My private collection of vinyls made in the 80's in France influenced by Couleur3 a swiss radio

My private collection of vinyls made in the 80's in France influenced by Couleur3 a swiss radio

mardi 31 août 2010

CAPTAIN SENSIBLE'S 1982


Great single called "Stop the world"

Stop the world

QUIZ N.2



Please help to find the name of those bands (recorded on the radio) especially the first one .Thank you for your contribution .

track 1
Track 2

TOTO COELO 1983


The "anti" Bananarama by Virgin .Published in 1983 .Here is the single version called "You take the milk from the coconut ".

You take the milk from the coconut

DEPECHE MODE 1982


"See you" , the single

See you

LOU & THE HOLLYWOOD BANANAS 1982


"Les petites rues de Singapour" is a Jay Alansky's composition . An exotic song recorded in Belgium in 1982 .Here is the original version and an english version found on the radio .A lovely song .

Les petites rues de Singapour
The little streets of Singapor .

MATT BIANCO 1983


Remember



Get out of your lazy bed(single version)
More than I can bear (featuring Basia)

MISS B.HAVEN 1988

Miss B.Haven are coming from Danmark .
I loved this song named "Making love in the snow" recorded there on the radio in July 1988.The video version is not as good as the original version of 1988.

Making love in the snow

ELEMENT OF CRIME


"Element of crime"is an old german band .Check out their website for more informations .Here are a couple of songs I personnaly find brilliants !


Waiting for the morning train
1989
??
Don't you smile ? 1988
Murder in your eyes1988
I long for you 1987

ADRIAN BORLAND


Ex singer of "the Sounds" .Any informations about that title are welcome .

??

JEAN LOUIS MURAT 1991


Leonard Cohen's cover of the beautiful song "Avalanche" .In french .Recorded in 1991 and published in 1993 on the Lp called "Face nord".Magnificent cover .

Avalanche IV

dimanche 29 août 2010

THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAH 1985


"Good & gone" is an EP with 6 tracks quite raw . Not as much arranged as "Bikini red" , those songs have a very seductive wild side

I want up
Good & gone
Happy home

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THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAH 1987


From the LP called "Bikini red" . A frankly rock alternative . Without forgetting the melodies though .

Lie detector
Sweet waterpool
Bikini red

GAY DAD 1999


"Leisure noise" is an awesome lp .According to me one of the best recording of the 90's . To be listened absolutely !!

Dimstar
Oh Jim
My son Mystic
Jesus Christ

A TRIBUTE TO THE RADIO [COULEUR3] (1987-88)


Couleur 3 is a swiss radio station created in the early years of the eighties which was very creative , fun & full of rich programs .Most of my recordings of that period are coming from Couleur 3 .SoI wanted have a wink today by uploading some cool stuff ( French spoken) .
Hommage à Couleur 3 qui fut une influence MAJEURE de part des programmations très pointues et un ton décalé ravageur .Je vous propose ici quelques sketches et emissions décapantes de ce qu'était pour moi , la grande époque de Couleur 3 .Alice Poirier par exemple était une pseudo star sans âge et asexuée mélange d'Amanda Lear & d'Alice Sapritch interrogée et mise en boite tout les dimanches après midi par Mlle Ming .Voici une petite compilation de ces grands moments de radio sponsorisés par la choucroute Melba lol.

La course aux énigmes Juillet 1987

La blague à Eugène Mai 1987
Jeu radiophonique 1987
Alice Poirier Avril 1987
Les mécontes par Mermet 1987
Alice Poirier
"Soucis , soucis" par Karabine FM Juillet 1987 ( Song)
Les mécontes de Mermet Juillet 1987
Radio MUMU Juillet 1988
Alice Poirier Juin 1987
Les mécontes de Mermet

Alice Poirier Juillet 1987
Melle Jacquet Juillet 1987

MIDGE URE 1988


From the album "Answers to nothing" published in 1988 .

Take me home
Sister & brother (featuring Kate Bush)

vendredi 27 août 2010

NEED YOUR HELP FOR A QUIZ !



Dear all , I submit you today a bunch of songs I've recorded them on the radio in 1986/88 .The trouble is that I don't know anything about them .So I need your help to help me to resolve that kinda QUIZ .
Here we go

Track 1 1988
FOUND : The Bolshoï "Sunday morning"
FOUND : The Mexican Spitfires "You can't run forever 1988
Track 4 1986
Track 5 1987
FOUND : Ruppert Everett "Generation of loneliness

Track 7 1987
Track 8 1986

THANX !!

DIED PRETTY 1991


From Australia , "Doughboy hollow" is a nice record



Satisfied

The love song

IGGY POP LIVE 1986


In November of 1986 , Iggy Pop gave a concert in Zürich .He was promoting the brand new Lp called "Blah-blah-blah ".



