Her father wanted her to be a translator at UNESCO. She dreamt of being an artist. Nicole Croisille would become a mime, with Marcel Marceau, then a dancer in the U. S. As if it were the most obvious thing in the world, her voice would carry her on to the singing career we all know, and Nicole Croisille would become a legend as early as 1966, with the theme song of Claude Lelouch’s 'A Man and a Woman'.
From the very beginning of her collaboration with record producer Claude Dejacques in 1973, Nicole Croisille had hit after hit, recording in French, English, Italian, and Spanish, and finally brought all of her talents together in many prestigious musicals.
On the occasion of the 9th UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the United Music Foundation has preseved, in Geneva, eight years of recordings by Nicole Croisille, and has released a Collector's Edition including 33 tracks - 4 of previously unreleased - produced in close collaboration with the artist.
On the occasion of the 9th World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebrated by UNESCO, the United Music Foundation has gathered and preserved in Geneva, in high resolution audio (24 bits / 96 kHz), all of the original master tapes of Nicole Croisille’s recordings made between 1973 and 1981 for Productions Claude Pascal / Claude Dejacques.
This heritage includes many songs that are part of the French speaking world's collective memory, including:
Her biggest hits: Parlez-moi de lui (1973), Une femme avec toi ; Téléphone-moi (1975), Emma ; J’ai besoin de toi, j’ai besoin de lui (1976), Mon arc-en-ciel (1977), La Garonne ; Fané, fini, foutu (1978), Dansez pour moi ; Je n’ai pas dit mon dernier mot d’amour (1979), Léo ; Encore (1980), Existe encore un peu (1981)...
Her 10 original albums: Partir (1974), Femme... (1975), Olympia 76 (1976), Si l'on pouvait choisir sa vie (1976), Femme... Woman In Your Arms (1977), La femme et l'enfant (1977), Olympia 78 (1978), C'est ma vie (1978), Croisille 80 (1980), Croisille (1981),
Her 10 original albums: Partir (1974), Femme... (1975), Olympia 76 (1976), Si l'on pouvait choisir sa vie (1976), Femme... Woman In Your Arms (1977), La femme et l'enfant (1977), Olympia 78 (1978), C'est ma vie (1978), Croisille 80 (1980), Croisille (1981),
Her non-album tracks, only released as singles,
in all over 160 recordings preserved in high definition.
This preservation project has been accomplished with the collaboration of Budde Music France, which has made all of its archives available to the United Music Foundation.
2 CD set + 40-page hardcover booklet, limited to 2000 copies, with OBI strip and hot-stamped gold printing, including:*
33 tracks preserved and restored in high resolution audio (24 bits / 96 kHz) from the original master tapes or the best surviving audio sources, including:
Two original albums:
12 bonus tracks:
A 40-page booklet with:
This Collector's Edition is available HERE.
All proceeds from the sales of this Collector's Edition will be directly reinvested to support the mission of the United Music Foundation.
