We are not - usually - big fans of the genre of "compilations." Too many disks assembled in haste, without a strong central theme or idea that justifies the combination of songs. Not all discs are "Nuggets" (compiled by Lenny Kaye) or "The Golden Apples Of The Sun" (compiled by Devendra Banhart), so to speak. But , enunciated the principle, are more 'than welcome exceptions especially from those who are' master of the genre.
Last year we had one of the most listened to CD / appreciated had been "Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-1970", published by Ace worthy sub-tab on his Big Beat International. Really a perfect example of how to record a collection. The label
repeating the stroke in 2010, " C'est Chic! French girl singers of the 1960s " which, for fans of girls ye'-ye 'and girl-groups in general - as we are - and 'pure manna from heaven.
are 24 tracks by 20 different artists, whose names belong to the elite of the pop song of France: Brigitte Bardot, France Gall, Charlotte Leslie, the divine Francoise Hardy (one of the best artists of all time, and not French) and so forth . The booklet
24 pages and 'a real wealth of data and stunning photos of an era that continues to live without solution of continuity' in our hearts.
Ladies and gentlemen, now and forever, Vive la France, les filles lives!
( www.acerecords.co.uk )
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