Shades
Hideaway

WILD ONES 1988

Here are below a couple of songs I've recorded on the radio ( Couleur 3) in 1988 .I only have the names but that's all .If you have more materials about those bands , don't hesitate to contact me .

The first one is the Wild Ones with a song I've recorded in September of 1988.

Sorry if the songs are sometimes cuted .I had that bad habit ....

STARS OF HEAVEN 1988

Any informations are welcome .

Stars of Heaven

ARNO 1988

From Belgium .

Jive to the beat

DAMIEN LOVELOCK 1988

From Australia , ex-singer of the Celibate Rifles .
Any informations are welcome

Damien Lovelock

LITTLE NEMO 1988

A french indie band more popular in UK than in France

In the blue years

A POPULAR HISTORY OF SIGN 1988

Any informations are welcome .

A popular history of sign

PUNK ROCK COMPILATION 1987

A bunch of punky tunes recorded on the radio in 1987 .

Punky compil'

jeudi 26 août 2010

NINA HAGEN 1983

"New york" from "Angstlos" in 1983 .Very exciting remix !

New-York ( The Razormaid Mix )

mercredi 25 août 2010

ETIENNE DAHO 1988

From the album named "Pour nos vies martiennes" published by Virgin in 1988 .Recorded at Master Rock studios in London .

Bleu comme toi
Le plaisir de perdre
Des heures hindoues .

mardi 24 août 2010

RICHARD GOTAINER 1980

I have the single but the sound is now getting so bad that I post here a video of "Primitif" by Richard Gotainer , a talented composer coming from the advertising world .
Veuillez installer Flash Player pour lire la vidéo

lundi 23 août 2010

dimanche 22 août 2010

PATRICK COUTIN 1981

A french rock critic decided to record that very simple song which became quickly a hit single .

RICHARD SANDERSON 1981


Just invite your girlfriend for a dance and remember how good the slows were before

Reality

INDOCHINE 1983


"L'aventurier" , fabulous single .Do you know it ?

L'aventurier
Allez viens

LES MAX VALENTINS 1987

I loved that song ! I hope you'll like it too

THE YOUNG GODS 1988


I've always loved the sonic storm that was "L'amourir" by The Young Gods , swiss band . Powerfull and impressive ! This song was at first a single which has been integreted in the LP called 3eau rouge" published a few years later

L'amourir

REGRETS 1983


French cool songs by the band Regrets .

Tout le monde s"amuse

J'veux pas rentrer chez moi seule ce soir ( Maxi version)
Tout le monde s'amuse (DJ club mix)

jeudi 19 août 2010

ALICE IN CHAINS 1994


"Jar or flies" .Layne Staley : vocals (1967-2002) RIP

No excuses

I stay way

FLESHTONES 1991


Rock'n'roll !!! But some good one . Otherwise it wouldn't be there lol! An aussie band I think .from NY

I'm still thirsty
Living Legends
I can breathe

ROBERT PLANT 1982


Yes why not Robert Plant ? "Pictures at eleven" is his first solo album and it's really GOOD !!
With a group of young musicians led by the guitarist Robbie Blunt and Phil Collins on drums .
The voice is there , irreplaceable , but the sound is something completely new , more restrained , timeless in a way ....

Burning down one side
Moonlight in Samosa
Like I've never been gone
Like I've never been gone (Live version- recorded at the Summit , Houston , TX ,Sep 20 1983)

FRANK BLACK & TEENAGE FANCLUB 1995 >The Peel Session


"In the spring of 1994 I was in England and once again John Peel was kind enough to offer me a session . I was alone with the acoustic guitar , and so I called my old friend Chas Banks , who manages Teenage Fanclub , to see if they would record the session with me ." Frank Black

Handyman
The man who was too loud
The Jacques tati
Sister Isabel

PJ HARVEY 1992


From the lp "Dry" released in 1992 .

Dress
Oh my lover

jeudi 12 août 2010

22 - PISTEPIRKKO 1992



"Big Lupu" is a real rollercoaster : experimental songs , melodic tunes are mixed all together in this LP ."Birdy" is an absolute song ! (Featuring Jimi Tenor for some horns arrangements ).Noisier tha Boo Radleys sometimes .
A brilliant recording .

Birdy
I'm right
She's so shy

RED HOUSE PAINTERS 1996


"Song for a blue guitar" is a whole world of depression and sadness to visit tenderly .Without making any noise , you'll be charmed by songs full of melancoly and the organic sound of the guitars , quite raw and natural .Neil Young is not far way from here .Sometimes clean , somtimes overdrived but always played in a "drama" way (Steel pedal inside)

Have you forgotten ?

Song for blue guitar
Make like paper

CATCHERS 1994


CATCHERS will always staying alive in my heart . I fell in love with the band thanks to songs like "Beauty N.3" or "Summer is nearly over" .Now Catchers is dead but Dale Grundle is still involved in music with a more personnal project called "The sleeping years" .The story still continues ...

