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Of the 9 DVDs only one case is open and the disc has some scuffs and hairlines. From 2 other sealed cases it´s possible to hear the loose disc and loose pieces of the damaged DVD holder at the center. The box itself has tear and bumped corners.

Sticker residue on front cover. Mono, gatefold.

Japanese pressing with insert. Vinyl closer to NM and cover to VG+

Vinyl close to NM. Cover with beginning of seam split on top spine.

Exclusive Red Edition of 200 copies.

Record Store Day 2022. 180gr vinyl. Numbered Limited edition. Vinyl is close to NM.

US Monarch Pressing.

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs. Cover with small punch hole

Vinyl close to NM. Cover with stains

180 gram reissue.
Cover slightly dogeared but ciose to NM.

With insert. 1975 reissue. OBI is missing. Slightly stained cover. Vinyl is close to NM.

180 gram vinyl.

Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Includes original insert.
Records are close to VG+

Japanese pressing without OBI, but with insert.. Vinyl close to NM

1970 reissue.

Original inner sleeve. Club edition.

Clear vinyl. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

Signed by Artist. Golden Promo Stamp on front.

Japanese pressing, no Obi.

Cover close to VG+

Cover with slightly bumped corner. Copy n° 435/505

Original US 26-pressing.

Still sealed. Reissue.

Japanese pressing without OBI!

Original US pressing.

Japanese pressing with obi. Cover and vinyl are close to NM

Japanese pressing. with OBI.

Still sealed with hype sticker.

Japanese pressing without OBI

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs. Cover with sticker on the back and light wear, closer to VG

Cover with faint ring wear.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

Original US Pitman pressing.

Creole poetry, folk mysticism and heavy-grooving cosmic synths combine on this unprecedented survey of spiritual Martinique polymath Gratien Midonet’s first four albums.



“I always broke free from the rules, from codes being too narrow,” says poet, musician and sonic shaman Gratien Midonet. “I have always had this sense of peaceful knowledge that there is no separation between genres, beings and universal things.”



For Midonet, pushing musical boundaries was less a choice than an extension of his spirit. A self-taught guitarist and composer,



drawing on his childhood memories of bélé and beguine rhythms, Midonet’s musical life developed in parallel to his academic and spiritual pursuits. Studying philosophy and psychopedagogy in France, it was his fascination with pan-Africanism and animism which fuelled the transcendent energy of his music. Although Midonet honed his sound in France, the four albums he released during the



late ‘70s and ‘80s were heavily inspired by diasporic nostalgia, or what he describes as the “smells and colours… subliminal noises… fruity notes, the memories of funeral wakes, the bombastic organ of the cathedral and the gasps of the drums” of his childhood home on the Caribbean island of Martinique.



Fittingly, it’s there that Midonet achieved cult status for the title track of his 1979 debut, Van An Lévè, which became a protest anthem for the island’s independence movement, and was briefly censored by the French authorities. Look no further than ‘Mari Rhont Ouve La Pot’, which opens this collection, to hear the propulsive mix of cosmic synths, acoustic folk, and Creole lyricism that became the essence of Midonet’s sound. Released on Martinique label Touloulou, Van An Lévè was followed in 1980 by L’inité, whose tropical acid folk (‘M’en ka Monté Mon’) and majestic, violin-led melodies (‘Kannaval Sakré Pou Tout Z’Heb Poussé’) confirmed Midonet’s unique and intuitive approach to composition.



Not content to skip effortlessly between genres and influences, Midonet also began pushing the boundaries of the album form itself. His third album, Bourg La Folie, released in 1984, was a soundtrack for a lost film about the mysticisms of carnival, while his fourth, Fô Ou Tchimbé, took the form of a ‘conte musical’ (a narrated story accompanied by music) presented at the Pompidou Centre, and spoke to Midonet’s literary prowess as a fierce proponent of the Creole language.

1992 reissue. With insert. OBI is missing. Vinyl is Close to VG+.

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert. Cover with a couple of small stains.

Original US Allied pressing. Close to NM.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear

Vinyl close to NM

Cover with faint ring wear.

US original. Pitman Pressing.
Includes original insert. Writing on cover.