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French rock band called 12.5 degrees ("12 degrès 5" in french) in the 80s

• Hi, I'm looking for somewhere to buy and/or download the sound track of this band. I think "12 degres 5" (french spelling has an accented second 'e') was both the name of the band and the name of the album. I don't care whether I get a music file, a CD or an old vinyl record. They played in Paris in the 80s, then I don't know what they did... I wish I had bought their album at the time...

• Answer:

  Hello again, Mary! I have good news for you -- there are copies of both 12º5 LPs available, their self-titled "12º5", and their LP "Entre-temps". The even better news is that some of these copies are in France, which will save you on shipping charges. Before I start, let me tell you that if you are serious about buying one or more of these LPs, you need to do so immediately; on occasion, when a Researcher Answers a Question about a scarce item, someone else has already snapped it up before the Customer gets a chance. Available on CDandLP.com: 4 items: http://www.cdandlp.com/liste/?srt=1&lng=2&what=artiste&tete=douze&search=GO%21 Note that the first item on this list is only a 7-inch "single", with 2 songs on it, and that the fourth item is an unrelated soundtrack from a movie. Items 2 (?30.40) and 5 (?24.40) are the LP "Entre-temps", and item 3 is the same album on Cassette Tape (?18.00). They are all being sold by the same person, who assured me in an e-mail that he still has the LP "Entre-temps" available for sale. In addition, this site also shows that the 12º5 self-titled LP is available for sale by a different person (?18.00) (although I have not confirmed that for certain): http://www.cdandlp.com/liste/?srt=1&lng=2&what=artiste&tete=12°5+&search=GO! Both of these sellers are located in France. You can purchase one or more of these items by clicking on the individual item and then clicking on "ADD TO SHOPPING CART". On site GEMM.com: Seller "PunkyStuff", located in Portland, Oregon, USA, has both LPs available for sale (they confirmed this with me via e-mail), one copy of the 12º5 self-titled LP for $35.20US, and two copies of "Entre-temps" for $22.00US and $29.70US. To get more information about any of these items, click the "Info..." hyperlink at the far right of the item; to purchase one of them, click the "BUY" link at the right (this will IMMEDIATELY put the item into your shopping cart. The seller has informed me that shipping to France with be $12.00US. http://gemm.com/q.cgi?seller=punkystuff&rb=moremusic This site also shows the two LPs available by seller "FRANCEREC". However, I believe that these are transfers from CDandLP.com's database, so I would try them as the last resort. http://db5.gemm.com/c/search.pl?list_end_prev=2042&currency=EURO&seller=FRANCEREC&currency=EURO&artist=D http://db5.gemm.com/ddc/search.pl?sid=369000163&key=86338&a_refno=GML474718061 Search Strategy Unfortunately, the Google Search ignores special characters and symbols, so searching for "12º5" brings up millions of irrelevant pages. However, the following search string provided better results: Douze Degres Cinq ://www.google.com/search?q=Douze+Degre+Cinq THAT search found the CDandLP site. It took the use of the LP title, and a little more finagling, to find the GEMM site: 12.5" "entre temps" title price lp artist OR artiste ://www.google.com/search?&q=%2212%2e5%22+%22entre+temps%22+title+price+lp+artist+OR+artiste I hope that my Answer has provided you with exactly the information you were seeking, and that you are able to obtain the music that you remember so fondly. Best Wishes, ace