After Cream’s classic album, the second musical reference to derailleurs that I found is this 2 minutes 55 seconds of teeth-grinding torment recorded by the (hopefully) legendary Gina at the equally legendary Studio Dinosaure, somewhere in France in 1987.

I had wondered what ‘La Nana’ is - I couldn’t believe Gina was really claiming to be a grandmother from South Yorkshire - but a recent correspondent has terrifyingly assured me that ‘La Nana du Dérailleur’ translates as ‘The Babe of the Derailleur’. Gina certainly looks a happy soul in her hairnet helmet - if appearing somewhat partial to the winter training diet made famous by Jan ‘Who-ate-all-the-pies’ Ullrich.

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1. •Artist: Gina
   

2. •Title: La Nana du Dérailleur (A side), Toutes Les Danses (B side)
   

3. •Date: 1987
   

4. •Label: Socadisc
   

5. •Catalogue number: 101034
   

6. •My theme: Music