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Malcolm McLaren’s Paris: re-released 30 years on, this record is still astonishingly romantic

“A thousand kisses say goodbye / And then they say you’ll never die / A lonely fanfare blew / And they sing to you / Bye Bye Bye Bye.”

Thus sings the lovely Françoise Hardy – who sadly died this week – in Revenge of the Flowers on Malcolm McLaren’s astonishingly romantic album, Paris. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, is re-releasing it for the first time as a double-vinyl album and online to coincide with the Paris Olympics.

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