Various Artists - Aragon Et Ses Interpretes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Not only a major figure in the record industry and show business, Eddie Barclay also left his mark on the InchpeopleInch pages of the tabloids he was famous for the parties he hosted for socialites in Saint-Tropez, while his friendships with the stars made him a public legend. Yet few remember that Eddie Barclay was a precursor he was one of the first in France to import jazz and rock'n'roll records from America. When he created his own tag, Barclay Records, he brought in legendary music figures like Quincy Jones and Boris Vian, Frank Ténot or Daniel Filipacchi to work with him on the artistic side. Not many today know that Eddie Barclay was also a pianist, bandleader and jazz fan with a hundred of his own recordings to his name... Here Jean Baptiste Mersiol throws light on the forgotten history of this arranger, performer and producer with a 3 album anthology that deserves it's place in music history. Album Tracks 1. Chesterflield Boogie 2. Beau gendarme 3. Grenouille 4. Moulin Rouge 5. Grandes manoeuves 6. Bonjour tristesse 7. Chiens perdus sans collier 8. Amours oubliées 9. Chanson de gervaise 10. Vacances à venise 11. Complainte de la butte 12. Tango magique 13. Czardas tango 14. C'est bon d'aimer 15. Je vais revoir ma blonde 16. Complainte de mackie 17. Sur ma vie 18. Ballade de davy crockett 19. Z'yeux bleus 20. Ballade des truands 21. Roses blanches 22. Que sera sera 23. Amants d'un jour 24. Bambino 1. Schnouf 2. Medley noël 3. Portofino 4. Mon manège à moi 5. Colonel bogey 6. Parisienne 7. Come prima 8. Mon oncle 9. Dans le bleu du ciel bleu 10. Viens danser 11. Qu'elle était jolie, qu'elle était belle 12. Jardin extraordinaire 13. Dans mon île 14. Moonlight serenade 15. Oh quelle nuit 16. Venus 17. April in Paris 18. T‘aimer follement 19. Marina 20. Je m'voyais déjà

On October 6, 1927, the American public watched in amazement at the first world projection of a sound film, The Jazz Singer, a production composed of several sung scenes. A formula whose French production hastily seized, coupling popular tunes to the film narrative. The result was an artistic bond that gave birth to many masterpieces of the song and the big screen, coupled with a long tradition of singers-actors, including Baker, Chevalier, Trenet, Piaf, Montand, Bardot and many others, whose voices are inevitably associated with the rich hours of French cinema.

This anthology devoted to the riches of French advertising provides a refresher course filled with historic sketches and popular ditties, each more delightfully dated than the next. Beginning with the first ads of the talkies - which arrived with the first bulky radio sets - and continuing up to the Sixties, these went out over the air in France's glorious post-war years, when consumerism was all the rage, and also a little drink before dinner, as you can hear in Jean-Baptiste Mersiol's collection, a kind of audio postcard sent back from another age that seems exquisitely vintage today. Album Tracks 1. C'est la Vache Qui Rit 2. Pavois 3. Roquefort Société 4. Pâtes la Lune 5. Super Gaston 6. Banania 7. En Prenant Du Café 8. Semaine Du Bon Café 9. Apéritif Bonal 10. Vite, Vite Dans Ma 508 11. Chanson Du Champagne 12. Aspirines Usines Du Rhône 13. Vermifuge Lune 14. Ah ! C'est Pépère 15. Hardi Les Gars « Marche de la Suze » 16. Moi J'prends D'la Suze « Chanson de la Suze » 17. Boldoflorine Tisane 18. Cadum 19. Chanson Du Café Le Filtre 20. Lu 21. Chanson Du Chocolat Mignot 22. Pernod Export 23. Chanson Du Bonal 24. C'est Quelqu'un Qui N'a - Picon 25. C'est Pas la Mer À Boire 26. Charcuterie Lecomte À Peronne 27. Orangeade Sécrestat 28. Biscuit Gondolo 29. Pas Besoin de Faire Un Dessin 30. Lustucru-Théâtre 31. Monsavon - Dop 32. Ne Dites Plus Bon Appétit 33. Pâtes Cocorico - 3 Slogans 34. Sketch Dansant Du Byrrh Au Vin 35. Salambo 36. Antésite - 4 Slogans 37. Pâtes Lustucru 38. Carré Gervais 39. C'est Volvic 40. Saint-Raphaël Quinquina 41. Saint-Raphaël 42. Raymond Souplex - Cinzano 1. Margarine Adi 2. Chocolat Kohler 3. Valse Du Père Magloire 4. Pie Qui Chante 5. Monsavon Au Lait 6. Tout Va Tout Doux, Madame la Marquise 7. Vin Bernard 8. Mariage de Titin 9. Samba