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Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson album cover

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Label:Light In The Attic – LITA 040, Light In The Attic – B0011401-01
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 Gram, Gatefold
Country:US
Released:
Genre:Rock, Pop
Style:Chanson, Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock

Tracklist

A1Melody
Written-By – Serge Gainsbourg
7:32
A2Ballade De Melody Nelson
2:00
A3Valse De Melody
Written-By – Serge Gainsbourg
1:32
A4Ah! Melody
1:46
B1L'Hotel Particulier
Written-By – Serge Gainsbourg
4:08
B2En Melody
3:25
B3Cargo Culte
Written-By – Serge Gainsbourg
7:40
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Hype sticker affixed to shrinkwrap:
"One of the greatest marriages of rock band and orchestra that I've ever heard." - Beck
• Serge's masterpiece finally available in US!
• Featuring extensive notes telling the full untold story behind this landmark release, lyrics (French & English) and a 1971 Q&A Interview with Serge.
• 180 gram LP
• Old school style tip-on gatefold jacket with the original art
• Remastered from the original tapes

Issued in gatefold jacket with four-page gatefold insert featuring lyrics, credits and artwork plus 1971 Q&A interview with Serge (both with English translations - from France's Rock N Folk Magazine).

Lacquer cut by Wes Garland at Nashville Record Productions as per WG/NRP in runouts.
Pressed by United Record Pressing as per ⓤ symbol etched in runouts.

Originally released on March 24th, 1971 as Philips 6 325 071

Several rhythm section credits for this release have been since proven wrong (see history).

Recorded at Marble Arch Studios, London, April 21st to 23rd, 1970, and Studio Des Dames, Paris, May 4th, 5th, 8th and 11th, 1970; January 11th to 14th, 1971, and February 1st, 2nd, and 4th, 1971.

Catalog number LITA 040 on spine, back cover, labels.
Catalog number B0011401-01 on back cover, hype sticker, in label matrices.

© 2009 Light In The Attic Records & Distribution, LLC
℗ 2009 Universal Music France under license from Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.

© Warner Chappell Music France / SIDONIE & Melody Nelson Publishing

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 26853-0040-1 5
  • Barcode (Scanned): 826853004015
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): B0011401-01-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): B0011401-01-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): B-0011401-01-A-RE-1 WG/NRP ⓤ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): B-0011401-01-B l WG/NRP ⓤ ☆

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
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Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold, BIEM)Philips6397 020France1971
Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold)Philips6397 020Canada1971
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Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album)PhilipsSFX-7350Japan1971
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Histoire De Melody Nelson (Cassette, Album, Stereo)Philips7102 079France1971
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Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold)Philips6397 020Canada1971

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  • archioptericks's avatar
    archioptericks
    Mine has glossy gatefold insert black and white, not coloured as on the images attached here
    • agb1262's avatar
      agb1262
      Unfortunetly my copy is noisy. The sound is good but clouded by the noise in the pressing.
      • Talkinfun's avatar
        Talkinfun
        So many times you can't hear really huge differences with various re-pressings for a host of reasons. This Light in the Attic pressing blows away the more recent ones on Mercury/Universal and is the whole reason that its worth owning a record player. LITA must have gone to the original analog tapes while the Mercury/Universal are probably from some digital source. You might as well listen to the cd. If you own the Mercury/Universal pressing, do yourself a favor and get rid of it and get the Light in the Attic pressing. The beauty of the original tapes are totally wasted on the inferior pressings.
        • zaepg's avatar
          zaepg
          The jacket is of good quality. Is nearly identical to the original pressing. Sound I found had a great range of depth. In my top when rated, overall.
          • sleppe's avatar
            sleppe
            I have serious sibilance issues on this pressing, which is a drag because I love this album (purchased it in 2015). No such problems with the cd or any other records in my collection. I'm going to try another pressing, see how it sounds.
            • inshreds66's avatar
              inshreds66
              Ltd to 2000 copies in 2009, yet my local record shop had 4 new sealed copies in last week (2016). i guess it's been repressed recently?
              • andyecon's avatar
                andyecon
                Really good pressing, amazing songs.
                • noonanthebruce's avatar
                  noonanthebruce
                  Amazing reissue of an amazing album. LITA did a great job on this one!!!!

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