In the early 1980s, recordings of traditional music were rare. The important and evolving group La Bottine Souriante nevertheless released, in 1983, “ Chic & Swell ”, its third album.

A landmark record, not only of trad, but of the history of Quebec music. Embark on the " Chic & Swell " adventure by Yves Lambert , André Marchand , Mario Forest , Martin Racine and Daniel Roy to hear or hear again " La ziguezon ", " La tapinie ", " Le bal chez Ti-Guy " and so much others!

• CD Hardcover Journal

Album tracks:

1. Le batseux / La grande jig simple
2. La tapinie / The real of travelers
3. On the way to mount
4. The Wild Nightingale
5. Our brave inhabitants
6. The Hay Dance
7. The ball at Ti-Guy's
8. The Robins
9. Pauline's skates / The woodcutter
10. The ziguezon
11. The mason's apron / Rémi's reel
12. The Three Captains