Serge gainsbourg a fist.., p.29
Serge Gainsbourg- a Fistful of Gitanes, page 29
… aka Roman d’un voleur de chevaux, Le (1971)
(France)
19 djevojaka i Mornar (1971)
Trop jolies pour être honnêtes (1972)
… aka Demasiado bonitas para ser honestas
(1974) (Spain)
… aka Perchè mammà ti manda solo? (1972)
(Italy)
… aka Too Pretty to Be Honest (1972)
Dernière violette, La (1972)
Sex-shop (1973)
Projection privée (1973)
… aka Private Projection (1973)
Je t’aime, moi non plus (1975)
… aka I Love You No More (1975)
… aka I Love You, I Don’t (1975) (USA)
Madame Claude (1977)
… aka French Woman, The (1977) (USA)
Goodbye, Emmanuelle (1977)
… aka Emmanuele (1977)
Vous n’aurez pas l’Alsace et la Lorraine (1977)
Aurais dû faire gaffe… le choc est terrible (1977)
Bronzés, Les (1978)
… aka French Fried Vacation (1978)
Tapage nocturne (1979)
… aka Nocturnal Uproar (1979) (International:
English title
Melancholy Baby (1979)
Je vous aime (1980)
… aka I Love You All (1980)
Physique et le figuré, Le (1981)
Équateur (1983)
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
Mode en France (1985)
Tenue de soirée (1986)
… aka Evening Dress (1986)
… aka Ménage (1986) (USA)
Charlotte forever (1986)
Jane B. par Agnès V. (1987)
… aka A.V. sur J.B. (1987)
… aka Jane B. by Agnes V. (1987)
… aka Jane B. for Agnes V. (1987) (International:
English title)
… aka Jane B. sur Agnes V. (1987)
Stan the Flasher (1990)
Élisa (1995) (theme)
En avoir (ou pas) (1995)
… aka To Have (or not) (1995)
DIRECTOR, FILM & TV COMPOSER COMMERCIALS & ACTOR IN
1976-1977 Woolite
Cast: Jane Birkin, Brigitte Fossey, Marlene Jobert
Product: Washing powder for wool
1980 Bayard
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Suits
1980 Brandt
Product: Dish-washer
1980 Roudor Saint-Michel
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Biscuits
1982 Lee Cooper
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Jeans
1982 Renault 9
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Cars
1982 Maggi
Product: Soup
1982-84 Gini
Three films
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Lemonade
1983 Orelia
Product: Orange Juice
1984 Roumillat
Product: Cheese
1984 Faure
Product: Cookers
1984 Anny Blatt
Product: Woollens
1984 Babyliss
Product: Curling tongs
1984 Palmolive
Product: Shampoo
1984 Spring Court
Product: Tennis shoes
1985 Danone aux fruits
Product: Yoghurt
1985: Konica
Product: Photographic film
1985-86 Saba
Product: TVs and videos
1986 Connexion
Cast: Serge Gainsbourg
Product: Hi-fi
1986 Pepsodent
Product: Toothpaste
1986 Sagamore de Lancome
Product: Perfume
1987 Pentex
Product: Corrector
1988 Tutti Free
Cast: Helena
Product: Sweeteners
Addendum.
Serge Gainsbourg Selected Discography 2000-2014 Editor’s note: The albums keep on coming — even the reissues are being reissued, some offering a different bonus tracks to others. So take it for granted that all of Gainsbourg studio albums are available in some form or another. (Thanks again to Christian Eudeline for his help on the French releases.)
ALBUMS
2000 INTERVIEWS: PORTRAIT D’UN FAUX MÉCHANT (CD Promo, Universal Music Kiosks 7896)
Spoken word compilation of Gainsbourg interviews produced for French radio broadcast by the late Gilles Verlant, Gainsbourg’s French biographer.
