Light In The Attic this month reissue Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg‘s Je T’Aime…Moi, Non Plus.

The album, also known simply as Jane Birkin – Serge Gainsbourg, was originally released in 1969 and features solo vocal performances from Gainsbourg and his then partner Birkin as well as two duets. The music was written by Gainsbourg with Michel Colombier, and arranged by Arthur Greenslade; the track ‘Jane B’ was based on Chopin’s Prelude No.4 in E Minor.

Seattle’s Light In The Attic has been responsible for some of the most timely and handsomely packaged reissues of recent years, including albums by The Monks and Kris Kristofferson. Their lavish new edition of Je T’Aime is available on both CD and 180g vinyl. The latter is packaged with a bonus 7″ and a never before seen Jane and Serge comic drawn by David Lasky, while the CD features a bonus track, ‘La Chanson De Slogan’. Both include original photography, an interview with Jane Birkin and new liner notes with lyrics in French and English.

We’ll let LITA tell you more about the album’s significance:

“Recorded as a series of duets and solo performances, with lover, actress, and model Birkin, the pair’s chemistry-enhanced collaboration was thrust about the record buying public to much shock and horror, but indeed found global success.

“The disc quickly shot its cigarette brandishing author and fresh-faced vocalist in to the international spotlight; and although the lead-off single ‘Je T’aime’ and it’s seductive purrs reached top slot in the UK charts, no one other than the Pope banded the tune offensive and blasphemous. Ever the conversationalist, Gainsbourg wittily replied, ‘We couldn’t have gotten a better PR man!’ Indeed Serge, indeed.”

Je T’aime follows LITA’s 2009 reissue of Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson. More info and audio clips here; UK customers can get hold of a copy here.

Tracklist:
1. Je T’Aime… Moi, Non Plus
2. L’anamour
3. Orang Outan
4. Sous Le Soleil Exactement
5. 18 – 39
6. 69 Annee Erotique
7. Jane B.
8. Elisa
9. Le Canari Est Sur Le Balcon
10. Les Sucettes
11. Manon
12. La Chanson De Slogan (CD Bonus Track)