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There never was. I'm always hoping he'll release a volume 2 once.Richard-Eastham wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:43 pm Back cover of both the original and the reissue says Volume 1 but I assume there was never a Volume 2?
Also the design of the Les Paradis Perdus LP.Richard-Eastham wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:55 pm The artwork for Deserted Palace is credited to Bernard Beaugendre, who was also responsible for artwork (graphic conception) for Oxygene 7-13 working alongside Jean-Michel Jarre, twenty five years later.
What an amazing album art concept! Bernard Beaugendre should have revisited this concept for 1989's Jarre Live. Instead of the original, minimalist abstract cover, think of JMJ in his full Docklands outfit - the green Yohji Yamamoto frock coat, black boots and the hat he wore during the Emigrant - sitting in a chair, legs crossed like that with a depiction of the London warehouses behind him, not a royal palace. That would be ace!Dr_Jones wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:03 pmAlso the design of the Les Paradis Perdus LP.Richard-Eastham wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:55 pm The artwork for Deserted Palace is credited to Bernard Beaugendre, who was also responsible for artwork (graphic conception) for Oxygene 7-13 working alongside Jean-Michel Jarre, twenty five years later.
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Same font for the title of the album as Deserted Palace has.
Hidden bonus tracks? Sport en Fête? Dorian? Or a typo?rinogurr wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:57 pm It seems that the album was going to have a bonus track, but they gave up at the last minute. The B-side has six tracks, but the credits list an eighth track from 1973. The album was released in 1972.
Yes, I can confirmFinaero wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:13 pm Based on Discogs, those typos and omissions are in the original back sleeve as well.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1694509 ... ted-Palace
(And if they're not, well, then they just based the new back cover on the Discogs one
Does anyone have the original LP to confirm?
Yes, before Oxygene Jarre had several releases at Disques Motors. Zig Zag (1972), Hypnose(1972),... and some collaborations with Christophe and other artists under the label Disques Motors. So Francis Dreyfus already knew him well at that time.Richard-Eastham wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:34 pm "In 1971, producer Francis Dreyfus was commissioned to create soundscapes for public spaces such as airports and libraries. He entrusted the project to Jean-Michel, who had recently signed with his record company."
This is interesting. I didn't realise that Jarre's relationship with Dreyfus went back that far. I understood they first met one another in 1976 when Dreyfus took a risk on Oxygene after it had been rejected by many other record labels. I always got the sense from that anecdote that they were unknown to each other before Oxygene. This, and the fact that Deserted Palace was a Sam Fox/Synchros release, not a Motors/Dreyfus release.
But it is correct. Jarre was signed with Dreyfus at the time of Deserted Palace and this is referenced in this interview with Daniéle Feuillerat: https://jeanmicheljarre.es/?p=1786
My mind is blown. I own the original for years and I never noticed that. I admit that I have the record framed behind glass so I never see the back of the sleeve.CLUBMIX wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:19 pm the uncredited track "A Loue Theme For Gargoyles" on the back sleeve of the reissue (as well as on the purple sleeved release of the 70s) is a) correctly written, and b) credited to JM Jarre on the back sleeve of the "Syncro Fox" release (brown-ish sleeve)
