Super groovy Frenchie psychedelia and let’s not forget the best 27 minutes of music to ever come out of France
Serge Gainsbourg’s THE BALLAD OF MELODY NELSEN
Serge is accompanied on this lush lyric album by his British muse of youth, Jane Birken, as backing vocals along with Alan Parker on guitar, Brian Odgers on bass, Douglas Wright on drums, and Alan Hawkshaw on piano
Arrangements by Jean-Claude Vannier
It doesn’t get much better than this.