"Pierre Mendes France is one of the most important names of France's political history. His government (President of the Council from 1954 to 1955) remains a reference of social democracy and his ideas are part of the culture of every politician today. The recordings featured in this 4 CD boxset were not first ment to be edited. Famed historian and writer Jean Lacouture had just recorded his conversations and interviews with Pierre Mendes France to help him in his writing of a biographie of the great politician. The sound quality of these CDs is therefore unusually low - but it's historical interest justified the present edition. In french." Patrick Fremeaux

This DVD (in English and French) presents for the first time a contemporary panorama of gospel music in the U.S.A. Highly rated by the press when first released in Europe, the long version of this musical film is a must for all lovers of soul, jazz and gospel. Features The Campbell Brothers, Willie Neal Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes, The Helping Hand Gospel Singers, Ethel Holloway, Elder Roma Wilson, and Aubrey Ghent and Friends. This 1 hour 35 minute DVD was filmed in 1998 in Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Brooklyn, Rochester (NY) and Chicago.

With the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, the multitude of sects claiming Jesus gives way to a state religion, imposed by the sword and unified by the doctrine. For the young Judeo-Christian civilization, time is a conquest. Philosophy places itself at the service of faith to explain, justify and transmit the divine mysteries. In this second volume of Decadence, Michel Onfray allows us to navigate a period often known by the unique prism of church art, and to discover the mechanisms of subjection of bodies and minds implemented by a civilization then expanding. Following Cosmos, philosophy of nature, Decadence proposes a philosophy of history and is part of the great cycle 'Brief encyclopedia of the world' that stops with this latest release. "Decadence is neither a history book nor a manifesto. It's an inner novel."

(2-CD set) Over a 50 year period, the rich sounds of fanfares, brass bands and large orchestras accompanied Brazil from the country's era of colonial influence to it's progression towards modernity, just before the sophistication of bossa nova. This set presents the dancing days of the radio, "gafieiras" and "cassinos." Includes: Urubu malandro / Frevo das vassourinhas / Bicho danado / Brejeiro / Bandinha do guedes / Sururu na cidade / Lagrimas de amor / Saudoso amor / Judith / Valsa de Melba / Peguei um ita / Brasileirinho / Carioquinha no flamengo / Primavera / Apanhei-Te cavaquinho / Um chorinho delicioso / Teimoso / Primavera de beijos / Beijos divinais / Mimasinha and more.

Recorded by Francois Jouffa. Commended by the Sri Lankan government in order to add to the country's national archives, these recordings present an art that is disappearing expressed by it's last great masters. More than "simply" percussionists, singers and dancers, they are considered as spiritual guides and their exorcism rites appeased the soul and body. The titles featured on the present album are valuable documents as these men had always refused to be recorded, believing that each session is a privileged moment of spirituality and that it's transcription would break the magic.

"Chris Blackwell, Clement «Coxsone» Dodd, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Edward Seaga and Byron Lee are all legendary figures, and here they were beginning their careers as producers. Influ-enced by the sounds of New Orleans and Memphis, this Jamaican R&B, featured in 44 exceptional titles selected by Bruno Blum, represents a unique cocktail: blues, boogie-woogie, shuffle, swing jazz, jump blues, gospel, nyabinghi, doo-wop and rock & roll! Forgotten by history, this tropical rock-music preceding the arrival of ska contains the authentic roots of reggae. Many of these seminal bluebeat pieces have been almost impossible to find since the Sixties but, at last, here they are!” Patrick FReMEAUX

"This 3 CD boxset presents a totally previously unreleased conversation between two major characters of France’s recent history: Francois Mitterrand (President of French Republic in 1981 and 1988) and Marguerite Duras (Prix Goncourt 1984 for her famous book: L’Amant). Since they met during World War II, for being in the same Resistance movement, Marguerite Duras and Francois Mitterrand shared a sincere friendship. Forty years later, when they meet again and record their conversation, she became one of the greatest French writer of her time, and Francois Mitterrand the President of the Republic. During 3 hours, they talk with the liberty and intimacy conferred by a friendly relation about politic, history, the news, ideology, literature… Since the recording was not supposed to be published, the quality of the sound is poor compared to a studio recording (although it was restored), but it remains a unique archive of the late XXth century. In French" Lola Caul-Futy Fremeaux

The Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this biography of Charles V by J�r�me H�lie, associate professor of history, professor at the Henry IV high school and lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris. A model of the megalomaniac conqueror for Rabelais, disturbed spirit for Voltaire, romantic hero for Hugo, Charles V has always haunted the French imagination. Ambivalent figure, great rival of Francis I, he is also the first and the last monarch to bring together so many territories under his sovereignty: from Spain to Germany, from Mexico to Peru, his Empire was the one over which the " sun never sets ". His project - unity of the Christian world, war against the infidels - was intended to be commensurate with the terrible moral and geopolitical upheavals of the nascent 16th century. J�r�me H�lie retraces, in a living story, the journey of a humanist, deeply Christian king and emperor, who brought to the heart of the modern era the very ancient dreams of empire, crusade and chivalry.

This 3 CD box set delivers a conference with philosophers Andre Comte-Sponville and Michel Terestchenko discussing the notion of Evil. Two different approaches – the philosophical and psychological points of view – enable a better understanding of this fundamental matter of Humanity. In French.

"Not only a form of expression unique to black America, the blues is one of the major musical elements of jazz. Great jazzmen are often also great bluesmen with the gift of adapting the sound of the human voice to that of their instrument. In this album, comprising two CDs, Jacques Morgantini presents some of the most beautiful blues recorded by jazz musicians, a perfect blend of the lyricism of blues and the exuberance of jazz." Patrick Fremeaux

A 10-CD boxed set. The Leautaud-Mallet interviews are considered a radio master piece and are a reference in the world of art. They were recorded in 1951. Paul Leautaud was a French writer and critic born in 1872. The French listeners were amazed by his energy, his plain speaking, his sensitivity and also by his humorous dishonesty and his contradictions... Leautaud is questioned about his youth, his perception of 1950's literature, his life... Also features an unpublished interview of philosopher Julien BENDA with LEAUTAUD (in French).

“From Charles d’Avray’s The Triumph of Anarchy through to Leo Ferre and his Neither God nor master, singers and composers with anarchist leanings have, each in his own way, illustrated the social history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Militant songs expressing for the most part a deep-rooted antipathy to any form of authority, of government, of war and religions, or social songs occasionally tinged with black humour, this freedom repertoire provides a valuable contribution to the understanding of the way anarchists were thinking. Jean Buzelin and Christian Marcadet have put together an anthology, the largest ever collected in France, of this fascinating but little-known subject.” Patrick FReMEAUX

With this volume # 11, Michel Onfray concentrates on various great philosophers of 19th century: Thoreau, Darwin, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach… A 13 CDs box set by Michel Onfray. In French. A Counter History of Philosophy by famous French philosopher Michel Onfray - with 500 000 records sold until today! "A parallel history of thinking, that rehabilitates the hedonist and materialist tradition, that resuscitates the gnostics, libertines, baroques, dyonisiac socialists, free spirits and other visionaries..." Robert Maggiori, Liberation

With this volume # 24, Michel Onfray deals with Germans philosophers Hans Jonas and Gunther Anders and the post-nazi philosophy about the desctruction of mankind and ecology. A 13 CDs box set by Michel Onfray. In French. A Counter History of Philosophy by famous French philosopher Michel Onfray - with 800 000 records sold until today!

“This is a unique corpus of recordings, issued for the first time, made by the man who placed Quebec on the cultural map of the French-speaking world. The avowed paragon of Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel. Indeed Felix Leclerc overturned song in an incredible manner. Apart from his poetic elegance, he is the exemplifying trustee of the chansonnier, the song-writer who plays his own music. In 1950, only Charles Trenet and the Roche-Aznavour duo could boast as such.” Claude Colombini-Fremeaux