 LAURENCE
VANAY
"Les
Soleils De La Vie"
"The
tracks on the album
reflect my feelings at the
time, a great happiness to
live an interesting life
(although stressful!) with
the key, a happy story of
love." —Jacqueline
Thibault
Following the international
release of “Evening Colours”
in 1976, Jacqueline Thibault
(Laurence Vanay) continued
to compose songs that she
recorded on her multi-track
Revox. But she had little
time for her own music,
working day and night at
legendary international
recording studio, the
Château d’Hérouville. Still,
Jacqueline managed to bring
together the compositions
for “Les Soleils de la Vie”
(The Suns of Life), with the
help of her perpetual
musical accomplices—Serge
Derrien (guitar, flute,
wordless vocals) and John
Chevalier, aka Popov (drums
and percussion). There was
also the timely intervention
of other friends, Michel
Santangelli (drums), Jean
Claude Guzelli (bass) and
Francis Moze. Decca Records
was interested in producing
the album back in 1977, but
asked for a remix of the
music. Only several years
later was that finally
possible—too late for Decca.
The recordings therefore
found themselves asleep on
Parisian shelves, pending
potential better days.
Shimmering, mysterious,
sometimes funky, deeply
emotional examples of
musical beguilement.
•First
ever CD release for this
1977 follow-up to the
wonderful “Evening Colours”
album
•Remastered from the
original master tapes.
•CD edition comes with six
bonus tracks plus a 24-page
booklet with rare photos and
Jacqueline's remarkable
story.
•Digipack edition of only
300x copies
Track List:
01. Les
Soleils de la vie 4:54
02. MOR 2:52
03. L’été en
cage 3:26
04. Des Yeux
dorés 3:09
05. L’étoile
de l’au delà 3:4
06.
Majunga 2:58
07. Mamie 2:29
08.
Ovalidia 1:57
09.
Picopiki 2:42
10. Des
éclats de lune 3:53
11. Quatre
Nuages 4:01
Bonus Tracks:
12. Mon Vaisseau de Pierre
(1985) 4:00
13. Porteur
de lumiere (1987) 3:45
14. Chant de
Loire et de mer 2:55
15. Mini
Danse (1985) 3:20
16. Celui qui gagne, c’est
bien celui qui perd (1986)
3:28
17. Petit Prince
(1994) 3:03
Catalogue
number: LION 688
UPC: 778578068820
LAURENCE VANAY "La
Petite Fenêtre"
“My ship of
stone, tonight I came as a
passer-by. Yet I gave you
everything, my joy, my love,
my freedom. I feel like
singing, dancing, laughing
like in the old times.” —Jacqueline
Thibault (from ‘Mon vaisseau de
Pierre,' a tribute to the
Hérouville castle)
Jacqueline
Thibault (Laurence
Vanay) often worked
for other artists at
the legendary
Château d’Hérouville
studio as arranger,
keyboard- ist,
co-composer, and
assistant sound
engineer.
Between sessions
she sometimes
managed to record
her own music.
Several years after
her two acknowledged
masterpieces,
"Galaxies" and
"Evening Colours,"
she was able to
bring together the
tracks for “La
Petite Fenêtre” (The
Little Window).
Trouble with the
Château finances
meant that again it
was impossible for
her to present her
work to interested
record labels.
Instead, "I worked
in
another recording
studio in Paris for
fashionable
artists," she said,
"and I managed after
a time to resume and
complete my
unfinished songs."
At that time, the
French record
companies were not
interested
in instru-
mental music
anymore. The
recordings therefore
found themselves
asleep on Parisian
shelves, pending
potential better
days. Sublime
compositions:
unique, melancholic
and very
powerful. Bonus
tracks include
Glaciers Interdit,
music for a film by
Pierre Zanone.
•First
ever CD
release!
•Remastered
from the original
master tapes.
•CD
edition comes with
eight bonus tracks
plus a 24-page
booklet with rare
photos and
Jacqueline's
remarkable story.
•Digipack
edition of only
300x copies
Track
List:
01. La
Petite Fenêtre 2:55
02. Le
Jardin d’Archambault
3:56
03.
L’Oiseau de lune
3:28
04. Chantal
2:30
05. Arc en
ciel 3:46
06. Aigue
Marine 5:02
07.
Requiem en blue 7:48
08.
L’Avenir 2:56
09. Lettre
à ma petit fille
2:43
10. La
Lumière éclatèe
3:38
Bonus
Tracks
11. La
Petite Fenêtre
(alternate) 2:52
12.
L’Avenir (vocal
version) 3:03
Glaciers Interdits
(music for a film
by Pierre Zanone)
13.
Glaciers Interdits
(Generique 1) 3:45
14.
Glaciers Interdits
(Generique 2) 5:35
15.
