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Track listing

This album was first issued as part of the 16CD box set Boîte à Bonbons on 23 September 2003. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Tracks 1-26 recorded between 14 August 1953 at Radio Hasselt
• Track 28 recorded in 1962

1. "À Deux" (Jacques Brel)
2. "Dites, Si C'était Vrai (Poème)" (Brel)
3. "Les Gens" (Brel)
4. "La Haine" (Brel)
5. "Départs" (Brel)
6. "Le Diable" (Brel)
7. "Qu'Avons-Nous Fait, Bonnes Gens" (Brel)
8. "L'Ange Déchu" (Brel)
9. "Les Pieds dans le Ruisseau" (Brel)
10. "La Bastille" (Brel)
11. "Ce qu'il Nous Faut" (Brel)
12. "L'Accordéon de la Vie" (Brel)
13. "Je Suis l'Ombre des Chansons" (Brel)
14. "S'il Te Faut" (Brel)
15. "Ballade" (Brel)
16. "L'Orage" (Brel)
17. "Les Pavés" (Brel)
18. "Le Fou du Roi" (Brel)
19. "La Foire" (Brel)
20. "Sur la Place" (Brel)
21. "Il Peut Pleuvoir" (Brel)
22. "Les Deux Fauteuils" (Brel)
23. "Les Enfants du Roi" (Brel)
24. "Le Troubadour" (Brel)
25. "Il Nous Faut Regarder" (Brel)
26. "C'est Comme Ça" (Brel)
27. "Si Tu Revenais" (Brel)
28. "Le Pendu" (Brel)

August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking author-composer with such strong power of expression in his lyrics that many consider him a poet as well. ...

External links

• Jacques Brel (http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index03UK.htm)

  Official website