ORIGINAL AND DUBBED EARLY FRENCH POP ROCK RECORDS, 1955-1962 Even if they already existed before the end of the Fifties, French imports of American rock soon gave rise to the common practise known as a “reprise” or adaptation, an exercise that had many adepts including Johnny Hallyday, Richard Anthony and Sylvie Vartan, and all the rock groups. But being “N°1 in America” didn’t necessarily produce a French N°1, or vice versa, and some of the reprises were trans gured to become practically new inventions, and they were all the tastier for it. This 3CD overview taking in the years 1955-1962 puts mostly American and French titles in perspective thanks to some almost totally unknown original versions, selected here by François Jouffa and Pierre Layani. Patrick Frémeaux