Triangle - Anthologie [4 CDs] (1969-1974)

 Early '70s French psych-rock here, not so much on the proto-metal side of things but still totally groovy, and from the get-go not failing to rock the cowbell (well, the opening track on this 22 song collection, "Peut-etre Demain", is the number one cowbell culprit, gotta love it). Wakhevitch was an avant-garde, electronic composer whose first few albums enlisted the fuzzed guitars of Triangle as part of their surreal soundscapes. So we'd been always curious to hear Triangle's own music. Of course it's not as far out as the Wakhevitch stuff, they're basically a pop band, tres commercial, yet with a freaky side to 'em.

This disc, as the title reveals, collects some of their crucial cuts from '69 through '74... a lot of upbeat numbers with DJ-friendly beats, symphonic prog moves, catchy choruses, and swingin' horns. Really, judging from this disc, Triangle were all over the place, from synth-laced proto-disco to placid piano ballads to bubblegum hard rock. If you like stuff of the "B-music" persuasion (like the Prog Is Not A Four Letter Word comp), or that Total Freakout collection on Mucho Gusto, or rad '70s "library music" and things like that, we figure you'll dig these Triangle tunes.

This digipack includes pictures of all of Triangle's original 33 and 45 rpm record sleeves, which are nice to have -- the first album's got a piano engulfed in flames on it, the second has Triangle lined up for a firing squad, also comprised of the band members. But there's no liner notes to speak of, so we don't know a heck of a lot more about 'em, other than that they recorded three albums and a bunch of singles, had some hits, went on to back up pop singer Papillon on a solo LP of his (three tracks from that album, including their cover of Bowie's "Starman" en Francais, are to be found here).
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Artist       : Triangle
Album        : Anthologie [4 CDs] (1969-1974)_CD1
Genre        : Rock
Year         : 1997
Tracks       : 13
Playtime     : 01:09:13
Size         : 160,18 MB
Codec        : MPEG 1 Layer III / Lame 3.82 / 320 kbps

001. Peut-être demain (04:49)
002. Left with me sorrow (06:39)
003. Blow  your cool (07:21)
004. Guerre et paix (09:25)
005. M.L.-G.G (01:37)
006. Cameron's complaint (09:46)
007. Listen people (03:45)
008. Please (04:34)
009. Elegie à Gabrielle (04:59)
010. Golden screen (03:24)
011. Blow  your cool (version single) (03:10)
012. Ruido de botas (version espagnole de Peut-être demain) (04:49)
013. Peut-être demain (version anglaise) (04:48)



*"Papillon" Gérard Fournier - Bass, Vocals, 1967-73
*Pierrot Fanen - Guitar, 1967-69
*Jean-Pierre Prevotat - Drums
*Alain Renaud - Guitar, 1969
*François Jeanneau - Saxophone, Keyboards, 1970-74
*Paul Farges - Guitar, 1970
*Marius "Mimi" Lorenzini - Guitar, 1970-74
*Denis Duhaze - Vocals, 1973-74
*René Devaux - Bass, 1973-74

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Artist       : Triangle
Album        : Anthologie [4 CDs] (1969-1974)_CD2
Genre        : Rock
Year         : 1997
Tracks       : 18
Playtime     : 01:09:42
Size         : 161,97 MB
Codec        : MPEG 1 Layer III / Lame 3.82 / 320 kbps

001. J'ai vu (03:33)
002. Récréation (05:56)
003. Viens avec nous (03:01)
004. Litanies (05:10)
005. Cette longue nuit (00:59)
006. Le matin du premier jour (03:55)
007. La peine capitale (03:16)
008. Le retour (03:02)
009. La pâte grise (03:57)
010. Les brumes de Chatou (05:17)
011. Les contes du vieil homme (04:27)
012. La confusion (04:02)
013. L'arbre de juin (03:16)
014. A cor et à cri (02:48)
015. Fonction binaire (inédit) (03:38)
016. Con nosostros (inédit) (version espagnole de Viens avec nous) (03:10)
017. La confusion (inédit) (04:00)
018. Les contes du vieil homme (1ére version-inédit) (06:08)

 

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Artist       : Triangle
Album        : Anthologie [4 CDs] (1969-1974)_CD3
Genre        : Rock
Year         : 1997
Tracks       : 15
Playtime     : 01:04:01
Size         : 148,54 MB
Codec        : MPEG 1 Layer III / Lame 3.82 / 320 kbps

001. La voyante (04:26)
002. La route infernale (04:33)
003. Terre (07:52)
004. Mama, tu ne sais pas (03:19)
005. L'incomprise (02:29)
006. La dune-fée (04:44)
007. Eloge de la folie (04:58)
008. Auroville (03:58)
009. Le chemin de vie (03:20)
010. Le temps des tams-tams (03:10)
011. I.A.M. (03:03)
012. Bungalow (05:10)
013. Banc du square (03:20)
014. La route infernale (1ére version inédite) (06:12)
015. L'incomprise (1ére version inédite) (03:19)

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Artist       : Triangle
Album        : Anthologie [4 CDs] (1969-1974)_CD4
Genre        : Rock
Year         : 1997
Tracks       : 15
Playtime     : 00:58:50
Size         : 136,67 MB
Codec        : MPEG 1 Layer III / Lame 3.82 / 320 kbps

001. Un jour tu perdras tout (03:11)
002. Slowly (04:35)
003. Home Faber (01:42)
004. Musicorama (00:42)
005. Générique 1042 (01:42)
006. Sad songs of the darkness (05:14)
007. I'm in love (05:31)
008. Make me try (08:46)
009. Down the line (04:25)
010. Vivre au présent (04:24)
011. L'insatisfait (02:50)
012. Hey l'homme (02:49)
013. Les portes du mal (05:08)
014. Caroline (02:53)
015. Le matin du premier jour (1ére version) (04:51)

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