Franz Auffray - Original Popcorn (1970) [Remastered 2011]

Digitally remastered edition of this 1969 album. Within the series of great hit albums springing from the hot bed of '60s Pop, Original Popcorn stands out as an unsurpassable model in the genre. An explosive record, fruit of the overactive minds of the maddest of French musicians. In which we find members of cult group Cruciférius, the Franco-Moroccan soul singer Vigon (un-credited), plus the gifted arranger Karl-Heinz-Schafer (author of the famous score 'Les Gants Blancs du Diable') However, the roots and true leadership of the project comes from two music lovers: Sam Choueka (who later in the '80s would become a TV presenter under the Chico d'Agneau alias) and Franz Auffray, DJ at the famous Club Psychadelic on the Riviera. The latter moved to Paris and joined Barclay, founding and developing the EGG sub-label, void of any sales pressure and entirely dedicated to soul, funk and psychedelic music.