMENTARY;Based on French National TV (INA) Archives and exclusive interviews of Jane Birkin, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jean-Claude Charvier (sound engineer of the album) Tony Frank (photographer of the front cover of the album)Andrew Birkin (actor, scriptwriter, Jane’s Birkin brother, privileged witness of the relation between Jane and Serge)52 PAGE BOOK French and English languages fully illustrated – Original French Lyrics + English Translation
Tracks:

Disc 1
1: Melody
2: Ballade De Melody Nelson
3: Valse De Melody
4: Ah Melody
5: L'Hôtel Particulier
6: En Melody
7: Cargo Culte

Disc 2
1: Melody
2: Ballade De Melody Nelson
3: Valse De Melody
4: Ah Melody
5: Melody Lit Babar
6: Melody Lit Babar
7: L'Hôtel Particulier
8: En Melody
9: Cargo Culte

Disc 3
1: Melody
2: Ballade De Melody Nelson
3: Valse De Melody
4: Ah Melody
5: L'Hôtel Particulier
6: En Melody
7: Cargo Culte
8: L'Histoire De Melody Nelson

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