La Fille de Joie Est Triste [L'Accordéoniste 1ST Version, Inédite]
C'Était un Jour de Fête
Où Sont-Ils Mes Petits Copains?
Le Vagabond
Le Vagabond [Prise Inédit]
J'Ai Qu'à l'Regarder [Prise Directe]
Tu Es Partout
Monsieur Saint-Pierre
Monsieur Saint-Pierre [Prise Inédit]
Coup de Grisou [Prise Inédit]
Le Chasseur de l'Hôtel [Prise Inédit]
Coup de Grisou
Le Chasseur de l'Hôtel [Prise Inédit]
Le Chasseur de l'Hôtel
Monsieur Saint-Pierre
Monsieur Saint-Pierre
Escale
C'Était une Histoire d'Amour [Prise Inédit]
L' Homme des Bars
Track Listings (21) - Disc #7
Adieu Mon C?ur
Le Chant des Pirates
C'est Marveilleux
Dans Les Prisons de Nantes
Céline
Les Trois Cloches
Le Roi a Fait Battre Tambours
Le Petit Homme
J'M'en Fous Pas Mal
Mariage [First Version]
La Vie en Rose
Un Refrain Courait dans La Rue
Le Geste
Si Tu Partais
Les Cloches Sonnent
Monsieur Ernest a Réussi
Sophie
Une Chanson à Trois Temps
Qu'as-Tu Fait John?
C'est Pour Ça
Un Homme Comme Les Autres
Track Listings (21) - Disc #8
Mariage
Les Amants de Paris
Monsieur Lenoble
Monsier X...
Les Vieux Bateaux
Il Pleut
Il a Chanté
Amour du Mois de Mai
Cousu de Fil Blanc
Dany
Paris
Pot Pourri "Bouquet de Chansons"
Le Prisonnier de La Tour
Pour Moi Toute Seule
Bat dans Ma Rue
L' Orgue des Amoureux
Pleure Pas
Hymne à l'Amour
La P'tite Marie
Tous Les Amoureux Chantent
Le Ciel Est Fermé
Track Listings (22) - Disc #9
Il Fait Bon T'Aimer
Le Chevalier de Paris
La Fête Continue
C'est un Gars
C'est d'La Faute à Tes Yeux
La Vie en Rose [Version Anglaise]
Hymn to Love
The Three Bells
Il y Avait
Simply a Waltz
Chante Moi [Version Anglaise]
Autumn Leaves
Don't Cry
My Lost Melody
I Shouldn't Care
'Cause I Love You
Demain il Fera Jour
Du Matin Jusqu'au Soir
L' Homme Que J'Aimerai
Avant l'Heure
Rien de Rien
C'est Toi
Track Listings (23) - Disc #10
Si, Si, Si
La Valse de l'Amour
Chanson Bleue
Chante Moi
Une Enfant
Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux
Je Hais Les Dimanches
Padam...Padam
La Rue aux Chansons
La Chanson de Catherine
Jézébel
Le Noël de La Rue
À l'Enseigne de La Fille Sans C?ur
Télégramme
C'est Toi [Edith Piaf Seule]
Je T'Ai dans La Peau
Mon Ami M'A Donné
Au Bal de La Chance
Ça Gueule Ça Madame
Monsieur et Madame
Notre Dame de Paris
Elle a Dit
Les Amants de Venise
Track Listings (14) - Disc #11
Bravo Pour le Clown!
