Heart-stopping glances. Stolen moments. Giddy highs and melancholic lows. Tender feelings, guilty pleasures. A love affair you can't resist, right or wrong.
The collection of songs on this mix, 'Autumn Rendez-vous', evoke all the beauty, drama and heartache of all-consuming – sometimes forbidden – love. It feels cosy and romantic, but can suddenly leave you devastated.
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Bien sur, such a mix had to include a good dose of French and French-inspired pop. Who better to set the tone here than Françoise Hardy, the master of wistful longing and comforting sadness? The mix features, and is named for, the English version of her 1966 song, 'Rendez-vous d'automne'. Françoise also pops up duetting with Blur on the alternate version of 'To The End', and her presence is felt elsewhere, like the track from The Yearning's gorgeous 2016 album Evening Souvenirs, which was heavily influenced by Ms Hardy's oeuvre. There are also a few translations of gallic songs here: Jimmie Rodgers 'The Lovers' is a cover of Jacques Brel's 'Les Amants de cœur', Greek sixties girl Tammy interprets Pascal Danel's 'Les Trois Dernières Minutes', and Ethel Azama, under the auspices of Martin Denny, does a show-stopping rendition of Jacques Prevert and Joseph Kosma's 'Les Feuilles Mortes'.
The beautiful cover photo of Françoise is by Jean-Marie Périer.
Tracklist:
- Victoria - Feuilles d'automne (2017)
- Françoise Hardy - Autumn rendez-vous (1966)
- Margo Guryan - Come To Me Slowly (1968)
- Lee Hazlewood - September Song (1969)
- Kadhja Bonet - Nobody Other (2016)
- Piero Umiliani - My Only Man (vocals: Helen Merrill) (1962)
- Tammy and The Sounds - Αν φύγεις κι εσύ (An phygeis ki esy) (1967)
- Colin Blunstone - Though You Are Far Away (1971)
- The Yearning - The Moment Your Heart Would Say Goodbye (2016)
- Doris - Flowers In the Morning (1970)
- The Last Shadow Puppets - Meeting Place (2008)
- Blur - To the End (with Françoise Hardy) (1995)
- Anna Karina & Jean-Claude Brialy - Ne dis rien (1967)
- The Postmarks - Gone (2009)
- Daprinski - Le début du bonheur (2017)
- Dana Gillespie - Souvenirs of Stefan (1968)
- Marie Laforêt - Au cœur de l'automne (1963)
- Mina - È se domani (1967)
- A Girl Called Eddy - Somebody Hurt You (2004)
- Colleen Lanza - When We're Talked About Tomorrow (1968)
- Pier Angeli - Amore baciami (1959)
- Ethel Azama - Autumn Leaves (1959)
- The Zombies - Smokey Day (1968)
- Chantal Goya - Une écharpe, une rose (1965)
- Jimmie Rodgers - The Lovers (1967)
- The Gentle Waves - Falling From Grace (2000)
- Billie Davis - Angel of the Morning (1967)
- Harumi - Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do (1968)
- Kathe Green - Once There Was You (1969)
- Susan Christie - Rainy Day (1969)
- Louis Philippe - Deauville (1996)
- Wanda Robinson - The Meeting Place (1971)
- Theoretical Girl - Good Timing (2009)
- Rachel Zeffira - Front Door (2013)
- Claude Lombard - Les Vieux Comptoirs (1969)
- Ranny Sinclair with Dave Brubeck - Autumn in Our Town (1964)
- Johnny Williams - Chance Meeting (1967)
- Evie Sands - Until It's Time For You To Go (1970)
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