Hee hee hee … wanna buy some mandies? Just out: "It's Zimmerman's World …We Just Live In It (Soft Sounds For Gentle People Garage And Folk Rock Tributes To The Beatnik Bard)" on Pet (cd or lp, cat. no. 009). Amazingly, that most ultimate of Bob spoofs or Dylan imitations, "A public execution" by Mouse and the Traps (Fraternity 1966 - see below), isn't on it. (And neither is the Trashmen's downright irritating "Same lines" for that matter.). Oh well, you'll probably have that Mouse track via that seminal and oft reissued "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era" v/a 2lp or cd on Elektra (1972), won't you? If not: see below. Otherwise, bar the omission of Dutch Dylan Armand and the 5 Gentlemen track below, "It's Zimmerman's World … We Just Live In It" is pretty flawless. And hilarious, for those maniac mannerisms and how they reflect on both the Bawb phenomenon and the copy and cash in routines that are part and parcel of the pop industry. So go buy it! And if you do not pay, they got computer collectors that'll send you through the ceiling!

O oh it's that dishy Tomoko Sauvage … 2012-01-16 > 2012-02-03, depending on which part of the planet you call home, it's la Semaine du Son / the Sound(s) Week. In France on January 22-29 (except Paris which debuts January 16-21), they're organising the 9th edition. In Brussels (January 23-29) and Geneva (Genève, February 1-3) it will be the second edition, while Montréal + Québec seem to have dropped out after their second edition last year? In any case, the 'mother' site http://www.lasemaineduson.org/ isn't practical at all, and the Belgian site could be a tad more handy too. Hey and there'll be something called "Aimez-vous Tati?", while Triple Deck - see my Kapotski post earlier on - will perform in Brussels too: http://lasemaineduson.be/nl/triple-deck/

In addition to my post on Tati's Vacances - http://snaporaz.posterous.com/les-vacances-de-tati-schreuders - where I've posted the movie's theme, here's two découvertes via IH's Fb group on Tati, viz. Gus "Tatave" Viseur's version, and Aimé Barelli's (1953, tnx TG). Voir aussi:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimé_Barelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Viseur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Romans
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/search/label/gus%20viseur

What with all those dinosaur boxes, here's a track with the Pink Floyd sound still très pointu at the sky … ideal for midwinter … As for the Floyd flock's greed: careful with that axe, number 51 …

The "Where Are You From? (Christophe Lemaire And Now-Again Records Present A Series Of Global Psychedelic Rock, Funk And Folk Grooves. 16 Tracks From 1968 Until The Present Day)" v/a cd on Now-Again (NA 5073, 2011) has been compiled by Christophe Lemaire, a Frenchman who has worked for Lacoste (dig their brilliant L!VE! collection) and who has now replaced Jean-Paul Gaultier at Hermès … Great to see gypsy hippie Damon end up in the hands of Paris' beau monde and other filthy rich, too ;-

Bonus book for those of you wanting to get a degree or into waxing academical: http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calctitle=1&pageSubject=568&pagecount=5&title_id=8700&edition_id=12010

As reissued on cd ànd lp by Vadim (2011): Jean-Claude Pelletier et son orchestre (vol. 5, Vogue 1974). The lp reprint is scheduled for 2011-12-08.

Wonderful tracks off my fave comp of the year: the "A Man & A Machine III" v/a 2cd (le Son du Maquis cat no. 214, rel. 2011-09-08). I could have picked any track, really, as the third volume is the best yet in the series. (Apparently it's won a Qwartz award for best electronics compilations. Don't think Qwartz or Maquis will win prizes for keeping their sites up to date, though.)

… the ever interesting Nick Currie aka Momus! Here's three tracks off his (mildly dated) "Hippopotamomus" album on Creation (1991), which he "dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg, 1929-91". "Bluestocking" features a sample from "Time of the season" by the Zombies (1967, written by Rod Argent); the French girl whispering Marguerite Duras is Zoe Pascale. Do check the lyrics of the two other songs too …