The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey

The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey is a fourth studio album by Jean-Jacques Perrey, recorded in 2 Nov 1968 [1] and released in that same year, it was the first album to be recorded after the completion of the musical duet Perrey and Kingsley.

The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
Studio album by
Released1968 (1968)
Recorded2 Nov 1968 [1]
GenreElectronic
Length31:50
LabelVanguard
ProducerJean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey chronology
Musique Electronique du Cosmos
(1962)
The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
(1968)
Electronic Music
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Cover

The cover shows three robots playing instruments on top of an electronic device in a desert and below is a man dancing with a woman. The sky is orange with clouds, some of them emit storms. Unlike most of Perrey's albums, the cover was made apart from the drawing, in contrast to most of the covers were made from photographs or paintings.

Music

The eighth song is a version of Frere Jacques, [2] adding "Jean" forming Jean-Jacques, what is a reference to the name of the author of this album Jean-Jacques Perrey.

Releases

This album during its first years of release in 1968 was published in countries such as U.S.A., Canada, New Zealand and Australia, then it would be relaunched in other countries in later years.

DateCountryCatalogLabelFormat
1972 [3]UK [3]79286 [3]Vanguard [3]LP [3]
1993JapanKICP 338King RecordsCD
21 May 1996U.S.A.79286Vanguard/AceCD, Casette
1 Jan 2006UnknownUnknownVanguardDigital album

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mary France"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Andy Badale2:49
2."The Little Ships"Jean-Jacques Perrey2:19
3."Island in Space"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Andy Badale2:44
4."The Mexican Cactus"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Eileen Davies2:16
5."Poprcupine Rock"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Andy Badale2:18
6."The Little Girl from Mars"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Andy Badale2:18
7."Mister James Bond"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Andy Badale3:03
8."Frère Jean Jacques"Jean-Jacques Perrey2:39
9."Brazilian Flower"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Eileen Davies1:57
10."In the Heart of a Rose"Jean-Jacques Perrey and Eileen Davies2:43
11."The Minuet of the Robots"Pat Prilly and Harry Breuer2:18
12."Four, Three, Two, One"Pat Prilly and Harry Breuer2:34
13."Gypsy in Rio"Pat Prilly, Harry Breuer and Gary Carol2:02
Total length:31:50

The song "The Minuet of the Robots" was used in the segment of the character Big Bird of Sesame Street performed by Daniel Seagren in the program The Ed Sullivan Show known as "Big Bird's Dance" from 14 Dec 1969. [4] [5] [6] A cover of Perrey's 1968 song "Mary France" was featured as the closing theme in the Japanese 1987 Famicom video game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, later adapted and released globally in 1988 as Super Mario Bros. 2. [7] In 2003 the song "The Mexican Cactus" in the episode 12 of the second season of the series 31 minutos, in the note of "Manualidades con Patana"' (In english "Crafts with Patana") from the episode "31 Minutos Educativio". The song "Frère Jean Jacques" which was used in an interview with Jean-Jacques Perrey, in 2011, filmmaker David Lewandowsky published a video called "Going to the Store", which uses the song "The Little Ships" as its main theme.[8] Later the video went viral and several versions of it were made, causing the launch of a sequel called "Late for meeting" that used the song "The Mexican Cactus" as its main theme.[9]

During the 2010s "Brazilian Flower" became popular for being used in an image Gif known as the Rainbow Bunchie which later became a meme, [10] [11] In 2010 the song was also used for a soccer commercial from NFL, this commercial can be found on the official website of Jean-Jacques Perrey.[12] [13] [14] [15] The theme "Four, Three, Two, One" was used in a parody of the videos of Lewandowsky called "Missing the Bus", published in 2014, in 2018 the song "Brazilian Flower" was sampled for the song "Banana Boye". [16]

References

  1. "Billboard November 2, 1968, Page 78". Google Books. 2 November 1968.
  2. Unterberger, Richie. "Jean-Jacques Perrey – The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey". AllMusic.
  3. "The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey". 1972: eil.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Big Bird on Ed Sullivan - What's music plays": muppetcentral.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Phillip Chapman (22 August 2003). "Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show DVD": muppetcentral.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Sesame Street 1970". 24 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "E.V.A.: Jean-Jacques Perrey "Moog Indigo" (Vinyl, LP, Album)": presgardahovirhard.goaterearthtabtocamamteotabacpulpti.info. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "going to the store". 23 June 2017: dlew.me. Retrieved 19 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Late for Meeting". 9 May 2016: nowness.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Rainbow Bunchie Gesture": marketplace.secondlife.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Brazilian Flower song": redflowers1x.web.app. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Rainbow Bunchie Gesture": marketplace.secondlife.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. "Football commercial what used the song "Brazilian Flower" in the page of Perrey". jean-jacques perrey.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. "Footbal Commercial using Jean-Jacques Perrey Tune". 2 September 2010: matrisynth. Retrieved 19 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. "Passport to the Future" (organization behind the commercial.): holawave.store. Retrieved 21 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. "Serious Question: What's the Banana Boye theme song called?". 5 November 2017: reddit.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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