CARAVELLI JOUE LES ANNÉES 70

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CARAVELLI JOUE LES ANNÉES 70

New compilation from 2026 from Sony Music Entertainment France SAS.

Available in streaming music services, such as Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Tidal.



Comment by Horacio Vázquez

Original cover: COMME TOI (1983).

After a brief hiatus, Sony Music Entertainment France has resumed its series of digital reissues with a new compilation entitled Caravelli Plays Les Années 70.

As with the previous releases in this series, the outstanding quality of the mastering is particularly noteworthy. It is therefore all the more unfortunate that some tracks have been presented in mono rather than in their original stereo form, resulting in a loss of the original spatial perspective.

The series is also marred by a number of cataloguing and editorial errors, including incorrect track titles, duplicated selections, and even two separate songs being combined into a single track, leaving the second title effectively as an uncredited “ghost” track. These issues could have been avoided through more thorough quality control and careful verification of the source material and track information. This is particularly surprising in releases issued by a company of Sony’s size and standing, where one would expect a considerably higher level of editorial and archival accuracy.

As for this latest selection, all tracks are presented in stereo, with "Le Lac Majeur" being the notable exception in terms of stereo definition. Its stereo image is so poorly defined and confusing that, at first, I even wondered whether this might actually be a monoaural version.

In "Pour un flirt", approximately one beat of the bar is missing at 1:05. This may have resulted from damage to the master tape, requiring an edit or splice, or—hopefully—from a technical error during the digital mastering process. The track was, however, included in the Japanese five-CD box set "Gift of Caravelli" (1995), which can still occasionally be found on second-hand music sites. This earlier release may therefore provide a useful reference for determining whether the missing passage is present in the original source.

  1. Une belle histoire
  2. Je l'aime a mourir
  3. Et si tu n'existais pas
  4. Le sud
  5. Ne me quitte pas
  6. Pour un flirt
  7. Dans les yeux d'Emilie
  8. L'ete indien
  9. Ma preference
  10. La maladie d'amour
  11. J'ai encore reve d'elle
  12. Rockollection
  13. Monday Tuesday
  14. Ce n'est rien
  15. La ballade des gens heureux
  16. L'aigle noir
  17. Sur la route de Memphis
  18. Non, non rien n'a change
  19. Mamy Blue
  20. Lady Lay
  21. L'oiseau et l'enfant
  22. Tu t'en vas
  23. Magic Fly
  24. Et mon pere
  25. Le coeur grenadine
  26. Manureva
  27. Une femme avec toi
  28. Dolannes melodie
  29. Le lac Majeur
  30. Holidays
  31. Avant de nous dire adieu
  32. Melancolie
  33. Tarentelle
  34. Viens, viens
  35. Le premier pas
  36. Tu te reconnaitras
  37. Telephone-moi
  38. Les divorces
  39. Big bisou
  40. Kiss Me
  41. Senorita
  42. The Fool
  43. Il a neige sur Yesterday
  44. Qui c'est celui-la
  45. Un banc, un arbre, une rue
  46. L'amour en France
  47. L'amour ca fait passer le temps
  48. Laisse-moi vivre ma vie
  49. Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer
  50. Rosalie
  51. Made in Normandie
  52. Je ne suis que de l'amour
  53. J'avais oublie que les roses sont roses
  54. L'avventura
  55. El Bimbo
  56. Il y a du soleil sur la France
  57. Oumparere
  58. Fais un bebe
  59. Aie aie caramba
  60. Laisse aller la musique
  61. Sing to Me Mama
  62. De plus en plus seul
  63. Le prix des allumettes
  64. Si tu etais
  65. Ca ira mieux demain
  66. T'as pas le temps
  67. Tchoo Tchoo Hold On The Line
  68. Tu sais je t'aime
  69. J'aimerais bien apprendre au monde
  70. Jolie Baby Blue
  71. Les oiseaux de Thailande
  72. Loin des yeux, loin du coeur
  73. Trop belle pour rester seule