Various – 125 Grammes De 33 1/3 Tours [LP] (1979, Oxygene)

 

Earliest French punk compilation, it's the only release for most of the artists here. In 1978/1979, punk was still quite undefined, so you get a mixed bag of pretty much everything. '125 Grammes De 33 1/3 Tours' was released by Oxygène, a Paris independent label existing 1977 to 1981. Their roster was largely rock and folk bands from the Paris and "Ile De France" region. 

 

The best tracks are the angry rock'n'roll tracks (from Ecoute Maman, Electrochoc -influenced by British punk rock but also by British Pub Rock-, La Came aux Damélias and Le Fracas). Ruth Elleryi -alias of Thierry Müller- is psychedelic post-punk/wave with female vocals; Urgence and Décharge are charmingly bad gutter/garage polka punk; Peinture Fraîche and Strychnine -from Bordeaux- are boring standard boogie rock (the latter did much better later); and A 3 Dans Les WC is weird post-punk with a very obnoxious synth line. Still a pretty fun and varied ride of some totally obscure early French punk. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

Label: Oxygene – OXY 022 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 

Country: France 

Released: 1979 

Style: New Wave, Punk, Punk Rock, Hard Rock, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist:

A1 Ecoute Maman – Marcher 4:32 

A2 Electrochoc – Chaise Electrique 2:14 

A3 Ruth Ellyeri – Mescalito 3:19 

A4 Urgence – Crache Pas Sur La Table 1:32 

A5 Décharge – La Belle Ceinture De Marylou 4:56 

B1 La Came Aux Damélias – L'Emmerdeur 3:53 

B2 Peinture Fraiche – Urbains Matins 3:57 

B3 Strychnine – Suspect 3:35 

B4 Le Fracas – Nous En Avons Marre 2:00 

B5 A 3 Dans Les Wc – Contagion 4:36 

 

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