Jean Michel Jarre LES CHANTS MAGNETIQES LP NOS French Import Ambient Electronic

JEAN MICHEL JARRE

“LES CHANTS MAGNETIQUES”

(MAGNETIC FIELDS)

DISQUE DREYFUS FDM 18108

12” 33rpm French Pressing

©1981

Thanks for viewing my sale for a pristine new old stock (NOS) copy of Jean Michel Jarre’s “Magnetic Fields” album released on Disques Dreyfus. This is a wonderful, high quality French pressing that is still sealed.

Magnetic Fields (French title: Les Chants Magnétiques, is the fifth album by Jarre, released onon 22 May 1981. The album was one of the first records to use sampling as a musical element and represents a departure from the sound of Jarre's previous efforts. For this album Jarre was partly inspired by the works of Andy Warhol and a fascination with the reproduction of digital sound.

The album has official titles in both French and English. The French title, Les Chants Magnétiques is a play on words. a play of word of chant, song, and champ, field). Literally translated into English this means “Magnetic Songs" or "Magnetic Singing". Spoken aloud however, it sounds as "Les Champs Magnétiques" (literally: "Magnetic Fields"), due to the French words chants (songs or singing) and champs (fields) being homophones. As this is not the case in English, the more straightforward title "Magnetic Fields" was used in English. In the caption for picture 5 on the album's inner sleeve, the word "champs" in "champs magnétiques" is crossed out and the word "chants" is written above it.

It may be of interest that as of 2004 Jean Michel Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and held the first concert that attracted more than a million people to a single performance, and since has exceeded that number to several of his blockbuster music and light shows. 

As precusor to Electronica, Jarre pioneered Ambient and the New Age genres. I believe Trance and maybe even EDM were influenced by this virtuoso electronic musician. If you are not familiar with Jarre, it is worth the time to explore his Youtube videos.

Originally Jarre played guitar in a band, but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer, a pioneer of music concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène. 

TRACK LIST:

1. Magnetic Fields, Pt. 1

2. Magnetic Fields, Pt. 2

3. Magnetic Fields, Pt. 3

4. Magnetic Fields, Pt. 4

5. Magnetic Fields, Pt. 5 (The Last Rumba)

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All our vinyl LPs and 45s listed on eBay are from a 50 year personal collection of record albums and singles we starting accumulating back in the mid-1960s, dedicated to preserving original pressings in the best over-all condition possible. Our New Old Stock (NOS) inventory, mostly consisting of import pressings, come from our long closed record shops: Discount Record Shop and Choice Recordings of Washington, DC and Half-Thoughts Records of Manasquan, NJ. Our beloved record collection is a mix of Rock, Roots Music, 60’s Garage, Psychedelic, Soul, R&B, Blues, Punk, New Wave, Metal, Girl Groups, Picture Discs, Classical, Choral, Opera, Jazz, International/World Beat, Movie Soundtracks, Musicals, Spoken Word, and Audiophile pressings in all genres.  We are offering a number of rock and soul singles. Back in the day we would compare sound quality between multiple editions of the same titles to keep the best sounding copies for ourselves. All records were played on high-end turntables with reasonably fresh stylus and carefully monitored tracking force & azimuth. 

Please read through description and condition sections of this advertisement carefully to be sure you want the item prior to ordering.

RECORD GRADING: At this time we are only selling NM to VG+ and many NOS (new old stock).

New Old Stock (NOS): Preserved in my time vault. If the record is sealed or never been opened, it is considered Mint. If the cover does not appear as new, then we will rate it per below.

Mint (M): The record or cover must appear as new.

Near Mint (NM): This generally means the vinyl is in pristine condition with only one or two slight marks that will not affect playback. A NM cover will may show slight signs of wear or one or two marks but still looks fresh and crisp.

Near Mint Minus (NM-): This slightly below the NM grade with more slight imperfection or slight cover wear, perhaps an out of square or bent corner, but generally close to flawless. 

Very Good Plus Plus (VG++) Record may have sleeve marks from being pulled in and out of a cover. Typically these marks will only be viewable under a bright light bulb. Generally will play through like a NM or NM- with little to no surface noise. Cover may have storage wear, tiny age spots, toning or creasing - nothing distracting or major.

Very Good Plus (VG+) 

Cut-Outs: Also known as Over Stocks are always noted since they are generally marked with a slightly cut corner or a notch in the cover placed near a corner. We never list a cut or notched corner higher than NM- due to the overstock marking process. 

45 Cut-Outs: Generally have a hole drilled through the label and we only purchased these type of cutouts when the record was too tempting to pass-up. Again, we identify singles that were drilled.

PAYMENT: eBay requires payment via PayPal, so please pay at time of purchase and, in return, we will make every effort to rush your shipment to you.

PACKAGING: Our records are professionally packed in thick, sturdy cardboard record mailers or envelopes & clearly labeled FRAGILE & DO NOT BEND. To date, we have not experienced damage in transit.

SHIPPING: For 12” albums, we give the choice of USPS Media Mail or Priority Insured; Post Office loss or damage at your risk if you do not select the Priority option, which also reduces transit time by ? and less exposure to damage. For certain high-priced records, we simply do not offer the option of Media Mail for obvious reasons. 

RETURNS: Generally we our very cautious when accepting returns (shipping at your cost) and, at this time, will only replace a defective item with the same recording.

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QUESTIONS: We are happy to answer any queation you may have BEFORE placeing a bid or making a purchase!

All vinyl records are properly stored and well kept. Over time, some covers tone (i.e., get slightly yellow or brown along the edges),which we will try to describe in our description.

Our items reside in a PET-FREE / SMOKE-FREE storage environment.