Les Croix
Jean E Martine (Le Routier)
Pour Qu'elle Soit Jolie Ma Chanson
Et Moi
S?ur Anne
N'Y Va Pas Manuel
L' Effet Que Tu Me Fais
Heureuse
Les Amants de Venise
Johnny Tu N'Es Pas un Ange
La Goualante du Pauvre Jean
Le Ça Ira
Le Bel Indifférent (Pièce en 1 Acte)
Track Listings (22) - Disc #12
Heureuse
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Avec Ce Soleil
Mea Culpa
Enfin le Printemps
L' Homme au Piano
Retour
Sérénade du Pavé
Le Chemin des Forains
C'est à Hambourg
Un Grand Amour Qui S'Achève
Miséricorde
Légende
Soudain une Vallée
L' Homme à La Moto
Avant Nous
Les Amants d'Un Jour
Toi Qui Sais
Une Dame
L' Accordéoniste
Et Pourtant
Marie La Française
Track Listings (23) - Disc #13
One Little Man
Heaven Have a Mercy
Les Grognards
Comme Moi
Salle d'Attente
La Foule
Les Prisons du Roi (Allentown Jail)
Opinion Publique
Mon Manège à Moi (Tu Me Fais Tourner La Tête)
Un Étranger [Première Version]
Fais Comme Si
Le Vallet des C?urs
Les Amants de Demain
Les Neiges de Finlande
Tant Qu'il y Aura des Jours
Eden Blues
Le Gitan et La Fille
Les Orgues de Barbarie
Je Sais Comment
Je Me Souviens d'Une Chanson
C'est un Homme Terrible
Tatave
T'Es Beau Tu Sais
Track Listings (24) - Disc #14
Milord
Mon Manège à Moi (Tu Me Fais Tourner La Tête)
C'est l'Amour
Un Étranger
Non La Vie N'Est Pas Triste
Le Kiosque à Journaux
Le Métro de Paris
Ouragan
Cri du C?ur
Je Suis à Toi
Les Amants Merveilleux
La Vieux Piano
Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
La Vie l'Amour
Jéruzalem
Les Mots d'Amour
Boulevard du Crime
Mon Dieu
Des Histoires
La Ville Inconnue
Je M'Imagine
La Belle Histoire d'Amour
Les Flonflons du Bal
T'Es l'Homme Qu'il Me Faut
Track Listings (22) - Disc #15
Les Blouses Blanches
Toujours Aimer
Mon Vieux Lucien
Dans Leur Baiser
Exodus
Marie-Trottoir
Le Billard Électrique
Faut Pas Qu'il Se Figure
Mon Dieu [Version Anglaise]
No Regrets
Les Bleuets d'Azur
Le Bruit des Villes
C'est Peut-Êtait Ça
Qu'il Était Triste Cet Anglaid
Carmen's Story
Les Amants
Toi Tu l'Entends Pas
Fallait-Il?
Polichinelle
Une Valse
On Cherche un Auguste
Ça Fait Drôle
Track Listings (21) - Disc #16
C'est Peut-Être Ça
Inconnu Excepté de Dieu
Les Amants de Téruel
Quatorze Juillet
Le Petit Brouillard
A Quoi Ça Sert l'Amour
Emporte-Moi
Musique à Tout Va
Le Diable de La Bastille
Le Droit d'Aimer
Roulez Tambours
Le Rendez-Vous
Monsieur Incognito
Le Chant d'Amour
J'En Ai Tant Vu
C'Était Pas Moi
Margot C?ur Gros
Les Gens
Traqué
Tiens V'la un Marin
L' Homme de Berlin
Track Listings (18) - Disc #17
Et Pourtant (Copie de Travail)
Johnny Fedora et Alice Blue Bonnet
Le Rideau Tombe Avant La Fin
Elle Avait Son Sourire
Elle Chantait
Et Toi (Tu N'As Pas Besoin de Mes Rêves)
Dans Ma Rue
Le Rideau Tombe Avant La Fin
Miss Otys Regrets
Monsieur Est Parti en Voyage
La Mort du Petit Cheval [Diffusé le 1 Janvier 1991]
Sans y Penser
Quand Tu Dors
Embrasse-Moi
J'N'attends Plus Rien [Extraits]
J'En Ai Passé des Nuits [Extraits]
Le Dénicheur [Extraits]
Tant Qu'il y Aura des Jours
Track Listings (15) - Disc #18
Le Droit d'Aimer
A Quoi Ça Sert l'Amour
Mon Dieu
Rue de Siam [Inédit]
Jean l'Espagnol [Inédit]
Répétition Boulevard Lannes au Domicile d'Edith Piaf: Michaël/Le Mur/Le
Le Sale Petit Brouillard [Extraits]
T'Es Beau Tu Sais
Un Dimanche à Londres
Légende
C'est Pour Ça [Version du 78 Tours]
Un Homme Comme Les Autres [Version du 78 Tours]
Si, Si, Si
Padam...Padam [Version Réenregistrée en 2003]
Le Long des Quaid [Orchestral]
Track Listings (19) - Disc #19
Je N'En Connais Pas La Fin [Instrumental]
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Je T'Ai dans La Peau
Miséricorde
C'est à Hambourg
Padam...Padam
Hymn to Love
Monsieur le Noble
Le Fanion de La Légion
Merry Go Round
Bravo Pour le Clown!
Les Amants de Paris
Je Hais Les Dimanches
The Little Man
Escale
L' Homme à La Moto
Autumn Leaves
Mariage
La Vie en Rose [Version Anglaise]
2007 Reissue of a Mammoth 40th Anniversary 20 CD Box Set Released in Conjunction with the Arrival in Theatres of the Motion Picture Biography "la Mome", Directed by Olivier Dahan. Includes 413 Recordings, of which Seven Ar... more »e Previously Unreleased and 77 Various Rarities and Alternative Takes. The Discs Include her Legendary Concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1956 and 57.« less
2007 Reissue of a Mammoth 40th Anniversary 20 CD Box Set Released in Conjunction with the Arrival in Theatres of the Motion Picture Biography "la Mome", Directed by Olivier Dahan. Includes 413 Recordings, of which Seven Are Previously Unreleased and 77 Various Rarities and Alternative Takes. The Discs Include her Legendary Concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1956 and 57.
