''Du New Morning au Zénith'' is a 1994
double album
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recorded live by the trio
Fredericks Goldman Jones. Composed of 31 tracks, it contains many successful songs from Goldman's previous albums and from the trio's two studio albums ''Fredericks Goldman Jones'' and ''Rouge''. It was released on 18 May 1995 and was successful in francophone countries.
Recording and releases
It was recorded between the 26 April 1994 and the 12 June 1994, first at the
New Morning in Paris (the first 14 tracks of the first CD), then during the Rouge concert tour, at the
Summum in
Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
and at the
Patinoire de Malley in
Lausanne
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.
The money raised by the four concerts at the New Morning in April 1994 was donated to
Amnesty International
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. During the show, a cover version of
Aretha Franklin
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's song "Think" was performed.
In 2006, 14 performances from the album were included on a
DVD
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box set
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Music
Artists ...
''Souvenirs de tournée - Du New Morning au Zénith''.
Chart performances
In France, the album went straight to number-two on 14 May 1995 and remained there for four consecutive weeks, being unable to dislodge
Céline Dion
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's ''
D'eux
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'' which was atop then. It totaled 16 weeks in the top ten and 26 weeks on the chart (top 50). It earned a
Platinum disc
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for over 300,000 copies sold.
In Belgium (Wallonia), the album peaked at number two for two weeks and stayed for 24 weeks in the top 50. It was ranked for five weeks in the top 50 in Belgium (Flanders).
Track listings
Disc 1
# "Veiller tard" (Goldman) — 5:44
# "Ne lui dis pas" (Goldman) — 5:50
# "Quelque chose de bizarre" (Goldman) — 3:57
# "Jeanine médicament blues" (Goldman) — 4:36
# "Il part" (Goldman) — 4:46
# "Il y a" (Goldman) — 3:22
# "P'tit blues peinard" (Goldman) — 3:33
# "Confidentiel" (Goldman) — 3:33
# "C'est pas d'l'amour" (Goldman) — 5:59
# "Un, deux, trois" (Goldman) — 4:01
# "
Pas toi" (Goldman) — 5:23
# "Think" (Franklin, White) — 2:50
# "Knock on Wood" (Floyd, Stephen) — 3:47
# "
Tobacco Road" (Loudermilk) — 5:30
# "Serre-moi"
ébut(Goldman) — 3:09
# "Des vôtres" (Goldman) — 3:45
# "
Envole-moi
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" (Goldman) — 5:35
Disc 2
# "Que disent les chansons du monde ?" (Goldman) — 6:04
# "Comme toi" (Goldman) — 4:41
# "Être le premier" (Goldman) — 6:18
# "Je commence demain" (Goldman) — 5:19
# "Des vies" (Goldman) — 5:51
# "On n'a pas changé" (Goldman) — 7:18
# "Frères" (Goldman) — 5:44
# "Juste après" (Goldman) — 5:22
# "
À nos actes manqués
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" (Goldman) — 4:22
# "Fermer les yeux" (Goldman) — 8:33
# "Il suffira d'un signe" (Goldman) — 4:25
# "Rouge" (Goldman) — 6:47
# "
Puisque tu pars" (Goldman) — 2:49
# "Serre-moi
inGoldman) — 2:56
Personnel
* Beckie Bell, Yvone Jones – chorus
*
Erick Benzi
Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille.
He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel) ...
–
percussion
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* Jacky Mascarel, Philippe Grandvoinet –
keyboards
* Claude Le Perron –
bass
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Wood
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Music
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* Christophe Deschamps –
drum kit
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* Michael Jones –
guitar
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* Claude Gassian – booklet
* Tom Lord-Alge – engineer, mixing
* Jean Remy Mazenc – multi instruments
* Andy Scott – mixing
* Alain Aboulker, Pierre Buisson, Christian Desille, Emmanuel Goulet, Frédéric Perrinet, Rene Weis – assistants
* Yannick Wild, Alexis Grosbois – producer
Release history
Charts
Certifications
References
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Jean-Jacques Goldman albums
Carole Fredericks albums
1995 live albums