Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles

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Cat No: 490636

Release Date: 22 November 2019

Label: State Of Art

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436569194638

Genres: Pop

Release Date: 01 October 2019

Label: New Continent

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436569194645

Genres: Pop

Release Date: 06 October 2023

Label: French Connection

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436569195819

Genres: Pop

Description
State of Art
Limited Edition CD â€“ Mini-LP Gatefold Replica Sleeve with Original Sleeve Notes â€“ featuring Francoise Hardy's first two albums â€“ Francoise Hardy and Francoise Hardy Sings in Italian
When a 17-year-old FranÃ§oise Hardy signed her first record deal in 1961, she unwittingly helped kick off a new musical movement. Alongside contemporaries like France Gall, Sylvie Vartan, and Sheila, Hardy quickly became a star of yÃ©-yÃ© (Yeah! Yeah!), the burgeoning French pop style, derived from the British beat scene, that mixed sentimentality with overt sexuality. But the notoriously shy Parisian's songs were also haunted by insecurity, loneliness, and a fear of temporality. This mystique, paired with Hardy's undeniable beauty, made her a muse to men like Bob Dylan, who famously immortalized her in prose on the back cover of 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan. But reducing Hardy to a mere muse erases her extensive impact on music, fashion, and culture at large. "More than a singer, she's becoming a universal myth with whom thousands of young girls dream of identifying," claimed one French publication in 1967.

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180g virgin vinyl edition, the complete album + 4 bonus tracks.
Presented here is Francoise Hardy's debut studio album released in France in December 1962 by Disques Vogue. Originally issued with no title, except for her name on the cover, the album became colloquially known by the title of its most successful song, Tous les garcons et les filles.
This sensational album compiles the twelve original French versions from her first three EPs. Hardy would also record ten versions of the songs in Italian, English and German. Four of the Italian versions are included here as bonus tracks.
This iconic LP combines rockabilly, folk, jazz and blues, and has been noted for its simplicity, featuring a minimalist jazz percussion, bass, acoustic and electric guitar sound palette.
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