--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Stewart Mason <flamingo@t...> wrote:
SNIP
 
 COMIC STRIP is a good starting point, but you might also consider 
diving in
 with both feet and getting his masterpiece, HISTOIRE DE MELODY 
NELSON.
 Given your fondness for Scott Walker, I'm sure you would love this 
album,
 which has a very similar feel to what Scott was doing around the 
same time
 (1971). (Snip)
 

Stewart, thanks!  I will jump in and buy "Histoire De Melody Nelson" 
especially given your Scott Walker reference.  I tend to 
prefer "proper" albums over "best of's" anyway (if the artist's work 
merits it, naturally).


 Stewart continued..
I would also recommend Serge's work with Brigitte Bardot, which 
includes
 many of his best songs.  There's a fairly readily available French CD
 called MASTER SERIE VOLUME 2 (note: no terminal S on Serie) that 
covers the
 Bardot/Gainsbourg era in detail and features "Contact," "Bubblegum,"
 "Bonnie and Clyde" and the original and even pornier version of "Je
 T'Aime...Moi Non Plus."  (VOLUME 1 is Bardot's early '60s pre-
Gainsbourg
 stuff, which is less interesting but not bad.)
 
 And you know about France Gall already, right?
 (Snip)

All right then, I may be checking out Bardot as well!  
Yes, I know of France Gall per prior discussions with you and a few 
others.  If I HAD to pick, I'd actually pick France Gall over 
Francoise Hardy.  But, both are wonderful to my ears.


PS:  Two to three months ago, I ordered two previously recommended  
(by several good Audities list members) "soft pop" discs by April 
Stevens and Nino Tempo. I bought through Sam Goody's web site per I 
had a "gift card" to burn.  The "best of" disc finally arrived but 
they didn't have "All Strung Out" in stock, after all.   It's 
disappointing to get this news after such a long wait.  Still, it's 
been great fun to hear the "best of".   I'll just keep looking I 
guess…….

Best, Steve D.

NP: Scott Walker
 "The good news you can not refuse. The bad news is there is no news"