Sometime in 1979 or 1980, someone had the brilliant idea of recording birdsong and scoring it with some laid back music. I think it must have been the first notion of so-called 'new age music'. The resulting single, 'Et les oiseaux chantaient' by the Sweet People, became a hit too. It felt really out of place in the post-punk charts of 1980.But there it was, peaking at number 10 in the Netherlands and number 4 in the UK. I think I only started to like the track once it had left the charts and some time had gone by.
My collection: 7" single no. 2153
Found: Record fair, Amsterdam, September 7, 1999
Cost: 1 guilder
Tracks: 'Et les oiseaux chantaient' / 'Perce'