CD Reviews
No booklet
Benjamin Stone | New York, NY | 09/17/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I don't own this set but have done some research on various "integrale" Piaf sets. This one is identical to the 2003 "Accordeon" box set in terms of musical content but totally lacking in any kind of documentation or recording information, be it recording dates, arrangers, or even composers. There's no booklet whatsoever. Worthless to any serious collector. A bargain if you're only interested in owning the music."
Greatest collection of any major artist yet put together?
Napolean | UK | 08/04/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Well, I think with a possible moments pause here, that I would respond to the question posed by my review title with an affirmative. This collection brings together for the very first (but doubtfully the last) time the early Piaf recordings originally owned by Polydor (1936-45) together with the Pathe Marconi years, 1946-63. It also includes many rarities, alternative takes and a representation of the Carnegie Hall 1956/7 shows. It is certainly the definitive Piaf, if not actually the "complete" recordings.
On a positive note, the remastering is absolutely crystal clear with good deep sound staging and wonderful lifelike resolution of detail. Please remember these recordings are old though and you can't expect todays sound quality or anything close to it. Now, back to the music....
I have a few gripes about this set. Firstly, the 30th Anniversary Sets produced in 1993 included material incongruously absent from this mammoth 20CD set produced in 2003 (second time round re-mastering). For instance, "L' Homme Du Berlin" recorded as a demo on a crude tape recorder is missing from this set but included in the 10 CD set from 1993 (and even the 2 CD sampler from that set). Whilst this set DOES include the same song, it is a polished studio take and although good in its own right, I personally like the intimate raw feel of the first recording. Okay, you can't please everyone all the time and there must be limits on space, but come on, this is a 20 CD set! Why not have made it into a 24 CD set and called it the COMPLETE RECORDINGS? It's frustrating for collectors and completists but nobody else need worry - this set is simply outstanding in its representation of Piaf at all ages and times.
There are other "issues" which possibly need mentioning. The Carnegie Hall recordings are NOT complete. Again, for reasons better known to the folks at EMI France, the 1957 show has been abridged so that it fits neatly onto the disc 20 when the 1956 show spills over from disc 19 leaving the rest of the disc to cover the 57 show. I have not heard the complete 57 show but it was released on vinyl back in 1977 and according to people who own that issue, it is a better show and recording than 1956. It seems odd to compromise a recording familiar to the larger public for the sake of "space" when compiling such a big set to begin with. The 1956 show also has an instrumental introduction whereas the 57 show has Piaf singing the same song. Puzzling decision?
There are no booklets included or any sleeve notes. I personally would have liked to see this but at the bargain prices this set can be found for, that is a small glitch in my view. Buy it now whilst you can and enjoy France's greatest ever singer. Then buy the biographies to help put the songs and recordings into some context.
PS - since writing this review, I have added the following titles to my Piaf CD collection: Live In Lausanne, Live In Brussels, Live At The Copacabana, Unplugged in Quebec 1955-56, At Paris L'Olympia 1955, ditto 1956, ditto 1958, ditto 1960, ditto 1962. I also have found the said 1977 Lp set of Carnegie Hall January 13th 1957 which has the "missing" 6 songs left off Disc 20 of "L'Integrale". Is there any more out there? I also wonder if some of the songs used in the films Piaf appeared in such as "Etoile Sans Lumiere" are represented here in the same versions? Needless to say if you're either a fan or a collector, there is a lot of additional material out there which is not included in this set. I don't believe you'll ever find a better starting point though."
The most complete collection of Edith Piaf recordings
M.M. | VA, USA | 10/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This box set is the 2007 re-issue of the 2003 "L'Integrale" box set released as part of the 40th anniversary of Piaf's passing in 1963. This box set is so far the most complete collection of Edith Piaf recordings put together. 413 tracks in total, including 6 "inedit" tracks discovered in 2003.
This box consists of a CD-sized sturdy cardboard box that holds the 20 CD's in individual cardboard sleeves, with and outer slip case of the artwork shown. The CD's have a 2003 copyright, which confirms that this box set has not been remastered again. No booklet is included. Tracklistings are found on the back of each CD sleeve. The audio quality is great in most tracks, including the 6 "inedit" ones. Get this bargain while you can, since the box set can be found for as low as $80 on amazon, which makes each CD $4."
Value Priced Reissue of the 2003 boxset
Kevin J. Roberts | 08/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a real bargain reissue of the 2003 edition, which is identical in musical content and remastering. I have that. I wonder if this edition has the 2 books with photos from that 2003 edition (which were in French), or whether it has different books(in English? same photos?)or just the absolute minimum info (songs and dates?) Can someone educate us with another review? What is the internal packaging of the discs like: paper sleeves, cardboard sleeves, or CDs in little slots in a foldout?