Chansons ou Versions Inédites de Jeunesse

Chansons ou Versions Inédités de Jeunesse
Studio album by Jacques Brel
Released	23 September 2003
Recorded	14 August 1953, 21 August 1953, 1962
Genre	Chanson
Length	65:20
Label	Barclay

Chansons ou Versions Inédités de Jeunesse (Songs, or Unreleased Early Versions) is an album of rare recordings first issued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons on 23 September 2003. This CD contains 28 titles: 26 songs from Radio Hasselt recorded 14 August 1953 and 21 August 1953, a recording from the Brel family's private collection, and a 1962 recording from Dutch television AVRO.^[1]

Track listing

Track	Title	Translation	Composer	Recorded
1	"À deux"	In two	Jacques Brel	1953-08
2	"Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"	Say, if that were true (poem)	Jacques Brel	1953-08
3	"Les gens"	The people	Jacques Brel	1953-08
4	"La haine"	The hate	Jacques Brel	1953-08
5	"Départs"	Departures	Jacques Brel	1953-08
6	"Le diable 'Ça va'"	The devil 'It's going'	Jacques Brel	1953-08
7	"Qu'avons-nous fait, bonnes gens"	What have we done, good people	Jacques Brel	1953-08
8	"L'ange déchu"	The fallen angel	Jacques Brel	1953-08
9	"Les pieds dans le ruisseau"	Standing in the stream	Jacques Brel	1953-08
10	"La Bastille"	The Bastille	Jacques Brel	1953-08
11	"Ce qu'il nous faut"	What we need	Jacques Brel	1953-08
12	"L'accordéon de la vie"	The accordion of life	Jacques Brel	1953-08
13	"Je suis l'ombre des chansons"	I'm the shadow of songs	Jacques Brel	1953-08
14	"S'il te faut"	If necessary	Jacques Brel	1953-08
15	"Ballade"	Ballad	Jacques Brel	1953-08
16	"L'orage"	The storm	Jacques Brel	1953-08
17	"Les pavés"	Paving stones	Jacques Brel	1953-08
18	"Le fou du roi"	The jester	Jacques Brel	1953-08
19	"La foire"	The fair	Jacques Brel	1953-08
20	"Sur la place"	On the square	Jacques Brel	1953-08
21	"Il peut pleuvoir"	It can rain	Jacques Brel	1953-08
22	"Les deux fauteuils"	The two chairs	Jacques Brel	1953-08
23	"Les enfants du roi"	Children of the king	Jacques Brel	1953-08
24	"Le troubadour"	The troubadour	Jacques Brel	1953-08
25	"Il nous faut regarder"	We need to look	Jacques Brel	1953-08
26	"C'est comme ça"	That's how	Jacques Brel	1953-08
27	"Si tu revenais"	If you return	Jacques Brel	1953-08
28	"Le pendu"	The hangman	Jacques Brel	1962

• Tracks 1-26 recorded on 14 August and 21 August 1953 at Radio Hasselt
• Track 28 recorded in 1962
• Tracks 4, 6, 10, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26 were re-recorded and released on Grand Jacques in 1954.
• Tracks 7 and 9 were re-recorded and released on Quand on n'a que l'amour in 1957.
• Track 2 was re-recorded and released on Au Printemps in 1958.

References

1. ^ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=disco&part=cd Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved 3 September 2011.