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'''''Les Concerts en Chine''''' ({{IPA-fr|le kɔ̃sɛʁ ɑ̃ ʃin|pron}}, English title: '''''The Concerts in China''''') is a live album by ], recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on ]. It was recorded during Jarre's ] tour of Autumn 1981, which consisted of five ] and ] concerts in ]; this was the first time a ] pop artist performed in China after the ]. |
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'''''Les Concerts en Chine''''' ({{IPA-fr|le kɔ̃sɛʁ ɑ̃ ʃin|pron}}, English title: '''''The Concerts in China''''') is a live album by ], recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on ]. It was recorded during Jarre's ] tour of Autumn 1981, which consisted of five Beijing and Shanghai concerts in China; this was the first time a Western pop artist performed in China after the ]. |
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The album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track,<ref>''The Fishing Boat Sings Evening'' (渔舟唱晚) is a famous ] solo piece, whose title is taken from the famous poem "''Preface to Tengyu Pavilion''" by ]. There are different opinions on the origin of the music: it is supposedly an adaption from the folk traditional songs “Return", “Shuangban” and "Double Clappers". According to a paper by Jiang Bohai and Jiang Shu of ], these were first combined by Jin Zhunan in 1912 under the title ''Evening Songs From A Fishing Boat''. In turn this version was adapted by Wei Ziyou in 1925. Then in the 1930s, it was adapted yet again by Lou Shuhua and Jin Zhuonan and renamed to its current title. In any case, almost every Chinese is familiar with the melody of this song, because it is the background music of the weather forecast at ].</ref> "Fishing Junks at Sunset" ("Jonques de pêcheurs au crépuscule"). |
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The album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track,<ref>''The Fishing Boat Sings Evening'' (渔舟唱晚) is a famous ] solo piece, whose title is taken from the famous poem "''Preface to Tengyu Pavilion''" by ]. There are different opinions on the origin of the music: it is supposedly an adaption from the folk traditional songs “Return", “Shuangban” and "Double Clappers". According to a paper by Jiang Bohai and Jiang Shu of ], these were first combined by Jin Zhunan in 1912 under the title ''Evening Songs From A Fishing Boat''. In turn this version was adapted by Wei Ziyou in 1925. Then in the 1930s, it was adapted yet again by Lou Shuhua and Jin Zhuonan and renamed to its current title. In any case, almost every Chinese is familiar with the melody of this song, because it is the background music of the weather forecast at ].</ref> "Fishing Junks at Sunset" ("Jonques de pêcheurs au crépuscule"). |
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Several of the tracks are misleadingly titled. The track labelled as "Magnetic Fields Part 1" is merely 30 seconds of table tennis sound effects and has no similarity with the studio track of the same name. "Band in the Rain" is actually part 8 of ], and "The Last Rhumba" is part 5 of ]. Opening track "The Overture" is part 1 of ] slowed down. |
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Several of the tracks are misleadingly titled. The track labelled as "Magnetic Fields Part 1" is merely 30 seconds of table tennis sound effects and has no similarity with the studio track of the same name. "Band in the Rain" is actually part 8 of ], and "The Last Rhumba" is part 5 of ]. Opening track "The Overture" is part 1 of ] slowed down. |
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The album was originally released as a double-disc ], then as a double-disc ]. There was also a CD release in two separate volumes, with the cover color changed to blue (Vol. 1) and yellow (Vol. 2). In 1997, a one-disc ] CD was released, made possible by reducing the total running time to 78:17 by reducing the gaps and audience noise between tracks. The remastering was done by ] at ] to the 96 kHz, 24 bit standard.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jean Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China (CD, Album) at Discogs | website = ]| url = https://www.discogs.com/Jean-Michel-Jarre-The-Concerts-In-China/release/146275}}</ref> |
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The album was originally released as a double-disc LP, then as a double-disc CD. There was also a CD release in two separate volumes, with the cover color changed to blue (Vol. 1) and yellow (Vol. 2). In 1997, a one-disc ] CD was released, made possible by reducing the total running time to 78:17 by reducing the gaps and audience noise between tracks. The remastering was done by ] at ] to the 96 kHz, 24 bit standard.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jean Michel Jarre – The Concerts In China (CD, Album) at Discogs | website = ]| url = https://www.discogs.com/Jean-Michel-Jarre-The-Concerts-In-China/release/146275}}</ref> |
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One of the album's original tracks – "Arpégiateur" – was used in the soundtrack of the film '']'' as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera '']''. |
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One of the album's original tracks – "Arpégiateur" – was used in the soundtrack of the film '']'' as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera '']''. |
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The album reached #6 in the UK charts<ref>{{cite web | title = Connolly Company | url = http://www.connollyco.com/discography/jeanmichel_jarre/chine.html}}</ref> #1 in Portugal and #76 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=153}}</ref> |
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The album reached No. 6 in the UK charts<ref>{{cite web | title = Connolly Company | url = http://www.connollyco.com/discography/jeanmichel_jarre/chine.html}}</ref> #1 in Portugal and #76 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=153}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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=== Additional personnel === |
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{{album chart|Wallonia|115|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Les Concerts en Chine|rowheader=true|access-date=7 December 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Germany4|35|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=The Concerts In China|id=129610|rowheader=true|access-date=7 December 2022}} |
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{{album chart|New Zealand|46|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=The Concerts In China|rowheader=true|access-date=7 December 2022}} |
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{{album chart|UK2|6|date=19820509|rowheader=true|access-date=7 December 2022}} |
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The album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track, "Fishing Junks at Sunset" ("Jonques de pêcheurs au crépuscule").
The album consists mainly of live material, plus ambient sound recordings and one new studio track "Souvenir of China". Other new compositions recorded live include "Nuit à Shanghai", "Harpe Laser", "Arpégiateur" and "Orient Express". "Jonques de pêcheurs au crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset") is a new arrangement of a very old traditional Chinese song known as the "Fisherman's Chant at Dusk", which was performed and recorded with The Peking Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and is often wrongly attributed as being composed by Jean-Michel Jarre, misled by the album inlay.
Several of the tracks are misleadingly titled. The track labelled as "Magnetic Fields Part 1" is merely 30 seconds of table tennis sound effects and has no similarity with the studio track of the same name. "Band in the Rain" is actually part 8 of Équinoxe, and "The Last Rhumba" is part 5 of Magnetic Fields. Opening track "The Overture" is part 1 of Magnetic Fields slowed down.
The album was originally released as a double-disc LP, then as a double-disc CD. There was also a CD release in two separate volumes, with the cover color changed to blue (Vol. 1) and yellow (Vol. 2). In 1997, a one-disc remastered CD was released, made possible by reducing the total running time to 78:17 by reducing the gaps and audience noise between tracks. The remastering was done by Scott Hull at Masterdisk to the 96 kHz, 24 bit standard.
One of the album's original tracks – "Arpégiateur" – was used in the soundtrack of the film 9½ Weeks as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera Santa Barbara.
The album reached No. 6 in the UK charts #1 in Portugal and #76 in Australia.
