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  4M170LPLong Player  £10.00

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Mercury

Serge Gainsbourg

Homme a Tete De Chou

60s 70s back in stock on vinyl on universal france originally released in 1976 'l'homme a tete de chou' is serge gainsbourg's second concept record his first was the stone classic 'histoire de melody nelson' released five years prior translating as 'the man with the cabbage head' 'l'homme a tete de chou' is a brutal story of lust and obsession in which over the course of the album the narrator falls in love with a black shampoo girl marilou beats her to death with a fire extinguisher and ends up in a psychiatric hospital featuring lush orchestration and a variety of influences from reggae to funk to country 'l'homme a tete de chou' is a crucial part of the musical history of one of france's most famous and certainly most controversial stars