L’Enfance De Lucien/ L’esthétisme Selon Gainsbourg/ Le Pianiste De Bar/ Chez Les Yéyés/ Initials BB/ Jane B/ Le Perfectionniste/ Le Cinéaste/ Gainsbourg Et Les Femmes/ Ses Interprètes
2001 GAINSBOURG FOREVER (Box set 18 CDs Mercury 548 572-2)
18 CD box released to mark the 10th anniversary of Gainsbourg’s death. This stunning collection contains all the albums, which come with bonus tracks that include unreleased mixes of Giorgio Gomelsky for the INITIALS B.B. album Comic Strip / Torrey Canyon / Hold-Up / Chatterton. Also in the box is a 23-track CD of previously-unreleased material GAINSBOURG INEDITS: LES ARCHIVES 1958-1981: Mes Petits Odalisques/ J’ai Oublié d’être Bête/ J’ai Mal à la Tête/ La Javanaise/ Intoxicated Man/Les Goémons/ Les Petits Pavés/ Mr William/ Ah! Si Vous Connaissiez Ma Poule/ La Noyée/ Parce Que/ Pour Un Homme de Caron/ Pop Club/ On The Sea/ Les Petits Lolos de Lola/ Le Drapeau Noir/ On The Sea #2/ Melody Nelson/ Anna/ On The Sea #3/ Sous Le Soleil Intermittent/ Cameraman à Mes Temps Perdus/ Pleure-Moi Un Verre. There’s ten different advertising spots Gainsbourg made for Martini in 1970. And a see-through CD in a fake Scotch recording tape box titled ESSAIS POUR SIGNATURE, 1958: early studio test sessions, alone at the piano, of Le Poiçonneur des Lilas / Ronsard 58 / La Recette de L’amour Fou / Douze Belles Dans La Peau/ Friedland.
2001 VU DE L’INTERIEUR Interview 1989 (CD Les Inrockuptibles CD LI0135)
Interview with Gainsbourg from 1989 by Christian Fevret for a special edition Les Inrockuptibles, the magazine Fevret founded and edited.
Mon Père, Une Faute Irréparable/ Pendant La Guerre/ L’Enfance Perturbée Par Les Études/ Dans Mes Rêveries/ Rencontre Avec Fréhel/ L’Éveil/ L’Initiation/ Le Début De Misogynie/ L’Amitié Hommes, Femmes/ La Bohème, Chez Dali/ L’Agression/ Ma Gueule Ravagée/ Piaf/ L’Alcool/ France Gall/ Rencontre Avec Jane/ Je T’Aime Avec Jane/ Mon Père, Ma Mère
2002/2003 INITIALS S.G: THE ULTIMATE BEST OF SERGE GAINSBOURG (CD and vinyl, Philips/Mercury/Universal International)
23 song, chronological introduction to Gainsbourg aimed largely at a non-French audience. Liner notes by British Gainsbourg biographer Sylvie Simmons
Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas/ Intoxicated Man/ La Javanaise/ Chez Les Yé-Yé/ Couleur Café/ Qui Est In Qui Est Out/ Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde/ Bonnie and Clyde (with Brigitte Bardot)/ Ford Mustang/ Initials B.B./ Requiem Pour Un Con/ Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus (with Jane Birkin)/ L’anamour/69 Année Érotique(with Jane Birkin)/ Sous Le Soleil Exactement/ Ballade De Melody Nelson/ La Décadanse (with Jane Birkin)/ Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’en Vais/ L’homme À Tête De Chou/ Marilou Sous La Neige/ Sea Sex And Sun/ Aux Armes Et Caetera/ Dieu Fumeur de Havanes (with Catherine Deneuve).
2003 CANNABIS + CE SACRE GRAND-PERE (CD Mercury 980 988-6)
Soundtracks of the films CANNABIS (1970) and CE SACRE GRAND-MERE (1968) - the latter with five more songs than the three that were on the original EP release.
L’herbe Tendre / Ce Sacré Grand-Père (Générique) / Champêtre Et Pop 1 / Nous Les Jéricho / L’herbe Tendre (Instrumental) / Balade En Provence/ Champêtre Et Pop 2/ L’adieu.
2003 AUX ARMES ET CAETERA (CD Mercury/Universal 077 261-2)
Reissue of Gainsbourg’s 1979 hit album AUX ARMES ET CAETERA as a 2CD double: Versions Serge Gainsbourg / Versions Dub, and also a 3CD set with the CD Versions DJ & versions chantées, plus bonus tracks. The Versions Dub album - Sly & Robbie with the I-Threes - was rereleased as a separate CD/ LP in 2011 as part of the ‘Back To Black’ series marking the 60th anniversary of vinyl
Javanaise Dub/ Dub Et Cætera/ Dub Locataires/ Des Laids Des Dubs/ Dub Des Stups/ Dub Canaille/ Dub Relax/ Dub Rastaquouère/ Daisy Dub/ Eau Et Dub À Tous Les Étages/ Pas Long Dub/ Marilou Dub/ Planteur Punch.
