Pierre de Grenoble (album)

Pierre de Grenoble is the sole studio album by Gabriel & Marie Yacoub (future founding members of French folk and folk rock band Malicorne), released in October 1973 by the French record label Barclay. Although it is not a Malicorne album, fans and critics willingly include it in the band's discography.

The absence of any rock drummer and the complexity of its sound makes Pierre de Grenoble a genuine folk album.

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All tracks (© 1973) are traditionals, (adapt.) arrangements: Gabriel Yacoub

1. Au chant de l'alouette - 2:16
2. Suite scottishe (L'eau de roche) / Bourrée - 2:53 (suite of dance tunes from Auvergne & Berry)
3. Le Long de la mer jolie - 2:49 (Canadian version of La Fille des sables)
4. Quand j'étais fille à marier - 3:52 (ronde from the Gallo-speaking area, Brittany)
5. Je suis trop jeunette - 1:35 (love song from the 15th century)
6. Pierre de Grenoble - 6:44 ("a song to cry for") (followed by the dance tune Schiarazzula Marazzula not credited on the album cover)
7. Le Prince d'Orange - 3:05 (song from the 16th century)
8. Bransles de Bourgogne - 3:28 (Renaissance dances [traditional tunes])
9. Rossignolet du bois - 3:23 s (traditional song from the Quercy)
10. Andro - 1:51 (Breton traditional)
11. La Pension - 1:27 (tune from Savoie)
12. La Fleur de lys (Le Roi Eugène) - 4:05 (This is Eugène de Savoie-Carignan (1663–1736), Prince of Savoie, General of the Imperial Armies)

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• Production – Hughes de Courson & Studio Acousti
• Recording engineer – Colin Caldwell
• Recording studio – Studio Acousti
• Recorded in March 1973
• Painting – Christian Welter
• Back photograph – Jean-Pierre Huguet
• Inner photograph – Marc Rapillard
• Artwork – Albert Riou
• Notes – G. Y.