How this whole thing started
It started over a decade ago, the way these things often start — one record bought on impulse. A battered pressing of Innamoramento that I found by chance, played it, and didn't put on anything else for about three weeks. I'd known the songs forever — you grow up in France and her voice is in the air whether you ask for it or not — but I hadn't actually listened to one of her albums end-to-end on a proper system before. That copy is still on the shelf, sleeve held together with mylar tape, and it's the reason for everything that follows.
The collection grew slowly over the following years. I'd pick up whatever I saw, mostly French Polydor pressings, a few Belgian variants when travel permitted. After a while I started paying attention to the differences between pressings of the same record — the way an early French pressing of Cendres de Lune doesn't sound like a later repress, the way the Canadian 7" of Pourvu Qu'Elles Soient Douces has different label art from the French one. That's when this stopped being a record collection and started being an archive.
The 2019 Mylène Farmer 2019 tour at La Défense Arena was, for me, the moment to put everything in perspective. I drove up from Lyon with two friends, stood for four hours, and came home knowing I was going to spend serious money chasing the rest. The next year I started writing the notes down — first on index cards, then in a Notion database, and eventually here. Putting it on the web was a way of forcing myself to be honest about what I actually owned, where it came from, and what condition it was really in.
Philosophy
This isn't a completist's checklist. I'm not trying to own every Mylène release on every format. I'm trying to understand the pressings — what differs between countries, what differs between years, what the test pressings sound like compared to the commercial cut. The catalog page for each release is meant to capture all of that in one place: the matrix info, the label variations, the sleeve printing differences, and an honest note about my specific copy.
Most of the rare pieces I've found came from Paris record shops, the bigger fairs in the Île-de-France region, private sellers, and the occasional trip to Belgian and Lyon dealers. A few have come through collector networks and leboncoin. Patience and persistence matter more than any one source.
Currently hunting
The wishlist below is what's keeping me up at night. If you have a clean copy of any of these and would consider parting with it (or trading), please get in touch.
- Cendres de Lune — Japanese pressing, 1986 Polydor 28MM 0533. Obi strip a must.
discogs ref: master 41502 · variant JP-1986 - Tristana — French 12" promo on white-label vinyl. The story is that ~50 were pressed for the radio campaign; I've seen exactly one on Discogs in eight years.
no known cat. № · white label, hand-stamped - Pourvu Qu'Elles Soient Douces — Belgian 1988 Polydor pressing with the alternate sleeve (back-cover lyrics printed in burgundy rather than black).
discogs ref: variant BE-1988-V2 - Désenchantée — original French test pressing, 1991. Two-sided plain white sleeve, hand-written matrix on side B.
Polydor 879 925-1 TP - L'Autre… — South Korean licensed LP (the one with the Korean band on the back of the sleeve). I know one exists because I held it once, then talked myself out of paying the asking price. Still regret it.
Polydor RG 3002 · KR pressing - Live À Bercy — official French 4×LP boxset, sealed. The unofficial one in the archive is fine but the real thing is the goal.
Polydor 547 080-1
Methodology & numbering
Each release in the archive carries an internal reference of the form MFV-NNN assigned in the order it was logged here (not in chronological order of release). The number is permanent — once assigned, it doesn't change, even if I re-sort the catalog. I also keep an internal field for matrix runout transcription on every copy, but I don't always publish it because some of the test pressings have details I'd rather not advertise publicly. If you want matrix info on a specific copy for verification, ask.
The catalog numbers shown on each release page are taken from the labels themselves, cross-referenced with Discogs and, where it matters, with the SACEM filings. Sleeve condition is graded informally — I don't use Goldmine — but I'll tell you honestly what's wrong with any copy.
What this site is not
- It's not for sale. Nothing here is listed; this is a catalog, not a shop.
- It's not affilated with Mylène, Polydor, Stuffed Monkey, or anyone who owns rights to this music. I'm a fan with a website.
- It's not complete. There are probably 200+ pressings I don't have; I have ~45 catalogued and growing.
Last meaningful update to this page: November 2025. Small tweaks happen more often.
Rights and removal
All cover images on this site belong to their respective copyright holders (record labels, photographers, designers). They are reproduced here for non-commercial, educational and archival purposes, in the long tradition of fan-curated discographies.
If you are a rights holder and would like a specific image, scan, or piece of text removed, please write to hello@mfvynil.com — I will remove the item within 48 hours, no questions asked.
This site is not affiliated with Mylène Farmer, Polydor France, Stuffed Monkey, Universal Music Group, or any associated entity. It is a private hobby archive that I happen to have made public.