LEGRAND, MICHEL - I Love Paris/Bonjour.. (Sealed) (2LP)

180 gm 2LP vinyl / Michel Legrand's first 'homage' to the 'capital city' was 'I Love Paris' in 1954 which became a best-selling LP in the U.S. and started the vogue for albums of continental music. It is a musical picture of Paris in the fifties. Legrand blends 16 songs (LP1) together into a sort of suite, beginning with church bells chiming in the square, then taking off on a musical journey around the city. His orchestra is in fine form as they work through a mix of French favourites, like Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En Rose' & 'Hymn to Love' and Charles Trenet's 'La Mer'. The real highlights come when Legrand turns postmodern (at such an early date) with 'cut-up' renditions of 'The Poor People of Paris' and the Nat 'King' Cole classic 'Two Loves Have I'. LP 1: Side A: I LOVE PARIS 1. I Love Paris 2. Mademoiselle de Paris 3. Paris 4. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 5. Under The Bridges Of Paris (Sous Le Ponts De Paris) 6. La Seine 7. Paris In The Spring 8. Paris Canaille Side B: 1. April In Paris 2. A Paris 3. La Vie En Rose 4. Under Paris Skies (Sous Le Ciel De Paris) 5. Paris, Je T'Aime (Paris, Stay The Same) 6. The Song From Moulin Rouge 7. The Last Time I Saw Paris 8. I Love Paris (reprise) BONUS TRACK 9. Sur Le Pave De Paris (Pavements Of Paris) LP 2: Side C: BONJOUR PARIS 1. Bonjour Paris (Hello Paris) 2. The Poor People Of Paris (La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean) 3. Two Loves Have I (J'ai Deux Amours) 4. Hymn To Love (Hymne A L'Amour) 5. A Paris Dans Chaque Faubourge 6. The Portuguese Washerwomen (Les Lavandieres Du Portugal) Side D: 1. French Can-Can (Quadrille De La Vie Parisienne) 2. La Mer (Beyond The Sea) 3. The Left Bank (C'est A Hambourg) 4. My Man (Mon Homme) 5. Parlez-Moi D'Amour (Speak To Me Of Love) 6. Le Guinche 7. Bonjour Paris (Hello Paris) (reprise) BONUS TRACK 8. Pigalle.