Jean-Claude Vannier L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches Alterate Takes

Limited edition for Record Store Day 2016!

Amazing master tape discovery of an original 1973 misplaced Jean Claude Vannier
single including alternate arrangements/instrumentation from the first days of the
L’Enfant Assassin Des Mouches sessions.
Late in 2015, exactly ten years since Finders Keepers Records first liberated
Jean Claude Vannier’s 1973 French Holy Grail concept LP L’Enfant Assassin Des
Mouches, the label was handed a very unexpected anniversary gift in the form of
a small clutch of lost Vannier studio master tapes. Having worked closely with
Jean Claude to leave no stone unturned both label and artist were shocked and
delighted to be given what turned out to be further insights in to the musical ideas
and ambitions of the 29-year-old composer during those mythical studio sessions
which occurred a few months after the release of his seminal work on Histoire De
Melody Nelson.
The original L’Enfant Assassin Des Mouches LP has been the source of inspiration
and awe for artists of all disciplines, critics and connoisseurs alike while retaining a
firm fixture in many a tome and top ten, accounting for indispensable moments in
avant-garde pop and experimental rock music and (with FKs repressing schedule
as testimony) continues to gain momentum. The fact that these masters were
dubbed to a separate master tape as a proposed aborted major label single
indicates that they were the first (and most exciting) tracks to emerge from the
flamboyant visionary sessions which eventually trickled out on small independent
French label stimulating record collector nirvana in the process.
Including new unheard instrumentation, alternative arrangements and mix board
levels, this special limited release comes packaged in authentic 1970’s promo bag
artwork and marks the first in a series of new vintage Vannier projects extracted
from a new vault of genuinely, previously “lost” materials.