Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris

David Bowie fans who claimed he was a fan of Jacques Brel at the start of his career have got it all wrong, just like those who persist in talking about his minnow eyes or his "Berlin trilogy produced by Brian Eno”. In truth, Bowie first became acquainted with Brel’s songs through the voice of Scott Walker, who recorded no less than eight of them on his first three albums. But above all, David realized their potential when he saw the musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in london in 1968, with his girlfriend Hermione Farthingale in the show. The record that David Bowie is said to have kept his whole life.

Side A:

A1. Company - Marathon (Les Flamandes)

A2. Shawn Elliott - Alone (Seul)

A3. Company - Madeleine

A4. Elly Stone - I Loved (J’aimais)

A5. Mort Shuman - Mathilde

A6. Shawn Elliott - Bachelor’s Dance (La Bouree Du Celibataire)

A7. Alice Whitfield, Company - Timid Frieda (Les Timides)

A8. Elly Stone, Company - My Death (La Mort)

A9. Mort Shuman - Jackie (La Chanson De Jacky)

A10. Company - Desperate Ones (Les Desesperes)

A11. Elly Stone - Sons Of... (Fils De...) .... 

A12. Mort Shuman, Company - Amsterdam

Side B:

B1. Shawn Elliott, Company - The Bulls (Les Taureaux)

B2. Elly Stone, Company - Old Folks (Les Vieux)

B3. Elly Stone, Company - Marieke

B4. Alice Whitfield, Company - Brussels (Bruxelles)

B5. Shawn Elliott - Fanette (La Fanette)

B6. Mort Shuman - Funeral Tango (Tango Funebre)

B7. Mort Shuman, Shawn Elliott - The Middle Class (Les Bourgeois)

B8. Elly Stone - You’re Not Alone (Jef)

B9. Mort Shuman, Company - Next (Au Suivant)

B10. Elly Stone, Company - Carousel (La Valse A Mille Temps)

B11. Company - If We Only Have