Les Concerts En Chine

The Concerts In China:
More + anecdotes about this Album:
- "L'Ouverture" ("The Overture") is in fact the first movement of "Magnetic Fields Part 1" slowed down.
- "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset") is a new arrangement of a very old traditional Chinese song known as the "Fisherman's Chant at Dusk", and is wrongly attributed as being composed by Jean Michel Jarre, misled by the album inlay.
- During this "Tour", Jean-Michel Jarre played for the very first time Laser Harp on the eponymous track " Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp")
- The album was originally released as a double-disc LP, then as a double-disc CD.
- "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") was used in the soundtrack of the cult film 9½ Weeks as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera Santa Barbara.
More generally:
This album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset"), see above about that track. The album consists mainly of live material, plus ambient sound recordings and one new studio track "Souvenir of China". Other new compositions recorded live include "Nuit À Shangai" ("Night in Shanghai"), "Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp"), "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") and "Orient Express".
Sources: Wikipedia French and English
Catalog # of commercial releases:
LP:
France: FDM 18110, DLP 2200, 824 749-1
Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain: 2612 039
Argentina: 5419/20; China: DLH-114, DL-0063; Ireland: PODV 3; Japan: 40MM 0177/8; South Korea: SEL-RG 897; Mexico: LPR 16432A2, LPE1041-A2; Peru: A20-POL-2612039.2; South Africa: D POL 551; Spain: 811 551-1; Switzerland: FDM 18110; Turkey: LP 9010; UK: PODV 3; US: 422 811-551-1; Yugoslavia: 3220117
Europe: 19439945811
Cassette:
France: FDM 40 18110, DMC 2200, 824 749-4, FDM 36160-4
Australia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia: 3500 132
Brazil, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Italy, Spain: 3271 114 & 3199 327/8
Argentina: 7523; Canada: JARR4 4, FDM 36143-4; Chile: 185087; China: HL-118; Japan: 40CM 0072; Mexico: 2MCE 1041; Poland: FDM36143-4; Spain: 811 551-4; Thailand: 811 551-4; UK: PODVC 3; US: 811 551-4 Y-1
CD:
France: FDMCD18110, DCO 2200, 824 749-2, 191 115/6-2, FDM 36143/4-2, FDM 36160-2
Brazil: 811 551-2; Canada: FDM 36143/4-2, 88843024712; Germany: 811 551-2; India: 88843024712; Japan: 811 5512; Mexico: CDEPR 1041-A2; US: 811 551-2
Europe: 488139 2, 88843024712, 19439945812
Minidisc:
Europe: 488139 8
Related singles:
Souvenir De Chine
Orient-Express