Sunnyside Cafe Series: Pop ¿¿ Paris - More Rock n' Roll and Mini Skirts, Vol. 2

by Sunnyside Cafe Series

Overview

Sunnyside's More Rock n' Roll and Mini Skirts is another single-disc condensation of the supercool Pop a Paris five-disc series released in France that focuses on French singers from the mid-'60s to early '70s. Those discs are a lighthearted blast of Now Sound pop theatrics, aggressive, almost garagey rock, and wacky misappropriations of the American pop scene of the '60s. This disc serves as a fine (and readily available) alternative to picking up all five of the discs and as a great follow-up to Rock n' Roll and Mini Skirts. The lineup features the usual suspects like Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, and Michel Polnareff with total unknowns like Stone, Annie Phillipe, and Marie LaForet mixed in to keep things obscure. The collection is jammed with wonderfully breezy and silly tracks like Charlotte Leslie's foot-stomping "Les Filles C'est Fait...," Claude Francois' unlikely Stax meets the Archies groover "Hip Hip Hurrah," the insane electro-rock of Les Yper-Sound's "Psyche Rock," and Anna Karina's impossibly silly "Roller Girl" that will have you grinning ear-to-ear like the village idiot. The best tracks, as so often is the case in collections like this, are by the best-known artists: Serge Gainsbourg's "L'Anamour," Brigitte Bardot's "Contact," France Gall's wacky and sly "Teenie Weenie Boppie," and Michel Polnareff's typically amazing "L'oiseau de Nuit." Much like the collection that preceded it, Pop a Paris - More Rock n' Roll and Mini Skirts is fun from beginning to end and is a perfect place for the uninitiated to get a taste of French pop in the '60s. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/2004
Label:	Sunnyside Communications
UPC:	0016728360623
Rank:	114550

Tracks

1. L' Anamour
2. Contact
3. Les Filles C'est Fait...
4. Hip Hip Hip Hurrah
5. C'est la Mode
6. L' Oiseau de Nuit
7. Teenie Weenie Boppie
8. Avec Les Oreilles
9. Et S'il N'En Reste Qu'un
10. D'¿¿tre ¿¿ Vous (I Want You)
11. Le Roi d'Angleterre
12. Roller Girl
13. Noir C'est Noir (Black Is Black)
14. Le Grand Amour (Son of a Preacher Man)
15. La Drogue
16. L' Antiquit¿¿
17. Psych¿¿ Rock

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Annie Philippe   Primary Artist
Nino Ferrer   Primary Artist
Eddy Mitchell   Primary Artist
Stone   Primary Artist
Les Yper Sound   Primary Artist
Daniel Beretta   Primary Artist
Michel Colombier & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Richard De Bordeaux   Primary Artist
The Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Blackbirds   Primary Artist
Anna Karina   Primary Artist
Brigitte Bardot   Primary Artist
France Gall   Primary Artist
Claude Francois   Primary Artist
Serge Gainsbourg   Primary Artist
Charlotte Leslie   Primary Artist
Monique Thubert   Primary Artist
Johnny Hallyday   Primary Artist
Marie Laforet   Primary Artist
Michel Polnareff   Primary Artist
Nicoletta   Primary Artist
David Whitaker   Orchestra Director
Jean-Claude Petit   Director
Reg Guest   Director
Ivan Jullien   Director
Jean Bouchety   Director,Orchestra Director
Michel Colombier   Musical Direction,Orchestra Director
Andre Popp   Director

Technical Credits

Bob Dylan   Composer
Eric Charden   Composer
Serge Gainsbourg   Composer
John Hurley   Composer
Jean-Claude Petit   Arranger
Ronnie Wilkins   Composer
Pierre Henry   Sounds,Composer
Michel Polnareff   Composer
Nino Ferrer   Arranger,Composer
Reg Guest   Arranger
Michel Colombier   Arranger,Composer
Jean-Pierre Haie   Producer,Concept
Arthur Greenslade   Arranger
Raymond Gimenes   Composer
Ivan Jullien   Arranger
Vincent Palmer   Song Selection
Jean-Pierre Chalbos   Mastering
Sandra Matamoros   Design
Georges Aber   Composer
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre   Composer
Jean Schmitt   Composer
Pierre Saka   Composer
Jean Bouchety   Arranger
Arnaud Meyer   Photography
Clara Lepicard   Stylist
Pierre Dutour   Collaboration
Giorgio Gomelsky   Sounds
Pierre Holassian   Collaboration
Donald Storball   Composer
Andre Popp   Arranger