Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943

by Edith Piaf

Overview

Edith Piaf's younger self dominates this chronologically jumbled collection of chestnuts from the first seven-and-a-half years of her recording career (December 1935 to June 1943). Internationally famous for leading a tempestuous life that was pockmarked with vice and misfortune, Piaf's persona always had a vein of pathos pulsing away beneath the surface. This powerfully voiced little woman's successes were often tinged with scandal; she deliberately chose to record the comparatively wholesome "Mon Legionnaire" while retooling her tarnished image following the widely publicized murder of her showbiz mentor Louis Leplee. "Les Momes de la Cloche" was her very first record; here a marvelously wry whimsy is buoyed by the rippling voice of the accordion. All but six of these recordings were made during the '30s; by the early '40s, Piaf's Weltschmerz would begin to solidify as she matured into an even more arrestingly intense performer. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	08/10/2010
Label:	United States Dist. / United States Of Distribution
UPC:	5060230860077
Rank:	8562

Tracks

1. L¿¿¿Accord¿¿oniste
2. ¿¿tait Un Jour De Pete
3. Mon Coeur Est Au Coin D¿¿¿Une Rue
4. Un Coin Tout Bleu
5. Ballade De Mr. Browning
6. Elle Fr¿¿quentait La Rue Pigalle
7. ¿¿tait Une Histoire D¿¿¿Amour
8. L¿¿¿Autre Cot¿¿ De La Fue
9. L¿¿¿¿¿tranger
10. Entre St Oien Et Cligancourt
11. Mon Amant De La Coloniale
12. Le Fanion De La L¿¿gion
13. Mon Ap¿¿ro
14. Paris-M¿¿diterran¿¿e
15. Fais-Moi Valser
16. Est Toi Le Plus Fort
17. On Danse Sur Ma Chanson
18. Momes De La Cloche
19. Grand Voyage Du Pauvre N¿¿gre
20. Est Lui Que Mon Coeur a Choisi
21. Mon L¿¿gionnaire

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Edith Piaf   Primary Artist,Vocals
Yvon Jean-Claude   Primary Artist
Jean Medinger   Primary Artist,Accordion
Jacques Medinger   Primary Artist,Accordion
Wal Berg   Conductor
Georges Aubanel   Conductor
Guy Luypaerts   Conductor
Emil Stern   Conductor
Johnny Uvergolts   Conductor
Walter Joseph   Piano
Jacques Metehen   Conductor

Technical Credits

Max d'Yresne   Composer
Robert Juel   Composer
Marius Coste   Composer
Robert Malleron   Composer
Leo Pol   Composer
Charles Borel-Clerc   Composer
Maurice Aubret   Composer
Louis Maitrier   Composer
Adhemar Sablon   Composer
Philippe Brat   Compilation Producer
Phil Duffy   Design
Edith Piaf   Composer
Vincent Scotto   Composer
Peter Dempsey   Liner Notes
Albert Lasry   Composer
Marguerite Monnot   Composer
Henri Contet   Composer
Jean Villard   Composer
Michel Emer   Composer
Rene Cloerec   Composer
Decaye   Composer
Raymond Asso   Composer
Jean Jal   Composer
Andre Decaye   Composer