VERY RARE 1966 Orig THE NAPOLEONS A GO GO = FUZZ GARAGE Les Sinners MISERABLES
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VERY RARE 1966 GARAGE ROCK FIRST PRESS!
NAPOLEONS
A GO GO
USA PASSE -TEMPES PT 17 (MONO)
RARE ....Original 1966 first pressing garage rock crew from North of the border who issued but one highly collectible album ... if you like similar bands like Les Miserables, Les Sinners, Les Differents, etc check out the Napoleons...
Here is a very rare (in original pressing that has sold in three $$$ figues) and overall a pretty solid garage driven rock album, mixed with some French vocal beat. This would have been tremendous If only they had recorded with English vocals, but even still it a very enjoying, if not surprising, collectible that rivals most groups in the European and USA garage sceneSporting a subtitle that says "music for dancing", 1966's "Les Napoleons a Go Go", offers up an engaging mix of snarling garage rockers and Mersybeat-inspired poprock. Enhanced by lo-fi production ala "Justice" (etc) label releases ...can you imagine if the ten tracks would have all sounded like 'Fou de Toi' and 'Reviens' with Jean Guy De Levo's snarling fuzz guitar ??? The band wanted to record in English but could not do so at that time in Quebec. You would've heard something tremendous then. Ironically, 99% of their performances were in English. Another Montreal band "The Haunted" also won a battle of the bands contest, but the first prize in that event was a recording contract with the Toronto-based Quality Records. They were allowed to record in English and went on to score a hit with '1-2-5'. For their first and only album, The Napoleons decided to mix the tempos up (per uual with '60s garage bands, so you get also nice ballads such as "Tu es Partie" and "La Vie Sans Toi". The band could have put ten of their own compositions on the LP, but the record company forced them to put a couple of well known English tunes, translated into French, instead of an all original set. That's how the French versions of The Beatles 'I Feel Fine' and 'We Can Work It Out' got on there. That being said, the band is at their best on up-tempo rockers...straight from the garage, such as "Fou de Toi", "Reviens" and "Je M'en Fou". Again, the set's low-fi production feel (again there are no production credits) adds to the overall appeal. as memtioned above, their covers of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" (for some reason mis-translated as "I'm In Love") and "We Can Work It Out" (translated as "Tout S'arrangera") are great. This album is even more interesting for the fact that although all ten tracks are sung in French, the energetic performances more than compensate for the fact the lyrics are largely a mystery. Man, these guys were every bit as good as their Anglo competition ... Noted are futher thoughts by one of the Napoleons: "Our father was band manager. We recorded two 45's and one LP. After recording the second 45 we were so tired of being fu*ked by record companies that our father cancelled all recording contracts. As a result that aren't many Napoleons records floating around. The two 45s are extremely rare. 'Fou de Toi' was put on sale, but most of the product run was used to promote the parent LP. I remember my father had boxes of the single in the trunk of his car and gave them away at nightclubs, arenas, etc. The second 45 came out and was only pressed in small quantities. I have the master tape for this last 45 with a couple of different takes.
We didn't care about the money, we didn't care what other jealous bastards thought about us, we only had one thing in mind: play that rock and roll music like it should be played and enjoy seeing people dancing and having a good time and trying to keep us there for the night." Bad Cat credits...check the cool gear on web
(side 1)
Fou de Toi
Tu es Partie (You are Leaving)
Reviens
La Vie Sans Toi (LIfe without You)
Je Suis en Amour (I'm In Love) (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) -
(side 2)
Attention
Tout S'arrangera (We Can Work It Out) (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) -
Ne M'oublie Pas
Je M'en Fou
Un Jour (Some Day)
CONDITION: The cover: Completely solid with some minor edges wear, nothing much at all (see photo) otherwise very decent VG++ HAS A SMALL DING AT TOP RIGHT TIP OF CORNER. Otherwise with no split seams, no delete marks, no faded colors, no writing...
The vinyl: glossy sides with stray soft scuffs and thin hairline stylus drags, nothing severe but visually rated "VG" and plays well with some surface...large potions play fine, heard a few ticks along the way ... both labels are free of dirt and soil though have a few spindle marks.
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
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