Laurent Balandras for his book, “Les petits papiers de Serge Gainsbourg”

Every evening from Monday to Friday at 7 p.m., Emilie Mazoyer offers us a summary of musical news. Tonight, the music publisher, Laurent Balandrastells us about a revamped and expanded version of his collection The small papers of Serge Gainsbourgpublished by Textuel.

The book out of print since 2018 comes out in an enriched version, on the occasion of theopening of the Gainsbourg museum in the artist’s house on rue de Verneuil. Laurent Balandras immersed himself in the archives discovered by the artist’s daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Handwritten drafts, crossed out, scribbled and difficult to decipher constitute this forgotten treasure at the back of a cupboard.

Cover of Laurent Balandras’ collection, “Les petits papiers de Serge Gainsbourg”, published by Textuel
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