Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson
Label: | Light In The Attic – LITA 040, Light In The Attic – B0011401-01 |
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Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock, Pop |
Style: | Chanson, Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Melody | 7:32 | |
| A2 | Ballade De Melody Nelson | 2:00 | |
| A3 | Valse De Melody | 1:32 | |
| A4 | Ah! Melody | 1:46 | |
| B1 | L'Hotel Particulier | 4:08 | |
| B2 | En Melody | 3:25 | |
| B3 | Cargo Culte | 7:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Copyright © – Light In The Attic Records & Distribution, LLC
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Universal Music France
- Licensed From – Universal Music Enterprises
- Recorded At – Marble Arch Studio
- Recorded At – Studio Des Dames
- Remastered At – Elysian Masters
- Lacquer Cut At – Nashville Record Productions
- Pressed By – United Record Pressing
- Copyright © – Warner Chappell Music France
- Copyright © – Sidonie
- Copyright © – Melody Nelson Publishing
- Published By – Éditions Bagatelle
- Published By – Intersong Tutti
Credits
- Bass – Brian Odgers
- Conductor, Arranged By – Jean-Claude Vannier
- Design [Re-Release] – Kiki Ajidarma
- Drums – Dougie Wright
- Electric Violin – Jean-Luc Ponty
- Executive-Producer [Re-Release] – Chris Ferraro, Josh Wright, Matt Sullivan*
- Illustration – Drew Christie
- Lacquer Cut By – WG*
- Lead Guitar – Vic Flick
- Liner Notes – Andy Beta
- Lyrics By – Serge Gainsbourg
- Photography By – Tony Frank
- Producer [Re-Release] – Andy Votel, Matt Sullivan*
- Recorded By [Sound Recording Assistant] – Rémy Aucharles
- Recorded By [Sound Recording] – Jean-Clause Charvier*
- Remastered By – Dave Cooley
- Rhythm Guitar – Big Jim Sullivan
- Vocals – Jane Birkin
- Vocals, Guitar, Piano – Serge Gainsbourg
Notes
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
"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 variant 1): B-0011401-01-A-RE-1 WG/NRP ⓤ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 1): B-0011401-01-B l WG/NRP ⓤ ☆
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 2): B-0011401-01-A-RE-1 WG/NRP ⓤ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 2): B-0011401-01-B l WG/NRP ⓤ
Other Versions (5 of 92)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold, BIEM) | Philips | 6397 020 | France | 1971 | ||
| Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Philips | 6397 020 | Canada | 1971 | |||
New Submission | Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album) | Philips | SFX-7350 | Japan | 1971 | ||
Recently Edited | Histoire De Melody Nelson (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | Philips | 7102 079 | France | 1971 | ||
New Submission | Histoire De Melody Nelson (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Philips | 6397 020 | Canada | 1971 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Incredible album I play it everyday since I purchased it
Mine has glossy gatefold insert black and white, not coloured as on the images attached here
Unfortunetly my copy is noisy. The sound is good but clouded by the noise in the pressing.- 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.
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.- 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.
- 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?
Really good pressing, amazing songs.- Amazing reissue of an amazing album. LITA did a great job on this one!!!!
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