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French Pop Music with a Twisted Morroccan bend

Robert J. Fahrner | Rosemont, IL USA | 03/26/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Les Variations burst onto the scene between 1973 and 1975. There was a big promotional push with the release of their first album "Morrocan Roll." They played some shows here in the US and apparently dissappeared.



In the summer of 1974, I was attending the University of Illinois, Chicago. Les Variations were doing a sound check in the afternoon, as they were scheduled to perform a free show later that afternoon.



They did the soundcheck to the song "Superman Superman." This was an irresistable pop song - very catchy. After the soundcheck, the singer barked orders at the soundman in French. That was a first for me to hear.



Two years later, I found their second album "Cafe de Paris" on vinyl in the cutout bin at a local record store and bought it because it contained "Superman Superman."



I was playing in a rock 'n' roll cover band at the time and we covered Les Variations' "Superman Superman," which no one had ever heard, but loved when they heard us play it.



The vinyl version has long since deteriorated, so I bought the CD from Amazon. The CD contains both of their albums. I was originally going to rate this two stars because there are only two good songs on the disk - "Superman Superman" and "I Don't Know Where She'll Go." But, I decided to give it three stars because those two songs are killers."

2 Hard To Get Albums Makes For Pleasure From The Buddah Grou

Edward Brydalski | Buffalo New York | 04/24/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When you mix Moroccan rhythms and 70's rock you get this 1970's FM staple.

Remastering left noise between cuts which makes me believe it was taken from a safety copy.Still good to have.

Notice none of these songs made it to "The Buddah Box".

Not for the faint of heart."