DISQUE VINYLE 33 TOURS
PLUS BONUS CALENDRIER 1989 – “UN AN DE PLUS A TIRER”

SERGE GAINSBOURG
YOU’RE UNDER ARREST

You're Under Arrest is the final studio album by Serge Gainsbourg. Produced by Philippe Lerichomme and American guitarist/arranger Billy Rush, it was released on November 2, 1987 through Philips Records.

Retaining the new wave of Love on the Beat, the album consists of "funk tunes" and introduces hip hop elements to Gainsbourg's music, inspired by acts such as Chic and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Music and lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted. The album features a cover version of "Gloomy Sunday," a song composed by Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress and "Mon légionnaire," a French song popularized by Édith Piaf. Peaking on second position of the French charts, the album was a commercial success. Over 400000 certified units were sold. Gainsbourg won a platinum disc for it in France.

“The album is a concept album, which describes the story of an unnamed narrator with a very young drug-addict girl called Samanta. The story is set in New-York, and starts with the narrator getting arrested while looking for Samantha in the Bronx where she is looking for a dealer; he then describes various aspects of their relationship. "Gloomy Sunday" illustrates the state of gloom caused to the narrator by Samantha's drug-induced absences, "Aux enfants de la chance" (whose title comes from the name of a bar in which Gainsbourg's father used to sing) advises young people not to touch drugs. From this point on the relationship degrades, and in "Dispatch Box" the narrator leaves Samantha whose fate is left unknown; as for the narrator, he then joins the French Foreign Legion out of despair, but the story ends on an uplifting note as he falls in love with a fellow Légionnaire (although he is also abandoned after one night of love).” (Wikipedia)

Label/Nr.: Philips 834 034-1
Made in France (1987).
Out of print.

This is an original 1987 LP pressing and not a reissue.

To push sales of You’re Under Arrest in 1988 – one year after its release – a PR gimmick was added to the LP package with this now rare calendar for the year 1989.

 

Tracks:

Side 1
1 You're Under Arrest
2 Five Easy Pisseuses
3 Baille Baille Samantha
4 Suck Baby Suck
5 Gloomy Sunday
Lyrics by J. Laszlo
Music by S. Rezsö
Lyrics adapted by F. E. Gonda, J. Marèze
Arranged by Serge Gainsbourg

Side 2
1 Aux Enfants De La Chance
2 Shotgun
3 Glass Securit
4 Dispatch Box
5 Mon Légionnaire
Lyrics by R. Asso
Music by M. Monnot
Arranged by S. Gainsbourg

Total Time: 38:55 Minutes

 

Musicians:

Serge Gainsbourg – vocals, piano, synthesizers, arranger
Billy Rush –guitar, production
John K. – bass guitar
Stan Harrison – saxophone
Tony “Thunder” Smith – drums
Gary Georgett – piano, synthesizers
Curtis King Jr. – background vocals
Brenda White King – backing vocals

 

Technical Credits:

Dominique Blanc-Francard – engineer
Manuela – assistant engineer
André Périllat “Top Master” – mastering (thanks to Jean-Marie Guérin)
Gilles Cappé – photography, layout
Serge Gainsbourg, Huart/Cholley – design
Billy Rush, Philippe Lerichomme – production

Recordings of playbacks at Studio “Dangerous Music” New Jersey, U. S. A.
Vocal recordings at Studio “Digital Services” Paris, France.

 

Condition: Very Good+!
Record: Very Good+
Sleeve: Very Good+, very minor wear only
Inner Sleeve: Very Good-, center tear on left edge
Calendrier 1989 / Calender 1989: Very Good+, almost Near Mint
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