Ripaille - La Vieille Que L'on Brula (Reissue) (1977/2008)
Artist: Ripaille
Title: La Vieille Que L'on Brula
Year Of Release: 1977/2008
Label: Media Arte
Genre: Folk Rock, Prog Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 50:59
Total Size: 140/315 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: La Vieille Que L'on Brula
Year Of Release: 1977/2008
Label: Media Arte
Genre: Folk Rock, Prog Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 50:59
Total Size: 140/315 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Fils de la Lune (4:30)
2. Le Jardin des Plaisirs (5:38)
3. Il n'y a plus Rien (3:29)
4. Satane Jardin (2:41)
5. La Veuve de Nicolas Kremer (5:08)
6. Le Sabbat des Sorcieres (3:55)
7. Les Loups (2:40)
8. La Vieille que l'on Brula (3:53)
9. Epilogue (4:19)
Bonus Tracks:
10. Ah, Faut Profiter (N.N.C.O.) (5:11)
11. Gratis et en Plein Air (4:14)
12. Les Chameaux (5:21)
Line-up::
Patrick Audouin - Grand piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, spinet, acoustic guitar, tubular bells, rattle, cymbals, vocals
Patrick Droguet - acoustic & electric guitars, triangle
Michel Munoz - drums, rototoms, cymbals, crotales
Gerard Duchemann - lead vocals, synthesizers, string-ensemble, spinet
Jacquy Thomas - bass, string-ensemble, vibes, tambourine, vocals
Michel Santangelli - drums (10-12)
Guests:
Hugues De Courson - rototoms, crumhorn
Robert Le Gall - violin
Alain Hergouarch - tambourine
Emmanuelle Parrenin - triangle, vocals
Jo Courtin - accordion
Pierre Holassian - alto saxophone
Bruno Menny - sound effects
These guys knew how to have fun in the studio (faire RIPAILLE is to feast). They only managed one album on the very collectable Ballon Noir label and had almost completed a second one when their label went bankrupt. If not a commercial success, at least musically speaking was RIPAILLE a major gem that has now been re-released by Musea, with three bonus track of that second album that was never to be. Their music is definitely axed at medieval times telling a story of a old woman getting burned for sorcery (sounds familiar?), but the music is so well played and descriptive that you are riveted to your seat (provided you understand French of course until the end of the album. The music may remind you of GRYPHON or GENTLE GIANT, and is right up there in terms of artistic success. Recommended for a real good time and for something quite different from your ordinary prog.