Francoise - Germinal

Tenth album published in France of the singer Francoise Hardy. This disc, heading Francoise , left in spring 1970. It is also the first of its new business of production. In sign of the revival, it is identified Germinal on the section of the small pocket.

Setting in prospect for the album

Beginning 1969, Francoise Hardy records Super 45 turns with the song, the blue Hour . After its exit, the Vogue company distributes in France one 2nd album sung in English. Then, the singer leaves an individual with I cut the telephone and the Fingers in the door . Against its will, its recording company sand-gravel mix two songs recorded in 1965 for the German market: the Sea (Charles Trenet - Albert Lasry) and the dead Sheets (Jacques Prévert - Joseph Kosma) for another individual and reiterates by making them appear in one 33 turns (compilation of songs in German, English and Italian). In dissension with its recording company on several points, a lawsuit ratifies the rupture with the Vogue house at the end of 1969.

Francoise Hardy preserved her rights on her preceding productions made under the Asparagus label, that it created in 1967. A new business is assembled under the name of Hypopotam. The singer can finally do what she wishes without dealing with commercial contingencies and decides to publish an album without delaying.

Because of the presence of 4 successes, resulting from its two 33 preceding turns, this new opus would tend to be connected with a compilation. However, the presence of the song, Loving You - coming from its album In English , published in France but little distributed -, of the title Träume - drawn from the album éponyme published in Germany - and of 6 new songs in 33 turns - chosen among the 3 last 45 turns distributed by the house Sails -, justifies to make it appear in the list of its albums. It is the stake of a decisive stage in its career.

The photograph of small pocket is of Benjamin Auger. The distribution is made by Sonopresse.

Titles

1. Träume - 3' 06''

Author: Fred Weyrich

Type-setter: Martin Böttcher

musical Arranger: Saint-Valiant knight

2. With the wire of the nights and the days - 2' 06''

Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

3. I cut the telephone - 2' 02''

Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

4. My youth fout the camp… - 3' 08''

1e interprets: Michele Arnaud (1962)

Composer-songwriter: Guy Bontempelli

musical Arranger: Charles Blackwell

5. How to tell you good-bye? - 2' 30''

original Title: It Hurts to Say Goodbye

Author: Arnold Goland

Type-setter: Jack Gold

1e interprets: Vera Lynn, 1954

French Adaptation (words and music): Serge Gainsbourg

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

6. It travels - 2' 14''

Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

7. Loving you - 2' 13''

Song éponyme of 2nd film of Elvis Presley

Composer-songwriters: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

1e interprets: Elvis Presley, June 1957

musical Arranger: Charles Blackwell

8. the blue Hour - 1' 49''

Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

9. Of the rounds in water - 2' 28''

Song of the film To live to live of Claude Lelouch, 1967

Author: Pierre Barouh

Type-setter: Raymond the Seneshal

1 interpreters Nicole Croisille and Annie Girardot

musical Arranger: Charles Blackwell

10. With if - 3' 03''

Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy

musical Arranger: Jean-Pierre Sabar

11. Astonish to me Benoît…! - 2' 56''

Author: Patrick Modiano

Type-setter: Hugues de Courson

musical Arranger: John Cameron

12. Fingers in the door - 1' 48''

Author: Ariel Siber

Type-setter: Eddy Marnay

musical Arranger: Jean-Claude Vannier

Discs

Microgroove S 33 tours/30cm - LP ( Long Playing )

LP Francoise - Germinal , Hipopotam/Sonopresse (HY 30.901) , 1970

Träume - With the wire of the nights and the days - I cut the telephone - My youth fout the camp… - How to tell you good-bye? - He travels - Loving You - the blue Hour - rounds in water - With if - Astonish to me Benoît…! - Fingers in the door.

LP Francoise , International Guild of the Disc/Concert Hall (SVS 2731) , 1970

How to tell you good-bye? - With the wire of the nights and the days - I cut the telephone - My youth fout the camp… - Träume - He travels - Loving You - the blue Hour - rounds in water - With if - Come-there - It were Charmant.
Left abroad

Japan: LP Francoise , Épic (ECPM 24) , 1973

Netherlands: LP Francoise , CBS (S 52819) , 1970

Microgrooves 45 turns - 4 titles: EP ( Extanded Playing ); 2 titles: SP ( Individual Playing )

EP Asparagus/Vogue (EPL 8635) , 1968

With if - I do not know what I want - Earth - I made of him a dream. (the 3 last songs do not appear in the album. Auteure-compositrice: Francoise Hardy, except 2nd that it adapted of an English song, Tiny goddess , type-setter: Campbell-Lyons.)

EP Asparagus/Vogue (EPL 8676) , 1969

It travels - the blue Hour - To the wire of the nights and the days - red boots of Russia (does not appear in the album. Authors: J.M. Rivat and F. Thomas, type-setter: Andre Popp).

SP Asparagus/Vogue, Series Fashion (V. 45. 1655) , 1969

I cut the telephone - the Fingers in the door.

SP Hypopotam/Sonopresse (HY. 45. 902) , 1969

Träume - Loving You.

Compact disk - CD ( Compact Disc )

Left abroad

Japan: CD Francoise , Épic (ESCA 5186) , 1990

Anecdote

Drops of water on extreme stones , film of François Ozon, March 15th 2000

the song Träume is heard in the course of film and accompanies the credits by end.

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