Edith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943

Edith Piaf | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 1995)
• Original Release Date: July 25, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000001HIM
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mon Legionnaire

2. Un Coin Tout Bleu

3. Mon Coeur Est Au Coin D'Une Rue

4. Le Grand Voyage Du Pauvre Negre

5. Ballade De Mr. Browning

6. C'Etait Une Histoire D'Amour

7. On Danse Surma Ma Chanson

8. De L'Autre Cote De La Rue

9. C'Est Toi Le Plus Fort

10. Fais-Mois Valser

11. Paris-Mediterranee

12. Mon Apero

13. Le Fanion De La Legion

14. Mon Amant De La Coloniale

15. Entre St. Ouen Clingancourt

16. L'Etranger

17. C'Etait Un Jour De Fete

18. Les Momes De La Cloche

19. Elle Frequentait La Rue Pigalle

20. C'Est Lui Que Mon Coeur A Choisi

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of France's greatest singers, January 19, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Edith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943 (Audio CD)

Probably the greatest, most celebrated -- and most tragic -- of the French popular "chanson" singers. Piaf was celebrated for having come, indisputably, from "the people", having been born the child of a prostitute, and having been abandoned by both her parents while still an infant. In 1935, at the age of 19, she was discovered by a nightclub owner who both built her popular image and got her a recording contract. Her popularity swelled during the War, and her song "La Vie En Rose" became a standard during the German occupation of France. After the war, Piaf's glamour became torn by ongoing hardships and substance abuse (which, in turn, enhanced the tragic elements of her legend...) This CD sticks pretty strictly to her earliest stuff, from the '30s and '40s; it includes her first big hit, "Mon Legionnaire", but omits "La Vie En Rose" and "Non, Ne Je Regrette Rien", which are her two best-known works. The tinny, Jazz Era sound of these early songs may be less accessible to listeners who are more familiar with the emotionally torturous (and more warmly recorded) material made at the time of her postwar tours of America, many of which are highly prized by her fans.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of Piaf's earlier works..., November 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Edith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943 (Audio CD)

This CD is Edith Piaf at her best... I love many of the songs on it - I would single out "C'est Lui Que Mon Coeur A Choisi" and "L'Accordeoniste" as being two of my personal favorites. This is a must for any Piaf fan...

With all due respect to the person who posted below about "Cannibal Corpse", I don't think we're talking about the same Edith Piaf, and I thought I might clear it up here to avoid any confusion for anyone else. The Edith Piaf I'm talking about, and the one who sings the songs on this CD, is a Parisian singer who has been dead for nearly 40 years (b. 1915 d. 1963). Your Edith Piaf is a different person, I think, because you said that she left "Cannibal Corpse" in 1991. My Edith Piaf, and the one who sings the songs on this CD, left this earth and went to heaven in 1963.

Anyway, thought I'd clear it up - No offense intended...

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised, August 12, 2005

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M. Knotts (Crown Point, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Edith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943 (Audio CD)

Having heard a song by Edith Piaf while watching the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and being captivated by the sound of her voice, I decided to venture into a completely new direction in my listening library. I must admit that I have not been able to take this CD out of any player that happens to be around me! Even though I have no idea of the lyrics, Ms. Piaf has the ability to draw you in and make you feel like you understand exactly what she is saying. She is joyful, tragic, coy, sad, dramatic, and ultimately she leaves me with the feeling of her devotion to her art and her time in history.