Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (Crystal Clear Vinyl)
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Serge Gainsbourg - Guitar, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals
Jane Birkin - Primary Artist, Vocals
Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Violin
Brian Odgers - Bass
Dougie Wright - Drums
Roger Coulam - Keyboards
Vic Flick - Guitar
Jean-Claude Vannier - Keyboards, Orchestra Director
Arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier
Written by Serge Gainsbourg (A1, A3, B1-3), Jean-Claude Vannier (A2, A4, B2)
1 LP, Old-style tip-on gatefold jacket with the original artwork
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Crystal Clear
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Light in the Attic
Original Label : Philips
Engineered by Jean-Claude Charvier
Produced by Jean-Claude Desmarty
Design by Kiki Ajidarma
Photography by Tony Frank
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in February 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
- Melody
- Ballade De Melody Nelson
- Valse De Melody
- Ah! Melody
Side B :
- L'Hotel Particulier
- En Melody
- Cargo Culte
Reviews:
“You don't need to speak a word of French to understand Histoire de Melody Nelson -- one needs only to look at the front cover (with its nearly pornographic portrait of a half-naked nymphet clutching a rag doll) or hear the lechery virtually dripping from Serge Gainsbourg's sleazily seductive voice to realize that this is the record your mother always warned you about, a masterpiece of perversion and corruption. A concept record exploring the story of -- and Gainsbourg's lust for -- the titular teen heroine, Histoire de Melody Nelson is arguably his most coherent and perfectly realized studio album, with the lush arrangements which characterize the majority of his work often mixed here with funky rhythm lines which underscore the musky allure of the music. Perhaps best described as a dirty old bastard's attempt to make his own R&B love-man's record along the lines of a Let's Get It On (itself still two years away from release), it's by turns fascinating and repellent, hilarious and grim, but never dull -- which, in Gainsbourg's world, would be the ultimate (and quite possibly the only) “ AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,85 / 5