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Henri Debs Sextet with Paul Blamar

Moin çé on maléré | Four-track EP

A Disque Debs release recorded in Guadeloupe, featuring compositions by Henri Debs and vocals by Paul Blamar. The programme combines biguine kombass with the boléro-guajira of “Moin çé on maléré.”

Presented with its illustrated picture sleeve and printed musician credits, this record offers collectors a document of Henri Debs’s work as a composer and ensemble leader.

Details

Artist: Henri Debs Sextet with Paul Blamar
Title: Moin çé on maléré
Composer: H. Debs, as credited on the sleeve.
Label: Disque Debs
Catalogue number: DD 4
Format: Vinyl, 7-inch EP, 45 rpm, with picture sleeve
Country of manufacture: France
Recorded: Guadeloupe
Styles: Biguine kombass; boléro-guajira

Date reference: “Moin çé on maléré” is dated 1962 in the archival reissue credits. The exact release and manufacture dates of this DD 4 copy are not confirmed.

Tracklist

Side A

  1. Claudie Ratt
  2. Josianne en vé pas

Side B

  1. Moin çé on maléré
  2. Douce kombass N° 2

The photographed Side A label confirms “Claudie Ratt” and “Josianne en vé pas.” The other two selections follow the sleeve and documented DD 4 tracklisting. The sleeve describes “Moin çé on maléré” as the lament of a worker dreaming of happiness, contrasting it with three biguine kombass selections.

Personnel

  • Henri Debs Sextet: performing ensemble
  • Henri Debs: composer
  • Paul Blamar: vocals
  • Ed. Benoit: tenor saxophone or soprano saxophone
  • Justin Angele: alto saxophone
  • Gilbert Erdan: bass
  • Theomel Ursule or Pierre Benoit: drums
  • Serge Christophe: harmonica or maracas
  • Alain Gervais: tumba

Names and alternative instrumental credits follow the front cover. The sleeve does not assign these alternatives to individual tracks.

Technical details

Medium: Vinyl
Format: 7-inch, four-track EP with large centre hole
Speed: 45 rpm; the label reads “Super 45 tours.”
Reference: DD 4
Recording location: Guadeloupe
Manufacture: Made in France

Label address: 20, rue Lamartine à Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, as printed on the sleeve.
Sleeve notes: Casimir Letang
Photo credit: Antille-Photo; the sleeve states “posée par Paul Blamar.”

Condition

Record: EX-. Extremely slight surface marks, with visible hairlines. Plays very well, but with soft surface noise.

Cover: EX-. Extremely slight wear marks. The back cover has blue-pen writing, front slightly delaminated. Very clean.

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