2003 MAUVAISES NOUVELLES DES ETOILES (CD Mercury 077 258-2)
Reissue of Gainsourg’s second reggae album, 1981’s MAUVAISES NOUVELLES DES ETOILES, with one bonus track, an unedited Ecce Home Et Caetera, and a CD of 21 dub versions and remixes.
2006 GAINSBOURG FOREVER: Edition 15eme Anniversaire (Universal 6763037) 17-disc marking the anniversary of his death. 211 songs including bonus tracks. Later reissued with a bonus DVD. A shorter, 2CD version also available
2006 ORIGINALS SERGE GAINSBOURG VARIATIONS (CD Promo Warner Bros)
2CD set of 46 songs compiled by Warner Chappell Music in France to entice artists to cover, or TV and film to license, Gainsbourg songs. The 22 songs on CD1, Originals, are exactly that, featuring vocals by Gainsbourg, Bardot, Birkin, Nana Mouskouri, Alain Chamfort and Anna Karina. The 24 different songs on CD2 - ‘Variations’ - include cover versions taken from various international Serge tribute albums (Placebo; Elysian Fields; Mick Harvey; Kenzo Saeki; Michelle Flyn; Kahimi Karie; Carla Bruni; Howie B; a couple from Jane Birkin) plus instrumental versions of 13 songs: L’Hotel Particulier/ Angoisse/ Erotico-Tico/ Black March/ Ah! Melody/ Solitude/ Le Poinçonneur des Lilas/ Le Claqueur de Doigts/ Cha Cha Cha du Loup/ Rocking Horse/ Evelyne/ Valse de Melody/ Crazy Horse Swing. The tri-fold package includes a liner note booklet in English and French (English notes by Sylvie Simmons) and copies of Gainsbourg sheet music and song manuscripts.
2006 GAINSBOURG… ET CAETERA - ENREGISTREMENT PUBLIC AU THEATRE LE PALACE Gainsbourg (CD Mercury 6 02498 31351 0)
Gainsbourg’s famous live show at the Palace Theatre, reissued as a double album with a number of different songs and mixes from the 1979 original and unedited interviews.
Disc 1: Ouverture/ Drifter/ Relax Baby Be Cool/ Marilou Reggae Dub/ Daisy Temple/Brigade des Stups/ Elle Est Si/ Aux Arms Etcaetera/ Pas Long Feu/ “J’aime bien les noirs” (interview). Disc 2: Dr Jekyll et Mr Hyde/ Harley Davidson (unedited)/ Javanaise Remake/ Des Laids des Laids/ Les Locataires/ Présentation Des Musiciens/ Bonnie and Clyde/ Vieille Canaille/ Relax Baby Be Cool (unedited instrumental)/ Lola Rastaquouère/ Bis/ Aux Armes Et Cætera (unedited)/Final/ La Marseillaise (unedited).
2007 LES ANNEES PSYCHEDELIQUES (LP LSD-005) Bootleg. Compilation of rare tracks, mostly from movies. Includes a previously-unavailable extract from the film Si J’Etais Un Espion, Breakdown Suite.
2009 HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON (LP CD Light In The Attic Records LITA 040) High-quality, remastered reissue of the classic 1971 album on gatefold CD and 180 gram LP. The lavish booklet and informative booklet includes the original French lyrics next to English translations, plus extensive liner notes in English including an interview translated from French magazine Rock N Folk Magazine).
2010 LE CLAQUEUR DE MOTS 1958-1959 (CD book Discograph/Forced Exposure 3700426 915199)
Compilation album containing previously-unreleased song De Vienne à Vienne (Les Mots Inutiles) from 1961.
