LaLaLa!

It's certainly a slew of posts in the past week! I can't resist sharing this gem of a song, off the 2 Days In Paris soundtrack. The song was written and performed by French actress and filmmaker, Julie Delpy, together with Nouvelle Vague. As she shares in this interview, over here: "I co-wrote a song with a band named Nouvelle Vague, which is actually a really good French band, and it was the way that I financed all the music in the film, all the songs playing in the background," Delpy tells FilmStew. "Because if I gave (a song) to the music company that works with the financing company in Germany who financed the film, then they would pay for all the songs in the film".

Nouvelle Vague feat. Julie Delpy - LaLaLa

Check out the soundtrack at Amazon, here.
Julie Delpy on imdb, here.
More on Julie Delpy at Wikipedia, here.
Official Nouvelle Vague website, here.
2 Days In Paris official site, here.

Ask Any Girl!

Possibly my favourite song by The Supremes, this was on the flip side of their number 1 hit single, "Baby Love". Still, it's catchy and infectious enough to be a single in itself! "Ask Any Girl" also made an appearance on The Supremes' second LP, "Where Did Our Love Go".

The Supremes - Ask Any Girl

The Supremes on Wikipedia, here.
Check out the 40th Aniversary edition of "Where Did Our Love Go", featuring unreleased songs, live performances and more, here.

merry christmas!!

Here's wishing everyone a very very Merry Christmas! From a music fan to another, here's to a new year with lots more fascinating listens!

Tomorrow's World - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
Valerie Masters - Christmas Calling

Valerie Master's page on imdb, here.

Nancy Sit a go-go!

Nancy Sit was a popular teen idol in the 60s, recording numerous albums. She is also a respected television actress. I suppose in many ways, renewed interest in her 60s recordings can be attributed to compilations like Girls In The Garage. It's a similar story for acts like Rita Chao and Sakura. She even has Myspace presence!

Nancy Sit - Sugar Town

More Nancy Sit tracks in this fantastic post over at Garage Hangover, here.
Nancy Sit's Wiki page, here.

Patricia Carli!

Because it's been ages since I posted any French Ye Ye! According to the Ye Ye girls website, most of Patricia Carli's tracks are ballads. I haven't heard any of her other songs, but this particular number is anything but "middle of the road". An awesome song to dance to!

Patricia Carli - Le Lion

More information on Patricia Carli, from the Ye Ye girls website, here.

modcentric recommends!

These days, fans of 60s girlgroup obscuria needn't depend on vinyls alone, when there's so many compilations and reissues out there! Whether or not they are readily available at your nearest music megastore is another story. But then, there is always eBay and Amazon. I know that there are blogs a-plenty with free downloads of full compilations (out of print or otherwise), but I honestly believe that sometimes it's worth shelling out for girl group compilations, if only for the liner notes! =)

Two girl bands from awesome cds I have in my collection!

Daughters of Eve


An all-girl garage band from Chicago! This article from Spectropop tells it best. This track is taken off Ace Records' high recommended comp, 'Girls With Guitars'. I love almost all the girl group compilations Ace Records put out. Their liner notes are always second to none! If you like 'Girls in The Garage', 'Girls With Guitars' is worth tracking down.

Daughter of Eve - Help The Boy

Cake

A recent cd purchase that I have no regrets about - 'More of Cake'. "Three sassy NYC girls wrote baroque folk, psychedelic madrigals and blue-eyed soul with rock attitude." This cd puts together Cake's only two LPs in a gorgeous package with lots of photos in the liner notes. Its a mix of psychedelia, R&B, and pop sensibility. They even have an 'official' Myspace page, here!

Cake - World Of Dreams

Youtube Finds!

The Cake performing 'You Can Have Him', 1968

Lesley goes Motown

From the opening guitars, you can tell that this song is very uncharacteristic of Lesley Gore's usual style. Still it doesn't detract from its coolness! Taken from her 1965 album, 'My Town, My Guy and Me'.

Lesley Gore - No Matter What You Do

Lesley Gore on wikipedia, here.
Her official website, here.

Jackie and Jill!

A girl group rarity! Jackie and Jill were on the Parlophone label, like The Beatles, and that might explain their Christmas novelty song - "I Want the Beatles for Christmas". According to this list of Parlophone releases, this single might have been their only other release. If anyone has any information on Jackie and Jill, do share!

Jackie and Jill - Who's There