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§ Catalog ● Index of releases · 10 entries

Catalog.

Everything we've released to date, plus two forthcoming. Numbering is sequential and permanent. Original masters return to the archives of the licensors once cut.

↓ Grid — sleeves

10 / 10

PICA0011962 / March
Sacha Distel — La belle vie PICA001 7" 45 rpm · 1962
Sacha Distel La belle vie / The Good Life 7" 45 rpmSold out
PICA0021963 / June
Brigitte Bardot — La madrague PICA002 7" 45 rpm · 1963
Brigitte Bardot La madrague / The Boat House 7" 45 rpmSold out
PICA0031997 / October
Pink Martini ft. China Forbes — Sympathique PICA003 7" 45 rpm · 1997
Pink Martini ft. China Forbes Sympathique / (Je ne veux pas travailler) 7" 45 rpmIn print
PICA0042013 / February
Jill Barber — Petite fleur PICA004 7" 45 rpm · 2013
Jill Barber Petite fleur 7" 45 rpmIn print
PICA0051951 / May
Yves Montand — Sous le ciel de Paris PICA005 7" 45 rpm · 1951
Yves Montand Sous le ciel de Paris / Under the Paris Sky 7" 45 rpmSold out
PICA0062001 / September
Coralie Clément — L'ombre et la lumière PICA006 7" 45 rpm · 2001
Coralie Clément L'ombre et la lumière / The Shadow and the Light 7" 45 rpmIn print
PICA0071994 / January
Brigitte Bardot — Un jour comme un autre PICA007 7" 45 rpm · 1994
Brigitte Bardot Un jour comme un autre / A Day Like Any Other 7" 45 rpmIn print
PICA0082000 / June
Henri Salvador — Jardin d'hiver PICA008 7" 45 rpm · 2000
Henri Salvador Jardin d'hiver / Winter Garden 7" 45 rpmIn print
PICA009→ Autumn
Various Artists
Carte Postale, Vol. I / Postcard, Volume One
PICA00912" LP, gatefold
Various Artists Carte Postale, Vol. I / Postcard, Volume One 12" LP, gatefoldComing
PICA010→ Spring
PICA0107" 45 rpm
TBA
— À suivre
TBA À suivre / To Be Continued 7" 45 rpmComing

Table
— catalog

Full text, format, dates (original / reissue), status. Click a row for credits and tracklist.

↓ chronologically
Cat Artist Title Format Orig. / reiss. Status
PICA001Sacha DistelLa belle vie / The Good Life7" 45 rpm1962 / March 2023sold out
PICA002Brigitte BardotLa madrague / The Boat House7" 45 rpm1963 / June 2023sold out
PICA003Pink Martini ft. China ForbesSympathique / (Je ne veux pas travailler)7" 45 rpm1997 / October 2023in print
PICA004Jill BarberPetite fleur7" 45 rpm2013 / February 2024in print
PICA005Yves MontandSous le ciel de Paris / Under the Paris Sky7" 45 rpm1951 / May 2024sold out
PICA006Coralie ClémentL'ombre et la lumière / The Shadow and the Light7" 45 rpm2001 / September 2024in print
PICA007Brigitte BardotUn jour comme un autre / A Day Like Any Other7" 45 rpm1994 / January 2025in print
PICA008Henri SalvadorJardin d'hiver / Winter Garden7" 45 rpm2000 / June 2025in print
PICA009Various ArtistsCarte Postale, Vol. I / Postcard, Volume One12" LP, gatefold1951 / Autumn 2025coming soon
PICA010TBAÀ suivre / To Be Continued7" 45 rpmSpring 2026coming soon

↓ Release notes

PICA001

March 2023

Orig. 1962

Sacha Distel — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 300, black vinyl, 4-colour sleeve

La belle vie / The Good Life

b/w Mon beau chapeau

Our debut. Distel's 1962 reading of Sacha's own composition — known internationally as 'The Good Life' — re-cut from a clean French original. The B-side, 'Mon beau chapeau', is a 1963 light-jazz curiosity we couldn't leave behind.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally released on Pathé EG 793 (France, 1962)
  • — Licensed from Universal Music France
  • — Re-cut from the original master at Studio Pica
  • — Sleeve — Studio Pica
  • A. La belle vie
  • B. Mon beau chapeau

PICA002

June 2023

Orig. 1963

Brigitte Bardot — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 400, cream sleeve, foil-stamped

