{"product_id":"la-tendresse","title":"La Tendresse","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouble Vinyl reissue. Jacques Brel was born on 8 April 1929 in a suburb of Brussels called\u003cbr\u003eSchaerbeek. Jacques played the piano a little and was part of the school theatre troupe, directed by Father Deschamps; they put on little shows. Thanks to his teacher he discovered Victor Hugo and\u003cbr\u003eChateaubriand. To quell his avid need for escape, he would read novels by Jack London, Stevenson, Conrad, Kipling and Fenimore Cooper. He began writing his journal in 1942 and started writing some little short stories too. This was when he wrote \u003ci\u003eLe Grand Feu\u003c\/i\u003e, at the end of his second-time round in fourth year of High School. By the end of 1951, young Brel was already the father of a little girl born\u003cbr\u003eon 6 December; he banished his spleen by leading the Franche Cordée group through some rather sodden and smoke-ridden evenings where he and his friends would set the world to rights. He\u003cbr\u003etalked about becoming a journalist or going in for raising hens but above all, he started writing his first songs. At the time Jacques was a regular visitor to bars and jazz clubs in the Ilot Sacré, Brussels’\u003cbr\u003ebohemian quarter; his favourite was La Rose Noire, where he was one of its staunchest customers. This was where he sang his ownn songs for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Chant du Monde","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50497980006731,"sku":"1045221","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5596ea13-5f7c-4329-9064-a0be2e11c42d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727735902","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/la-tendresse","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}