Beauty N.3
Cotton dress
Worm out
Sleepyhead

Compilation MAGIC! 1990-2000 , Moose , Denim , The apartments


MAGIC!Rpm is a famous indie pop magazine .They've published for 10 years ago a compilation celebrating 10 years of indie pop productions , mostly coming from UK and the US .

Little bird by MOOSE 1992
The Osmonds by DENIM 1993
All the time in the world by THE APARTMENTS 1995

mercredi 11 août 2010

22 - PISTEPIRKKO 1995


The single "Gimme some water" which I love .It's so simple to invent a song .A band coming from Finland .

Gimme some water

LUNA 1992/2004


I don't want to forget Luna .Here are some songs coming from the best of .The choice was very difficult ...Makes me always think to the Go Betweens

Sideshow by the seashore 1995

Pup tent 1997
Tiger Lily 1994
Tracy I love you 1997

DODGY 1994


"Homegrown" is a brilliant recording , full of power pop-rock jewels made in UK ! The perfect mix of electric & acoustic guitars .Unfortunately for Dodgy , Oasis and Blur were much more popular than them but not better .

Waiting for the day
Melodies haunt me
Crossroads
One day

JULIAN LENNON 1991


Should I present you Julian Lennon ?

Get a life

Saltwater

TRIPPING DAISY 1993


I think that "Bill" is the 1rst LP recorded by Tripping Daisy and published by Island Records .
An intensive rock , sweating melodies thanks to a powerfull drum & bass duet . Some ballads inside though .Great musicians .

One through four
Lost and found
On the ground
The morning
Change of mind

JIL CAPLAN 1987


Typical sweet french pop of the eighties .Lovely melodies signed by the talented Jay Alanski .

Inconnu dans la ville

Liza Minnelli
Tard dans la nuit

PORNO FOR PYROS 1993


Youth , energy , rock'n'roll attitude , fun and a little bit grunge sometimes .

Pets
Packin'
Orgasm

SWELL 1994


Swell is good for you .Try them .Here's the single "Forget about Jesus" published in 1994 by Beggars Banquet and produced by Swell .

Forget about Jesus

Forget about Dean

SANDRA 1989


Sandra and the famous single "Around my heart ".What a sound !! Great memories isn't it ? ( To be played loud)


Around my heart (Single version)
Around my heart (extended version)
Around my drums (Instrumental)

TEENAGE FANCLUB 1995


BONUS b-sides is an intersting comilation of b-sides , purposing alternative versions of songs in an acoustic .2 covers though : "Between us" coming from the delirious Rutles and "Who loves the sun" by the Velvet Underground .

For you (non LP)
Between us ( non LP)

mardi 10 août 2010

TALK TALK LIVE AT MONTREUX 1986




For those who would ignore that an awesome live recording of Talk Talk exists , don't hesitate anymore and run to purchase it .Overall that it's a DVD !! Published by Eagle Vision , that DVD is a diamond ! Featuring on stage John Turnbull ( World party ) on guitar , Talk Talk was also Paul Webb on bass who shows here how he's a bass player master and the seriously involved Lee Harris on drums .Mark Hollis does his job perfectly...What a sound !!!! Huge quality of sound to be played at the maximum volume with the right equalisation !! It's very HOT and exciting !!!

Dum dum girl -Call in the night boy (mixed live)
Give it up (live version)
Such a shame (Extended live version)

ALAIN CHAMFORT 1979/1981


Alain Chamfort used to be (and is still) a french gentleman , full of sensibility and with a great sense of melodies .He has been woking with Serge Gainsbourg in the 80's by writing lyrics or composing .
His music was full of synthetisers & box rythm .It's not the case anymore currently ( 61 years old )

Paradis 1981
Bambou 1981
Manureva 1979

mardi 3 août 2010

EVENING SESSION-Priority tunes - BBC Radio One 1996


"Priority tunes " is a compilation made by Jo Whiley & Steve Lamacq .They were at the right place at the right moment to see emerging the whole brit-pop generation like Pulp , Oasis , Blur , Radiohead , Shed7 , Manic street preachers etc....

Babies by Pulp ( Sessions 30.05.1992 )
Does your mother know by Ash ( Sessions 15.04.1996 )
I believe by Booth and the bad angel 1996
Wrong (deep dish edit) by Everything but the girl 1996
The drowners by Suede ( Sessions 04.04.1992 )
Far by Longpigs 1996
Rollercoaster by Northern Uproar 1996
Wuthering heights by China Drum 1996

SHED SEVEN 1994


Guitars , bass & drum .What else ? A great sense of melody .That's Shed Seven in 1994 with "Change giver" .

Speakeasy
Mark
On an island with you .

RIDE 1992


A major album of the 90's : "Going blank again" by RIDE .

Chrome waves
Time machine
OX4