“It was never a real district. There were no whores or peanut sellers.” (Jacques Prévert) Marianne Oswald, Ray Ventura, Claude Luter, Juliette Greco, Boris Vian, Germaine Montero, Cora Vaucaire, Claude Bolling, Les Frères Jacques, Mouloudji, Léo Ferre, Catherine Sauvage, Jacques Hélian… in a 3 CDs boxset featuring a 48 pages booklet with both French and English notes and 14 photos. Frémeaux & Associés presents, under the direction of Daniel Nevers, the historical and mythical recordings of Saint-Germain-des-Prés: the origin of the legendary “Rive Gauche” of Paris." Patrick Frémeaux.