In the autumn of 1974, Serge Gainsbourg visited the Paul Facchetti gallery and stopped in front of an intriguing work by sculptor Claude Lalanne: a creation depicting a "man with a cabbage head." "Fifteen times I retraced my steps, then, under hypnosis, I pushed open the door, paid cash, and had it delivered to my home," Gainsbourg wrote in November 1976 in a press release revealing the object of inspiration for his new album.
Today considered "the other" masterpiece in Serge Gainsbourg's discography alongside 'Histoire de Melody Nelson', 'L'Homme à tête de chou' had not yet revealed all its secrets. Nearly 45 years after its release, the rediscovery of the multitrack tapes recorded in London in the summer of 1976 confirms the obvious: behind Gainsbourg's virtuoso talk-over lay an extraordinary musical edifice.
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