2010 SERGE GAINSBOURG POET AND PROVOCATEUR (CD, Cherry Red Records ACEM180CD) A single CD with 32 songs, all dating back to 1958-9, Gainsbourg’s early days - presumably the reason for the sepia packaging sleeve and liner booklet. Some are live tracks, some studio, and three come from the soundtrack he wrote for the 1959 film L’Eau A La Bouche and five from the 1959 film Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi in which he made his screen debut, acting alongside Brigitte Bardot (it was where the future lovers first met). Just over half the songs feature Gainsbourg on vocals; the others were covers from the time by Juliette Gréco; Hugues Aufray; Les Frères Jacques; Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre; Pia Colombo; Hélène Martin.
Serge Gainsbourg - Le Claqueur De Doigts/ La Nuit D’ Octobre/ Adieu Creature/ L’ Anthracite / Mambo Miam Miam/ Indifférente 7/ Jeunes Femmes Et Vieux Messieurs/ L’amour A La Papa/ La Jambe De Bois (Friedland) Gainsbourg Live At Théâtre des 3 Baudets- Douze Belles Dans La Peau / La Recette De L’amour Fou/ La Femme Des Uns Sous Le Corps Des Autres / Le Poinçonneur des Lilas/ Juliette Gréco Chante Gainsbourg Ep - Il Etait Une Oie / Les Amours Perdues / Amour à La Papa/ La Jambe De Bois (Friedland)/ Défense D’afficher/ Les Frères Jacques Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas / Alain Goraguer Et Son Orchestre Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin / Alain Goraguer Et Son Orchestre Ce Mortel Ennui / Pia Colombo Défense D’afficher / Hugues Aufray Mes Petites Odalisques /Hélène Martin Ronsard 58 L’eau À La Bouche (A Game For Six Lovers) (1959) L’eau À La Bouche (Serge Gainsbourg Vocal) / Angoisse / Black March / Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Come Dance With Me) (1959) Musique De Henri Crolla Et André Hodeir Thème Du Générique / La Licorne / Janick And Jo/ Cha Cha Cha Flores /Tension Mambo.
2010 JANE BIRKIN SERGE GAINSBOURG JE T’AIME… MOI NON PLUS (LP CD Light In The Attic Records LITA 048)
Remastered edition of the 1969 album in gatefold sleeve on CD and 180-gram vinyl. The CD has a bonus track, Chanson de Slogan - Slogan being the film on which Gainsbourg and Birkin first met. Extensive liner notes with French and English lyrics.
Footnote: In 2010 Light In The Attic gave the same reissue treatment to Jane Birkin’s DI DOO DAH, her debut solo album, a collaboration between her, Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier.
2011 - HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON (Boxset Mercury/Universal Music 277 625 2)
Reissue of HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON in various formats: deluxe, super deluxe and vinyl picture. All editions come with a DVD with music video, documentary and an interview with Jane Birkin and the album’s arranger Jean-Claude Vannier. The bonus CD/LP consist of outtakes and previously-unreleased material, including both vocal and instrumental verbs of a deleted track titled Melody Lit Babar. Melody (Complete take - Unreleased), Ballade De Melody Nelson (Alternative vocal take - Unreleased)/ Valse De Melody (Alternative vocal take - Unreleased)/ Ah ! Melody (Alternative vocal take - Unreleased)/ Melody Lit Babar (Vocal version - Unreleased track)/ Melody Lit Babar (Instrumental version - Unreleased track)/ L’hôtel Particulier (Complete take - Unreleased)/ En Melody (Alternative take - Unreleased)/ Cargo Culte (Instrumental version - Unreleased)
2011 INTEGRALE SERGE GAINSBOURG ET SES INTERPRÈTES 1957-1960 (CD Frémeaux & Associés FA 5355)
This 3CD set of 66 tracks, 13 previously-unreleased is a complete collection of Gainsbourg’s early songs, sung by him or by his interpreters of the time, including Juliette Gréco, Michèle Arnaud, Jean Claude Pascal and Alain Goraguer and his Orchestra.
2011 - INTEGRALE SERGE GAINSBOURG ET SES INTERPRÈTES VOLUME 2 1960-1962 (CD Frémeaux & Associés)
A second 3CD set followed with 57 songs featuring Gainsbourg and his early ‘60s interpreters: Juliette Gréco; Michèle Arnaud; Jean-Claude Pascal; Alain Goraguer; Hélène Martin; Les Riff; Catherien Sauvage; Les Mercenaires; Philippe Clay; Isabelle Aubret; Les Frères Jacques; Edouard Duleu; Christian Di Maccio; François Rauber; Petula Clark.
