EP: ADAGIO CARDINAL
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1970 |  |
PS-178, Seven Seas, King Record Co. Ltd., Japan. 33 1/3 rpm, 1970. Recorded by Riviera (France).
SIDE A:
- Adagio Cardinal (2:37) (M. Vacquez)
- Oh Lady Mary (2:32) (Carli, M. Bakey)
SIDE B:
- Lily The Pink (2:12) (R. Anthony, Gorman, Mc.Gough, Mc.Gear)
- Long Sera L'Hiver (2:17) (J. Plante, C. Carrere)
SLEEVE NOTES:
Beautiful music is something that people are always looking for, regardless of national borders.
The current global trend in music can be divided into two broad categories: new rock and rhythm and blues music and easy listening music.
While the number of fans of new rock seems to be increasing in Japan, the French sound, centering on Raymond Lefévre, Paul Mauriat, Franck Pourcel, and others, also has a strong following.
New Rock and Rhythm and Blues are destined to never become mainstream musically, no matter how popular they become, because they are rhythm-centered music, but the orchestration of the French sound is very melodious, even though it incorporates modern rhythms. It is music that can strike a chord with the majority of people.
The Raymond Lefebvre Grand Orchestra is a large string orchestra with a very beautiful sound. Raymond Lefévre originally studied at the conservatoire with the dream of becoming an opera flutist. However, he fell in love with jazz and formed his own orchestra in 1956, and entered the jazz world as a band leader.
He accompanied Dalida's "Ciao Ciao Bambina," which was a big hit and earned him recognition along with Dalida. With the big hit of "Queen of Sheba," he has now become a leading figure in the French sound, both in name and reality.
If the French sound represented by Raymond Lefévre, Paul Mauriat, and Franck Pourcel, who made his name with "Love is Blue," is now said to be the mainstream of easy listening music in the world, then French pop singers are also very diverse in terms of their backgrounds. French pop singers are also diverse.
Adamo, Danielle Vidal, a 16-year-old girl who became well known in Japan with her hit "Aime ceux qui t'aiment," Alain Barriere of "Princesse Lointaine," the group Sun Light, veteran Marie Laforet, and the current hit "Les Champs Elysées" (The Champs Elysées), Joe Dassin, and the acclaimed Georges Moustaki in Paris.
French pop music is also a major force in the world pop music scene. And the leader of this French pop music is Raymond Lefebvre.
Adagio Cardinal
This song has a very emotional and beautiful melody. In fact, it is a popularization of a classical number.
Oh Lady Mary
Co-written by P. Carli and M. Bakey and sung by David Alexander Winter, this song was a big hit in Europe this spring and summer. Lefebvre has taken a bright, Italianate ballad and made it into a very beautiful waltz with strings as the main part.
Lily the Pink
This is a fun song with a light tempo. This seems to be another old song. The Scaffold group performed it and it became a big hit. The French title is "Syrup Typhoon," and Lefebvre gives us a Lefebvre-like sound while keeping the flavor of the original song.
Season of Sorrow
This song was co-written by Georges Plante and Claude Carrere. The strings give it a profound feeling, but the original title means "Winter will be long," and this performance makes us feel the sadness of winter very keenly.
Yasumasa Okamoto
Recorded by RIVIERA, France
Note: Translation made by online translator.