Homme tout petit

Here’s a recording of a young girl singing France Gall’s “Homme tout petit”, found at a garage sale this summer.

From the girl’s accent I gather this was recorded in Montreal, where the song was a big hit in 1969.

Mutoscope Auto-Recordings were available everywhere around the world until the late 60s…you would go into a booth (usually at fairs or on busy street corners), drop in a few coins and had one minute to record whatever you wanted.

The quality of this record is very bad, but hey, there is only one in the world like it, and it’s kind of heartwarming to hear her sing “PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM PAM”!

And if you need a reminder of how the original goes, here’s France Gall’s scopitone for the song.

Unknown – Homme tout petit



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9 Responses to “Homme tout petit”

  1. D i é g o  on January 4th, 2009

    Bonne Année!

    Après avoir écouté cette version, je préfère mille fois à France Gall.
    Merci pour partager cette rareté.

  2. S.ébastien  on January 6th, 2009

    J’adore ces pressages privés…vraiment privés! Ça commence l’année du bon pied!

    Merci

  3. musiques 60 70  on January 9th, 2009

    super tres original j’adore et tres bonne année a toi !!! j’espere un jour venir a tes grandes soirées zozoi

  4. Mimi la twisteuse  on January 9th, 2009

    Bonjour!
    Comme je n’habite plus Toronto les soirées Zoï Zoï sont terminées, mais qui sait, peut-être un jour reprendront-elles à Montréal?

  5. Anonymous  on January 17th, 2009

    Hi,

    I´m looking for a french 60s yé-yé-song. I heard it along time ago and can´t remeber the artist or the title. The lyrics are about a kind of dating-computer. I think it´s a woman who wants to find her boy friend by using a computer that should this job for her. You can hear female vocals and a computer voice. Could you help me finding this song? I would really appreciate it.

    Cheers,
    Helge

    BTW: Great Blog!

  6. Mimi la twisteuse  on January 17th, 2009

    Sounds like France Gall’s “Der Computer No.3″, but that’s in German. Sounds familiar though. Have you tried the Ultra Chicks CD comps?

  7. Babette  on March 8th, 2009

    Wow! Meow!

  8. HeatherSaenz  on December 13th, 2009

    One of the best ye-ye finds ever. I never say that. Its one thing to find a great record unexpected, but a child singing France Gall. Ahhh!

    Keep up the blog, its one of my favorites. You have an amazing ear and eye for great music.

  9. mimi  on December 24th, 2009

    Thank you Heather! Hope you are well!

    Joyeux Noël!

    Mimi


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