VA - Pop A Paris, Volume 1: Contact (2010)

The "Pop … Paris" series provides convincing evidence that London was not the only swinging spot in the sixties. In five volumes and 110 tracks, it reunites the most important artists of the Pop movement in France at that time: Johnny Hallyday, Michel Polnareff, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot, Henri Salvador, Marie Laforˆt, Nino Ferrer, Ronnie Bird, Claude Fran‡ois, Eddy Mitchell and more. Many unfamous names are also featured - but great songs, including French remakes from American hits (much like the heralded "1000 Nadelstiche" series of German remakes of American hits in Germany). A 35-track Best Of is also available. "Le twist est mort, vive le jerk!"