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Chansons ou versions inédites de jeunesse (Early Unreleased Songs or Versions) is an album of Jacques Brel rare early 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]

Chansons ou versions inédites 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

Track listing

Track	Title	Possible 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 Hatred	Jacques Brel	1953-08
5	"Départs"	Departures	Jacques Brel	1953-08
6	"Le Diable (Ça Va)"	The Devil (It's Fine)	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"	Trailing my Feet 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 Am the Shadow of Songs	Jacques Brel	1953-08
14	"S'il Te Faut"	If You Need	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 May 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 It Is	Jacques Brel	1953-08
27	"Si Tu Revenais"	If You'd Return	Jacques Brel	likely 1953
28	"Le Pendu"	The Hanged Man	Jacques Brel	1963

• Tracks 1-26 recorded on 14 August and 21 August 1953 at Radio Hasselt

Track 27 recorded in 1953, for Swiss radio Radio Suisse Romande <ref>2

• Track 28 recorded 20 February 1963 at Hilversum, Netherlands, for TV show 'Club Domino'. Broadcast 20 April 1963<ref>2.
• 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

2. research in book 'Jacques Brel, Leven en Liefde 1929-1978' by René Seghers, Baarn :TIRION/Lannoo, 2003

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