Finally managed to download a copy of the The Complete Masterworks Of The French Mademoiselle. There had been a copy on Amazon market place but it was $55 in the US or £55 Sterling in the UK (ie $110) and I didn't manage to get a proxy to buy it and reship it in time.
Still listening away to it -records take longer to sink it when they're not in your native tongue. The song that really gets to me is Ce Soir Je M'En Vais. This is a truly stunning record - one of the greats. Jacqueline brings the song to a series of crunching climaxes, the cycle of frenzy and release leaves you emotionally drained, a trumpet figure floats over the broken wreckage of the song. Absolutely marvelous.
I have had some François Hardy records for forever, but the French Mademoiselle really ignited my interest in ye-ye.
Other stand out tracks are Juste Un Peu D'Amour and Bravo!. The former has a mad Algerian bit to it that just really zings, and the later is all histronics in that effortless way that French girl singers just seem to have.
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