Jean-Claude Vannier

• GATEFOLD EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Jean-Claude Vannier, Serge Gainsbourg's arranger on such masterpieces of popular music AT ANY TIME, like l'histoire de Melody Nelson, who's sumptuous grooves were arranged and produced by Vannier recorded this tour-de-force of an album straight after the Melody Nelson sessions with bits and pieces, outtakes and additional material from the sessions. The record was a promo only release but the results are too good to be heard by only the few. The album is amazing, otherworldy and strange instrumental music, with choirs and big exotic Orchestral arrangements, and incidental noise. It's quite an album, with quite a cover, the nude Vannier, running along an empty beach. Top Stuff

PERSONNEL:

• Claude Engel - guitar
• Denys Lable - guitar
• Raymond Gimenez - guitar
• Tonio Rubio - guitar
• Pierre-Alain Dahan - drums
• Jean-Pierre Sabar - piano
• Jean-Claude Vannier - piano, little piano, harpsichord, bombard, flute, recorder, bells
• Marc Chantereau - percussion
• Michel Zanlonghi - percussion
• Jean-Louis Chautemps - soprano saxophone
• Philipe Mathe - -soprano saxophone
• Marc Steckar - trombone, tuba
• Marcel Azzola - accordion

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. L'Enfant La Mouche Et Les Allumettes
• A2. L'Enfant Au Royaume Des Mouches
• A3. Danse Des Mouches Noires Gardes Du Roi
• A4. Danse De L'Enfant Et Du Roi Des Mouches
• A5. Le Roi Des Mouches Et La Confiture De Roses

• SIDE B
• B1. L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches
• B2. Les Gardes Volent Au Secours Du Roi
• B3. Mort Du Roi Des Mouches
• B4. Pattes De Mouches
• B5. Le Papier Tue-Enfant
• B6. Petite Agonie De L'Enfant Assassi