Sunday 1 August 2010

REVIEW - MOJO AUGUST 2010 REVIEWS: GAINSBOURG VIE HÉROIQUE, THE VERNONS GIRLS AND I NEED THAT RECORD

France, Liverpool in days of yore (with a nod to France) and a lament for the dwindling supply of record shops.

The Vernons Girls crossover with Françoise Hardy is worth stressing: their producer/songwriter Charles Blackwell also worked with Hardy, and their Only You Can Do It is the British version of her Je Veux Qu’il Revienne (Hardy wrote the French-language lyrics). The two were released in 1964 almost simultaneously in France and the UK, and the comparison is illuminating.



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