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| From | Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | Sparks & French girl-pop fans |
| Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:32:13 -0800 |
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back in 1982 - i compiled & designed a great lp called Suite Sixtine
for attic records canada by a french artist called Lio, a french girl
pop teenager, featuring 6 tracks from her first all french lp but
with English vocals (lyrics written by Sparks!).
see the original here:
http://www.alain-chamfort.net/escale2/collaborations/detail-reprises.htm
really really cool... really classic Sparks lyrics but sung by a
whispery French pop seductress :)
anyway, imagine my surprise when i discovered it has been re-issued
by ultra-cool Ze Records!!
http://www.zerecords.com/releases/release.php?id=171&id_artist=23
they just sent me a copy - wow! digipak + booklet plus bonus tracks
(3 previously unreleased English tracks with Sparks lyrics)
they have also re-issued Lio's entire catalogue....
if you're a sucker for sweet voiced French girl pop (ala maybe early
France Gall - under Serge Gainsbourg's spell - but with that catchy
80s synth beat), check out Lio's early lps (produced by Telex!! and
engineered by Elton Motello aka Alan Ward).
In Canada, they are distributed by Fusion III
the lp was also released in 1996 by WEA Europe (I did not know that,
and am trying to find a copy).
if you're a foreign comics fan - check out her Can Can lp - cover art
by Hugo Pratt (Corto Maltese).
Dig that crazy Bongo Beat!
Visit my web site
Http://www.bongobeat.com
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