Glaciers Interdits
(Guitarre
solo, synthe solo +
melange) 2:44
16. Glaciers
Interdits (piano+ synthe
+ Fender) 2:31
17. Glaciers
Interdits (synthe
solo) 5:23
18. Glaciers
Interdits
(sounds) 0:46
Catalogue number: LION 687
UPC: 778578068721
 LAURENCE VANAY "Evening Colours" deluxe CD
edition
Laurence Vanay is the pseudonym for
Jacqueline Thibault, wife of music producer
and musician Laurent Thibault (Magma).
The first ever reissue of her second album,
originally released twice in 1975: a
version on Galloway credited to fictitious
English band Gateway, and once as a CAM
label library LP—and incredibly rare in both
incarnations. Pure genius: almost all
instrumental, with gorgeous keyboards of
many types (Hammond, Fender
Rhodes, etc.), acoustic/electric
guitar, even a little Zeuhl bass.
Shimmering, dewy, mysterious,
deeply emotional examples of
melancholic musical beguilement; anyone with
an affinity for golden age 4AD bands
like the Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance
will find much to love here, not to mention
devotees of trip-hop pioneers like
Portishead. A devastating high-fashion
follow-up to the legendary
"Galaxies". •First ever reissue,
remastered from the original master tapes.
•Remastered from the original master tapes.
•CD edition comes with 24-page booklet and
ten bonus tracks. •Limited to 500 copies.
•Rare photos and Jacqueline's remarkable
story. "Since childhood, I improvised
and composed songs and instrumental music...
it seemed to me that music was the true
language of emotions. It was with great
difficulty that I managed to record the
albums “Galaxies” and “Evening Colours” in
very limited time with the means at
hand, and with the help of faithful musician
friends." —Jacqueline Thibault.
CD Track List:
01. Alone in the Rain (4:19)
02. Lover's Prayer (3:22)
03. Evening Colours (3:01)
04. Morning Quiet Song (3:15)
05. Walk Through Tomorrow (4:08)
06. Strange Moment (2:38)
07. Twin Cities (3:31)
08. Forgotten Moments (2:43)
09. Eyes Closed on the Way (3:44)
10. Underwater Light Reflection (4:13)
11. Sunshine in My Heart (3:44)
Bonus Tracks:
12. Alone in the Rain alternate (4:25)
13. Morning Quiet
Song alternate (2:15)
14. Strange Moment alternate (2:41)
15. Twin Cities alternate (3:55)
16. Eyes Closed on the
Way alternate (3:45)
17. Sunshine in My
Heart alternate (2:52)
18. Morning Quiet
Song alternate (2:16)
19. MOR alternate (2:52)
20. Mamie (2:30)
21. Fausse Fin fragment (00:17)
Catalogue number: LION 671
UPC: 778578067120
 LAURENCE VANAY “Galaxies”
deluxe CD edition
Laurence Vanay is the pseudonym for Jacqueline
Thibault, wife of producer and
musician Laurent Thibault (Magma). Her
debut album "Galaxies" (1974) is pure genius:
almost all instrumental, with gorgeous
keyboards of many types, acoustic/electric
guitar, even a little Zeuhl bass. There
are wordless vocals on many of the tracks,
although she occasionally sings in a
soft, seductive manner. Incredible, spacey
“avant-garde progressive chanson,” a
Holy Grail for most collectors of 70's
underground French music. Rivaled only by the
early work of Brigitte Fontaine for pure
inventiveness. An album of inconspicuous,
sincere beauty and a masterwork of the
French progressive music scene. Sublime
compositions: unique, melancholic and
very powerful. •First ever reissue
•Remastered from the original master
tapes. •CD edition comes with 28-page
booklet and nine bonus tracks. •Limited to 500
copies. •Rare photos and Jacqueline's
remarkable story. "Since childhood, I
improvised and composed songs and instrumental
music... it seemed to me that music was
the true language of emotions. It was with
great difficulty that I managed to record
the albums “Galaxies” and “Evening Colours” in
very limited time with the means at hand,
and with the help of faithful musician
friends." —Jacqueline Thibault.
CD Track List:
01. Catalepsie (4:26)
02. Demain (2:39)
03. Le Loup Qui Pleure (2:31)
04. La Grand Voile (2:52)
05. Soleil Rouge (2:55)
06. Le Coeur Lourd (3:08)
07. Juste Te Revoir (2:42)
08. Le Bateau (4:26)
09. Deux Phares (2:57)
10. Galaxies (4:47)
Bonus Tracks:
11. Catalepsie as Nanajo (4:23)
12. Des eclats de Lune (piano) (3:26)
13. L'ete en cage (3:28)
14. Glaciers Interdits (main theme) (1:56)
15. 4 Nuages (3:49)
16. Milieu Synth + Guitar (2:44)
17. Fender + synthe (1:56)
18. Lettre á Ma Petit Fille (vocal version)
(2:45)
19. Chris Chant (2:01)
Catalogue number: LION 670
UPC: 778578067021
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