{"title":"Jean Claude Vannier","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"roses-rouge-sang","title":"Roses Rouge Sang","description":"\u003cp\u003eprecisely four decades since the original release of the 1971 album 'histoire de melody nelson', serge gainsbourg's most celebrated composer, arranger and composer jean-claude vannier now returns to the same artistic territory that has since come to represent his most iconic period and continually inspire almost five generations of experimental rock luminaries. respected throughout france as a long running singer-songwriter and experimental composer in his own right it has taken this inclusive forty year period for his music to travel beyond his central european fanbase thanks to a growing community of vinyl archeologists and french pop and conceptual rock enthusiasts who have come to clearly recognise the recurring production credits to jcv as a seal of quality and approval while taking gambles on parisian picture sleeve pop. this all new album comprises a personnel of the legendary european session players that appeared on classic vannier and gainsbourg scores such as 'cannabis', 'la horse', 'slogan' and 'les chemins de katmandou', as well as 'histoire de melody nelson' itself, and his own mythical follow up, the truly bizarre 1973 avant-garde ballet 'l'enfant assassin des mouches' (which was finally rescued from obscurity in 2005 by finders keepers as the label's debut release). recorded partly in paris and partly in the uk (not unlike the classic gainsbourg lps) the album 'roses rouge sang' (blood red roses) hears jcv taking care of vocal duties in his own unique style combining the macabre and the optimistic with ingenious world play and expert poetic use of the french language. flourishing from initial rehearsal sessions for the first-ever live performance of 'histoire de melody nelson' (which was eventually staged by finders keepers at the barbican theatre in london in 2006), 'roses rouge sang' captures the authentic line-up just weeks after their initial reunion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50410000351563,"sku":"343682","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50410000122187,"sku":"343681","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cfbc2818-8e02-4e5c-a444-b75436fe7b6b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726633998"},{"product_id":"l-enfant-assassin-des-mouches","title":"L'enfant Assassin Des Mouches","description":"\u003cp\u003eRepress of the first release from Finders Keepers records, run by Andy Votel is the seminal 1972 album from Serge Gainsbourg's right-hand man Jean-Claude Vannier. It was recorded during the same session as Gainsbourg's masterpiece 'Melody Nelson' and follows in a similar avant garde rock-opera vein. 'L'Enfant Assasin Des Mouches' is a supernatural tale written by Gainsbourg and narrated by Vannier with sparse music concrete sounds coupled with choirs, funky beats, cowbells, wah-wah guitars and ethnic strings, this is stunningly arranged and imaginative. originally it was a promo only and fetches in excess of 400 pounds.LP - Lovingly remastered and repackaged in an authentic gatefold sleeve to celebrate the 10th birthday of Finders Keepers Records. Featuring updated liner notes this is the album where it all began. Available once again, having been out of print for a number of years. LP includes digital download code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50452166345035,"sku":"255094","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452166508875,"sku":"255095","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ab585c82-fc04-4732-b752-702693e12f03_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727142239"},{"product_id":"la-bete-noire-paris-nexiste-pas","title":"La bte noire \/ Paris NExiste Pas","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom deep in the vaults of the Parisian composer who arguably created the stylistic blueprint for decades of orchestral French funk and symphonic psychedelia, “the arranger’s arranger” Jean-Claude Vannier (\u003ci\u003eHistoire de Melody Nelson \/ L’Enfant Assassin des Mouches\u003c\/i\u003e) finally liberates two previously unreleased and fabled film soundtracks that mark significant milestones in the career of this legendary composer and his close connection to the French free jazz scene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprised on this one vinyl disc you will find the only existing original historic recordings to his first ever 1968 collaboration with serge Gainsbourg as well as the entire lost musical score for Vannier’s first major star-studded solo film commission which followed the Gainsbourg years and a fruitful decade as one of France’s most in-demand arrangers and songwriters. These two scores, for Vannier’s oft type-cast commissions for “drugsploitation” dramas (Cannabis, La horse), are further united by their inclusion of sax player Philippe Maté and the early formation of Vannier’s own Insolitudes ensemble. As long-time custodians Finders Keepers Records are proud to present both the hallucinogenic orchestral music to Robert Benayoun’s Paris N’Existe Pas and the rhythmic onslaught and cyclic waltzes from Patrick Chaput’s La Bête Noire complete with an extensive booklet of essays, interviews, secrets and rare images from both of these mythical cinematic obscurities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50466048966987,"sku":"1164728","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/75835ce3-1640-419e-b4f2-5ea54d690294_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727302839"},{"product_id":"l-enfant-assassin-des-mouches-alternate-takes","title":"L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches Alternate Takes","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecord Store Day 2016 Release. Amazing master tape discovery of an original 1973 misplaced Jean Claude Vannier single including alternate arrangements\/instrumentation from the first days of the 'L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches' sessions. Late in 2015, exactly ten years since Finders Keepers Records first liberated Jean Claude Vannier's 1973 French Holy Grail concept LP 'L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches', the label was handed a very unexpected anniversary gift in the form of a small clutch of lost Vannier studio master tapes. Having worked closely with Jean Claude to leave no stone unturned both label and artist were shocked and delighted to be given what turned out to be further insights in to the musical ideas and ambitions of the 29-year-old composer during those mythical studio sessions which occurred a few months after the release of his seminal work on 'Histoire De Melody Nelson'. The original 'L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches' LP has been the source of inspiration and awe for artists of all disciplines, critics and connoisseurs alike while retaining a firm fixture in many a tome and top ten, accounting for indispensable moments in avant-garde pop and experimental rock music and (with FKs repressing schedule as testimony) continues to gain momentum. The fact that these masters were dubbed to a separate master tape as a proposed aborted major label single indicates that they were the first (and most exciting) tracks to emerge from the flamboyant visionary sessions which eventually trickled out on small independent French label stimulating record collector nirvana in the process. Including new unheard instrumentation, alternative arrangements and mix board levels, this special limited release comes packaged in authentic 1970's promo bag artwork and marks the first in a series of new vintage Vannier projects extracted from a new vault of genuinely, previously \"lost\" materials. Limited to 1000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50494214635851,"sku":"399872","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b9d78bf9-5795-4620-8f18-55d6931b5f7c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727704334"},{"product_id":"la-bete-noire","title":"La Bete Noire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2019 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 13th April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 20th April.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost and presumed missing for decades the soundtrack tapes for this lesser-known 1983 French thriller capreus the revered composer and arrange of Serge Gainsbourg's \u003ci\u003eHistoire De Melody Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e embarking on a darker exploration of free jazz, frenzied batucadas and cyclic carousel psychedelia. Counting key players of the French jazz scene within its ranks, La Bete Noires \"Insolitudes\" group comprises a crack team Palm\/Futura\/Saravah\/Actuel regulars such as saxophonist Philippe Mate (Acting Trio\/Mate-Valancian\/Tacet) alongside drummer Bernard Labat (Mad Ducks) and legendary Arpadys\/Voyage rhythm masters Marc Chanterau and Pierre-Allen Dahan (Brutus Drums). All of whom, alongside Michel Zanlonghi (Ensemble De Percussion De Paris) make up this thunderous, four-headed rhythm machine bridging an authentic gap between the Jef Gilson groups and France's signature \"cosmic\" revolution. Naturally these previously unreleased compositions are spearheaded by lead pianist and composer Jean-Claude Vannier and for devotees of his 1972 concept album \u003ci\u003eL'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches\u003c\/i\u003e there is much to admire and cross-reference herein. 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