La madrague / The Boat House

b/w Tu veux ou tu veux pas

Bardot's 1963 Saint-Tropez postcard, set to music by Jean-Max Rivière. Originally an album cut on her self-titled Philips LP, now finally on a 7-inch the size it always should have been. B-side: the 1970 Marcel Zanini cover she made hers.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Original master: Philips Records, 1963
  • — Licensed from Mercury / Universal France
  • — Mastered for 45rpm by Helmut Erler, D&M
  • A. La madrague
  • B. Tu veux ou tu veux pas

PICA003

October 2023

Orig. 1997

Pink Martini ft. China Forbes — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 500

Sympathique / (Je ne veux pas travailler)

b/w Que sera, sera

The Portland 'little orchestra' has never properly been on a single. Lauderdale and Forbes gave us their blessing to press one — A-side, the song; B-side, the Doris Day standard they refuse to drop from their setlist.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally from 'Sympathique' (Heinz Records, 1997)
  • — Licensed directly from Heinz Records
  • — China Forbes — vocal
  • — Thomas M. Lauderdale — arrangement, piano
  • A. Sympathique
  • B. Que sera, sera

PICA004

February 2024

Orig. 2013

Jill Barber — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 350

Petite fleur

b/w La vie en rose

From Barber's 2013 record 'Chansons', a Vancouver-via-Hamilton reading of Sidney Bechet's 1952 standard. Two minutes forty-three seconds of pure cool. B-side, the obvious one, recorded for the same session.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally on 'Chansons' (Outside Music, 2013)
  • — Used by permission of Outside Music
  • — Mastered for 7-inch by J. Juhás
  • A. Petite fleur
  • B. La vie en rose

PICA005

May 2024

Orig. 1951

Yves Montand — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 400, black vinyl

Sous le ciel de Paris / Under the Paris Sky

b/w Les feuilles mortes

Montand's canonical 1951 take from the Hubert Giraud film of the same name. The B-side is the Jacques Prévert lyric every French singer eventually records — but Montand recorded it first, in 1946, with Cosma at the piano.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally Odeon, 1951 (A) / Odeon, 1946 (B)
  • — Licensed from Mercury / Universal
  • — Restored from a clean tape copy held by the Bibliothèque nationale
  • A. Sous le ciel de Paris
  • B. Les feuilles mortes

PICA006

September 2024

Orig. 2001

Coralie Clément — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 350

L'ombre et la lumière / The Shadow and the Light

b/w Samba de mon cœur qui bat

From Coralie's 2001 debut produced by her brother Benjamin Biolay. A song about love and ambivalence and the gap between them, on a label that mostly puts out songs about love and ambivalence and the gap between them.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally on 'Salle des pas perdus' (Capitol/EMI France, 2001)
  • — Produced by Benjamin Biolay
  • — Licensed from Universal Music France
  • A. L'ombre et la lumière
  • B. Samba de mon cœur qui bat

PICA007

January 2025

Orig. 1994

Brigitte Bardot — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 300, pink vinyl

Un jour comme un autre / A Day Like Any Other

b/w Bubble Gum

Side two of the Bardot story on Pica: the 1994 'Bubble Gum' record, made thirty years after she stopped acting. Heavier, more knowing, less Saint-Tropez. The title track on the B-side.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally on 'Bubble Gum' (Mercury France, 1994)
  • — Licensed from Mercury / Universal France
  • — Pink vinyl pressed at Optimal Media
  • A. Un jour comme un autre
  • B. Bubble Gum

PICA008

June 2025

Orig. 2000

Henri Salvador — 7" 45 rpm · Edition of 500

Jardin d'hiver / Winter Garden

b/w Jazz Méditerranée

The Keren Ann–Benjamin Biolay co-write that gave Salvador his last great record at age 83. From 'Chambre avec vue' (2000) — a bossa-nova that should not have worked and worked anyway.

▶ listen on Spotify ↗

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Originally on 'Chambre avec vue' (Source/Virgin France, 2000)
  • — Written by K. Ann & B. Biolay
  • — Licensed from Virgin Records / Universal France
  • A. Jardin d'hiver
  • B. Jazz Méditerranée

PICA009

Forthcoming — Autumn 2025

Orig. 1951

Various Artists — 12" LP, gatefold · Edition of 1000, 24-page booklet

Carte Postale, Vol. I / Postcard, Volume One

Sixteen songs from the first eight Pica Funk singles plus eight previously uncompiled finds — Distel doing Aznavour, an unreleased Henri Salvador session from 1957, a Coralie Clément demo. Liner notes by the editors.

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — Compilation & sequencing — Studio Pica
  • — Liner notes — the editors
  • — TBA
  • TBA — sixteen tracks

PICA010

Forthcoming — Spring 2026

TBA — 7" 45 rpm

À suivre / To Be Continued

We know what it is. You'll know in March.

▸ credits & tracklist
  • — TBA
  • TBA