Carpe Diem
Cueille Le Jour (LP)
FormatLPLabelLion ProductionsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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"Once in a while, a piece of music jumps out of the loudspeakers and grabs me by the throat. The opening track Couleurs is one of these pieces of music. The twenty-two minutes of music is a blend of symphonic prog, Canterbury prog and jazz. The opening salvos of moog is just heaven and utter heaven. The rest is a mix of superb vocals and the above mentioned styles of music, pretty much dominated by Claude-Marius David's superb flute and sopransaxophon pieces. Couleurs is a creative triumph for the mankind and one of the best piece of music I have ever heard.
I put the album on for the first time and I lost my ability to speak for some minutes. I was spellbound. I was shocked. I was in heaven. I am now supposed to give reference points for this music. The first thing that came into my mind was a melodic version of The Soft Machine's closing twenty minutes long epic on their Fourth album which I have forgotten the name of. PFM also springs to mind. So does Genesis too. Return To Forever also springs to mind. The excellent, intense music on this album as a whole is something Chick Corea would have been happy with. Add some really good vocals too and you get the picture. In short; this is music which should appeal to mostly everyone in PA." - Prog Archives
Release notes
Recorded and mixed at Studio d'Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France in December, 1976. Track titles A2 and A3 are inverted and "Couleurs" subtracks B1.d & B1.e are not listed on the back of the jacket. On the A-side label, track A3 is credited as "L'or". Track A6 is a bonus track and an English version of "Couleurs" B1.d subtrack "Phase Violette: Rencontre". Packaged in a single jacket with 4-page color printed insert, anti-static LP sleeve in a polypropylene sleeve with hype sticker…
| A1 | Naissance | ||
| A2 | Le Miracle De La Saint-Gaston | ||
| A3 | Laure | ||
| A4 | Tramontane | ||
| A5 | Divertimento | ||
| A6 | Rencontre | ||
| Couleurs | |||
| B1.a | Phase Noir: Premiers Pas | ||
| B1.b | Phase Orange: La Traversée Des Sables | ||
| B1.c | Phase Vert: Dernier Village... Premières Neiges | ||
| B1.d | Phase Violette: Rencontre | ||
| B1.e | Phase Blanche: Les Portes Du Silence | ||
- Alain Bergé
- Bass [Basse], Written-By (A4, B1.e)
- Jean Rous
- Design Concept [Mauqette], Photography [Photos]
- Alain Faraut
- Drums [Batterie], Percussion [Percussions], Written-By (A3, B1.c)
- Bernard Belan
- Engineer
- Pierre Bucco
- Engineer
- Gilbert Abbenanti
- Guitar [Guitares], Written-By (A3, B1.c)
- Christian Trucchi
- Keyboards [Claviers], Piano, Synth [Synthe], Vocals [Vocaux], Written-By (A1, A4, A5, B1.b, B1.d, B1.e)
- Yves Yeu
- Lyrics By [Textes], Written-By (A2, B1.d)
- Carpe Diem Management
- Management
- Jean-Claude Pognant
- Producer [Production]
- Claude-Marius David
- Soprano Saxophone [Sax. Soprano], Flute, Percussion [Percussions], Written-By (A1, A5, B1.a, B1.b)
- Gilles Bertho
- Technician [Sonorisation], Written-By (A2, B1.a)
