9th & 13th by Jonathan Coe with Danny Manners and Louis Philippe
This record saw novelist Jonathan Coe ('What A Carve-up', 'The Rotters Club', 'Middle England', Mr Wilder & Me') team up with his friend Louis Philippe at the invitation of Bertrand Burgalat, who'd launched a series of collaborations between writers and musicians for his Tricatel label, with Danny Manners contributing three key compositions to this musical evocation of Coe's fictional universe.
Tracklist
| 1. | Theme From The Rotters Club | 2:50 |
| 2. | Destination Moon | 7:22 |
| 3. | Une Courte Promenade A Bicyclette | 1:34 |
| 4. | Tower Hill | 2:53 |
| 5. | Fires Rise And Die | 5:30 |
| 6. | Three Views Of Cicely | 4:55 |
| 7. | 9th & 13th | 16:37 |
| 8. | Alone With Shirley | 1:39 |
| 9. | Benjamin in Paradise | 3:03 |
| 10. | Somniloquy | 2:54 |
Credits
Jonathan Coe: speaking voice
Louis Philippe: vocals, keyboards, guitar, speaking voice (6)
Danny Manners: piano, bass, double bass, melodica, speaking voice
Camille Auclair: speaking voice (5)
Esther Freud: speaking voice (6)
and
Andy Lymn (drums)
Pete Whyman (flute, saxophone)
Dave Gregory (electric guitar)
Phil Hopkins (vibraphone)
George Hadjineophytou (mandola)
The Covent Garden String Quartet, les by Abigail Trundle, cello.
Recorded and mixed by Richard Preston at the Sound Suite, Camden, and Snake Ranch, Chelsea, and by Ken Brake at Fag Studio, Primrose Hill.
Cover photograph: Marc Werner
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A central figure of the legendary él label, French singer-songwriter, arranger and producer Louis Philippe has been creating a refined world of pop songs influenced by Maurice Ravel as well as the Beach Boys for nearly forty years now. He has also collaborated with Danny Manners, Stuart Moxham, Bertrand Burgalat, Alasdair McLean, Sean O'Hagan, Matilde Santing, Valérie Lemercier and many others.