Album artwork for La Tendresse by Jacques Brel

Double Vinyl reissue. Jacques Brel was born on 8 April 1929 in a suburb of Brussels called
Schaerbeek. 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
Chateaubriand. 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 Le Grand Feu, 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
on 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
talked 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’
bohemian 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.

Jacques Brel

La Tendresse

Le Chant du Monde
Album artwork for La Tendresse by Jacques Brel
LPx2

£15.99

Released 28/09/2018Catalogue Number

CM74292324

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Jacques Brel

La Tendresse

Le Chant du Monde
Album artwork for La Tendresse by Jacques Brel
LPx2

£15.99

Released 28/09/2018Catalogue Number

CM74292324

Learn more

Double Vinyl reissue. Jacques Brel was born on 8 April 1929 in a suburb of Brussels called
Schaerbeek. 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
Chateaubriand. 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 Le Grand Feu, 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
on 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
talked 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’
bohemian 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.