CALCIUM LP/1969 France/Unreleased French Psych Rock/Gong/Clearlight/Ltd.1000

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CALCIUM 's/t' LP (France, Monster Melodies, Catalogue #MMLP12) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2017 Monster Melodies label vinyl edition of previously unreleased album, recorded in 1969, by legendary French Psych Rock band Calcium (only two of the album's tracks, "Elle Regarde Et Elle Rit" and "Il Fait Jour," being ever released before in 1969 on the French Odeon label.) Fantastic gatefold cover presentation, with inserts.

The Monster Melodies record label, hailing from the nation of France, is one of the greatest specialty archive record labels in the world (and one of the best named) and we heartily recommend absolutely every single release this label produces.

(NOTE: NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES ONLY!)

Monster Mélodies present the never before released album by Calcium. A legendary French psychedelic rock album, recorded in 1969, of which only two tracks were released at the time. Percussionist Stéphane Vilar played with pianist Jef Gilson and recorded on his 1964 album Oeil Vision. Musician Graeme Allwright introduced Vilar to Marc'O, then director of the theater school of the American Center Boulevard Raspail. The director, looking for musicians to play rock n' roll in his project Les Idols, hired Vilar along with jazz pianist Patrick Greussay, saxophonist Didier Malherbe (Gong, Clearlight), and guitarist Didier Léon who features on the Barney Wilen's 1972 album Moshi. Stéphane then recruited jazz bassist Jacques Zins through Jérôme Savary. Les Idols is where the musicians who baptized The Rollsticks played. It was performed in 1966 and was later adapted for a feature film in 1968, where the same participants were joined by Valérie Lagrange. Stéphane Vilar then decided, together with his brother the painter Christophe, to create his own band which included some of the Rollsticks: Jacques Zins, Patrick Greussay, Didier Léon, drummer Alain Sirguy, and singer Danièle Ciarlet known as Zouzou. Model and muse of the Parisian night scene, Zouzou acted in Eric Rohmer's Afternoon Love (1972). Considered to be the French Marianne Faithfull, she released two 45 EPs orchestrated by Jacques Dutronc. She represents the image of the liberated woman in France in the sixties. The group took the name of Jardin, and soon changed it to Calcium. Thanks to financial support from Sylvina Boissonnas, the group bought instruments and practiced and refined the compositions for a year before recording. Two recording sessions were held at the Davout studios in 1969. Christophe was replaced by guitarist Denys Lable who later recorded on Jean Claude Vannier's L'enfant Assassin Des Mouches. After the recordings, Michel Taittinger, the heir of the namesake Champagne and television producer, obtained a contract with Pathé for the band. A single was put on the market without any promotion, resulting in poor sales. It's now considered to be one of the rarest singles of French psychedelic rock. Due to the disinterest of the record company, which only wanted put Zouzou's character forward to create a new Janis Joplin, the masters for the album were abandoned on a shelf for forty-eight years. Color vinyl; Includes two inserts; Edition of 1000 (numbered).

- Monster Mélodies present the never before released album by Calcium.
- A legendary French psychedelic rock album, recorded in 1969, of which only two tracks were released at the time.
- The majority of Calcium formed as The Rollsticks for director Marc'O's project Les Idols. Calcium was initiated by Stéphane Vilar, a percussionist in The Rollsticks who recorded on Jef Gilson's 1964 album Oeil Vision.
- Calcium, featuring the vocals of Zouzou, included some of France's greatest psych players at the time including saxophonist Didier Malherbe (Gong, Clearlight), guitarist Didier Léon (Barney Wilen), and later, guitarist Denys Lable (Jean Claude Vannier).
- The record company Pathé was only interested in making Zouzou into the next Janis Joplin, ultimately resulting in the masters of Calcium's 1969 recordings to be abandoned and never released.
- Color vinyl; Includes two inserts; Edition of 1000 (numbered).  

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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