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T'as Raison Mon Ami |
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02:31 |
02 |
Laissez Faire, Laissez Dire |
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02:28 |
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Ah! Dires-Moi Pourquoi Je L'aime |
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02:11 |
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Je Veux te dire adieu |
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02:59 |
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Passe ton chemin |
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03:05 |
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Mes Mains |
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02:07 |
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Que Toi |
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03:07 |
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Le Pays D' Ou Je Viens |
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02:50 |
09 |
Le Grand Magazin |
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02:53 |
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Mon Coeur Eclate |
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01:31 |
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Patte Blance |
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02:32 |
12 |
Alors... Raconte |
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04:12 |
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Toi L'oiseau |
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02:38 |
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Le Pianiste De Varsovie |
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03:50 |
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Marianne De Ma Jaunesse |
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03:04 |
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Je T'appartiens |
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02:51 |
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Les Tambours Et L'amour |
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01:52 |
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La Corrida |
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04:28 |
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Mon Ami M'a Trahi |
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03:06 |
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Le Marchand De Ballons |
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02:25 |
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Berceuse Pour Gaya |
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02:31 |
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Quand Tu Danses |
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02:36 |
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Me Qu Me Que |
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02:25 |
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La Ballade Des Baladins |
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03:07 |
Purchase Date |
19/07/2008 |
Price |
£5.00 |
Location |
Upstairs Black Bookcase Shelf 2 |
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Cat. Number |
SOL 694 |
UPC (Barcode) |
8713051006946 |
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Sound |
Stereo |
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It all started with a seemingly innocuous pile of records I bought many years ago. A charity was selling off boxes of records for a tenner each. Naturally, I picked up one of these, returned home and started rifling through the contents. A very old and battered EP, entirely in French sprang up.
It sounded like it should be horrible. I dropped the needle on a random track., and I'm happy to report it didn't disappoint. It was terrible. Namely "Le Marchand De Ballons", which as far as I can tell, translates to "Ballon Seller". The rest of the "lyrics" remains a mystery.
The more I hated it, the more I played it. I won't say I ever liked the song, but it worked its way so deeply into my brain, there was no escaping it.
2008 came around, and after a successful holiday to Berlin the previous summer, and my quest to pick up "Manner" by Herbert Groenemeyer, I travelled to Paris. I had to think of one song that I so desperately wanted to own on CD. Well, it took me aboiut three seconds. I had to get this track. It turned out to be more difficult than I imagined.
I visited a number of shops in Paris, most of them had pretty much disowned poor Gilbert, a few "greatest Hits" compilations were about, but nothing featuring this particular track. Admittedly, I wasn't that surprised. I was looking for a song, buried as the second or fourth track on an EP I'd picked up in a car boot sale.
I happened to be near the Pompidou centre. There was a little independant record store near there. Well, as far as I can rememberit sold records and gifts. Not surprising. If you're not flogging shitty little "Eiffel Tower" keyrings aoround there, you're never going to make any money.
I found this particular CD in there. It was the only one to even hint that this track existed. I was dubious about its construction if I'm honest. There's very little to it. the artwork is basic to say the least, and there's no copyright information. Still, I headed to the counter with this Cd in my grubby little mitts, and handed over the euros. I remember a rather embarrasing moment when I misunderstood the question about whether I would like a bag or not, meaning said salesman spent a good 30 seconds, thinking what the word "bag" was in English.
I had no way of finding out if this was the "genuine article" or not until I returned home, but I'm happy to report this does appear to be all original recordings, at least for the only track I know, anyway.