2011 SERGE GAINSBOURG (Box Set, 20 CDs, 270 songs, Mercury 2755441)
20 CDs, of which one is devoted to the duets and another to TV and radio. It also marks the first appearance of several previously-unreleased songs: La Cigale Et La Fourmi (1961) / Ballade d’un Fat Majeur (1961) / Valse de L’adieu 1962) / J’ai Mal À La Tête (1962) / Les Petits Pavés (1967) / Parce Que (1974) / J’entends Siffler Le Train (1974) / Les Play-boys (1974) / L’Escroc, and outtakes from the AUX ARMES ET CAETERA album.
2012 SERGE GAINSBOURG A SON MEILLEUR. (Metro Select) 2-CD French Best Of with a fold-out poster.
2014, release date tba SIMPLY GAINSBOURG: 3CDs FROM THE GENIUS OF CHANSON (Simply Tins) As the label suggests, the 49 songs are encased in a metal box
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GAINSBOURG: TRIBUTE/COVER ALBUMS 2001-2014
Editor’s note: Covers of Gainsbourg songs keep on coming too. Instead of attempting a comprehensive list that will be out of date by the time you’ve read this, here’s a selected list of the interesting ones.
2001 I [HEART] SERGE: ELECTRONICA GAINSBOURG (CD Ark 21)
Tribute album featuring remixes by international electronic artists:
Ballade de Melody Nelson (Howie B)/ Là-Bas C’est Naturel (Faze Action)/ Love On The Beat (Krikor)/ Bonnie and Clyde (Herbert)/ No Comment (Dax Riders)/ Sea Sex and Fun (Demon Ritchie)/ Lola Rastaquoère (Château Flight)/Aéroplanes (Readymade)/ Marabout (Bob Sinclair)/ Five Easy Pisseues (Gen Ogmi)/ Requiem Pour Un Con (The Orb)/ L’Hôtel Particulier (Stratus)/ Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus (Dzihan & Kamien)/ New York USA (Snooze)
2001 POP SESSIONS (CD Universal/Mercury)
[Released in France as SERGE, SI TU NOUS ENTENDS (Polygram)]
Compilation of 12 live covers by mostly French artists: Aux Armes et Caetera (Rachid Taha)/ L’Hippopodame (Les Rita Mitsouko)/ Ballade de Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)/ Requiem Pour Un Con (Zazie)/ En Relisant ta Lettre (Alain Chamfort)/ Ces Petits Riens (Françoise Hardy)/ Elisa (Faudel)/ Mon Amour Baiser (Jane Birkin and Etienne Daho)/ Initials B.B (Menelik)/ Guitar Song (Texas)/ Brigade des Stups (Pierpoljak)/ La Javanaise (Jane Birkin)
2001
LUCIEN FOREVER: A TRIBUTE TO SERGE GAINSBOURG (CD Pussycat Records)
Covers of 17 songs by international artists.
Sorry Angel (The Walkabouts)/ Requiem Para Un Cabrón (Bunbury)/ Initials BB (Lea Saby with Stereo de Luxe / Bonnie and Clyde (Luna, with Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab)/ Poupée de Cire (Montreal 76(/ Attends Ou Va Ten (Baby Birkin)/Sous Le Soleil Exactement (Anna Karina and Katerine)/ Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’En Vais (Harry O)/ L’Anamour (Stereo Total)/ 69 Anée Erotique (Vive La Fête)/ Harley Davidson (Souvenir)/ Ballade De Melody Nelson (Aidan Bartley)/ La Javanaise (Love Of Lesbian)/ Bonnie and Clude (Addictive Larsen)/ Ford Mustang (Ars)/ Je T’Aime… Moi Non Plus Soirée Mix (The International Basnki Quartet)/ Pistolet Jo (Anna Karina and Katerine).
2001 GAINSBOURG: MADE IN JAPAN (CD Discovery/New Mantra)
Gainsbourg covers featuring Japanese electronic artists
