Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson original Fr
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SERGE GAINSBOURG - "HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON
RELEASED IN1971
RARE original soundtrack !!ON PHILIPS FRANCE .
Considered in the UK to be his best recording, Histoire de Melody Nelson continues, thematically, where Gainsbourg's hit "Je t'aime moi non plus" left off. Technically a concept work, it was recorded in London.
Narrated in French, the bizarre, Lolita-like plot – teenage cyclist accidentally run over by middle-aged man in Rolls-Royce, whose seduction of her culminates in a plane crash in the jungles of Papua New Guinea – is secondary to the music and its accompanying TV special, which influenced rock performers from Portishead and Beck to Sonic Youth and Air.
Melody Nelson is divided into seven orchestrated segments, most lubricated by Gainsbourg's Gallic bedroom charm. Like "Je t'aime", it features Jane Birkin, who plays the progagonist. The arrangements feature some deep funk and bass riffs, courtesy of Herbie Flowers and Big Jim Sullivan, atmospheric strings and choral passages. The TV special featured Birkin gyrating to a wallpaper of psychedelia and surrealism.THE JACKET IS EX (VERY MINOR SPINE WEAR AND CREASES ... NO RIPS'S TEARS) ETC....RECORD EX.
Tracklisting:
A1 Melody (7:33)
A2 Ballade De Melody Nelson (2:00)
A3 Valse De Melody (1:32)
A4 Ah ! Melody (1:46)
B1 L'Hotel Particulier (4:08)
B2 En Melody (3:27)
B3 Cargo Culte (7:40)
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