{"product_id":"bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-paris-in-spring-bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-paris-in-the-spring-various-1","title":"Bob Stanley \u0026 Pete Wiggs Present Paris In Spring- Bob Stanley \u0026 Pete Wiggs Present Paris In The Spring \/ Various (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2018 collection. The events of May '68 are seen as a turning point in France's social history - pictures of the barricades are still potent images. Lines were drawn politically, culturally, socially, and pop music was not exempt. Paris In The Spring is a collection of the new music, put together by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, that emerged from France between 1968 and the mid-70s, an extraordinary blend of several previously independent strains - French chanson and yé-yé, American jazz and funk, British chamber pop - shot through with the era's underlying mixture of optimism, uncertainty and darkness. This is the first collection of it's kind, released on the 50th anniversary of the Paris uprising. Serge Gainsbourg - a jazz pianist with a chanson past and a pop present - was in a position to play a key role in soundtracking France in flux over the next five years. His \"Histoire de Melody Nelson\", with it's heavily atmospheric arrangements by Jean-Claude Vannier, was the acme of this new, unsettling French sound. \"Paris In The Spring\" includes other equally dazzling Vannier arrangements (for Léonie) and Gainsbourg compositions (for Jane Birkin and Mireille Darc). Prior to 1968, 60s French pop had been dominated by yé-yé, the country's unique brand of upbeat pop, a world of primary colours, mini-jupes and discothèques (a French invention, after all). It's stars either faded fast after May '68 or adapted to the new era: Jacques Dutronc ('Le Métaphore') and France Gall ('Chanson Pour Que Tu M'aimes un Peu') discovered a moody side they had previously kept hidden, while Françoise Hardy released the Brazilian-influenced, after-hours classic \"La Question\", from which we have picked 'Viens'. New bands like Triangle emerged, influenced by Soft Machine and Gong who became regulars on the Paris club scene. French library music from Janko Nilovic and film soundtracks (François de Roubaix, Karl-Heinz Schäfer) reflected the era's edginess. All are represented on \"Paris In The Spring\", making it a continental cousin to Stanley and Wiggs's hugely popular 2017 Ace compilation \"English Weather\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Victime - Karl Heinz Schäfer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHélicoptère - Mireille Darc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLes Aventures Extraordinaires D'un Billet de Banque - Bernard Lavilliers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoses and Revolvers - Janko Nilovic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL'elu - Ilous ; Decuyper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Metaphore - Jacques Dutronc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDommage Que Tu Sois Mort - Brigitte Fontaine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLes Garde Violent Au Secours Du Roi - Jean-Claude Vannier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking for You - Nino Ferrer 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanson D'un Jour D'hiver - Cortex 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViens - Françoise Hardy 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCouleurs - Léonie 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeslie Simone - William Sheller 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLitanies - Triangle 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaleines - François de Roubaix 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncore Lui - Jane Birkin 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvelyne - Serge Gainsbourg 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLe Bal Des Lazes - Michel Polnareff 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLileth - Léonie 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYstor - Ys 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanson Pour Que Tu M'aimes Un Peu - France Gall 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Victime - Karl Heinz Schäfer 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Chanson D'hélène - Romy Schneider ; Michel Piccoli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46984337850589,"sku":"029667086127","price":110.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3785045.jpg?v=1762927161","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-paris-in-spring-bob-stanley-pete-wiggs-present-paris-in-the-spring-various-1","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}