[Free shipping] 60s female French pop [Swinging Mademoiselles] Omnibus + [Sheila/volume 1] Yeaye Girls France Girls

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We are offering rare recordings of the Yeaye Girls, a French female singer from the late 60s, and the best German albums of Sheila, a pop singer who was active in France from the 60s to the 80s. Not a rental copy.

① [Swinging Mademoiselles / GROOVY FRENCH SOUNDS FROM THE 60s] 18 songs total - CD-1191 2005 CD release UK edition

*For detailed song titles, please see images 5/6/7.

② [SHEILA/volume 1] 15 songs total 0927456802 2002 CD release German edition

*For detailed song titles, please see image 8.

In the liner notes for Silva America's compilation of 1960s French pop songs sung by women, Swinging Mademoiselle: The Groovy French Sound of the '60s, Peter Compton writes about the "Ye-Ye" movement, which responded to American and British pop of the time. None of these singers appear on this collection, which instead features 14 selections by 18 lesser-known names. But whether they're trying to rock out as Jacqueline Tayeb approaches Roger Daltrey's stutter and Little Richard's nonsense syllables on album opener "7 Heures du Matin," or settling into catchy pop as Christine Pilzer does on the 1920s-style "Caf Crme," they're uniformly winning. Rock tends to take a backseat to the projection of personality and feminine vitality on these tracks, especially Elizabeth's sassy and kooky "Je Suis Sublime," where she recites a kind of "my favorite things" list of what she considers the joys of life, all of which combine to make her the sublime. But there are some lighter rockers, such as Clotilde's "Et Moi, et Toi, et Soie" and Liz Brady's tongue-twisting "Palladium (The Hip)." The songs brought across the English Channel, "Je Suis la Tigresse," Delphine Deschoux's take on Loulou's UK hit "I'm a Tiger," and "Plus Tard," Katy David's French translation of "Call Me," recorded by French chart mainstay Petula Clark. But the overall enjoyment provided by the collection is somewhat weakened by the lack of real stars and the sometimes eerie sound quality. Oddly, the tracks seem to have been mastered from old records for what appears to be a legitimate licensed project, and pops and crackles can be heard on some of them. William Ruhlman, TOWER RECORDS, Product Description Translation

The above commentary is a halting literal translation, but this CD is an omnibus packed with one-hit songs released by a French female singer (?) who I have hardly heard of except for Jacquely Tayev and Stella, from the Ye-Ye-Ye era to the psychedelic era. The atmosphere is exactly like a French female version of Swinging London, and the songs on the 5th, 6th, and 9th are highly polished psyche-ye-ye, giving off a Japanese cute pop collection vibe. There are also recordings from vinyl discs, but I'm impressed that they are being released as official discs. VOL.2 was also released in 2008.

② is Sheila, a female singer who was active in the 60s French pop-ye-ye era.

She has many hits, including a cover of Lennon-McCartney's Hello Petite Fille (Hello Mademoiselle) and The Foremost's Hello Little Girl, but she is not well known in Japan, as she only released a best-of album a long time ago. The songs vary greatly depending on the best-of album, but the 1974 song "TU ES LE SOLEIL" included in this album is a masterpiece, and you can see her powerful singing scene on TOUTUBE.

I am listing these items to clear out my inventory, but I am sorry to say that I will not sell them separately. Please purchase as a set of two. They have been carefully stored, and although the discs are clean, they have been stored for a long time, so please refrain from purchasing if you are sensitive about them. No claims or returns please. I will try to ship quickly.