JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
Composer: Jacques
Brel
Lyricist: Eric Blau; Jacques Brel; Mort
Shuman
Opened: January 22, 1966, Village Gate Theatre, N.Y.C.;
September 15, 1972, Royale Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 1847
(off-Broadway); 51 (Broadway)
Note: Only recordings of material not found on the CD reissue of the original off-Broadway cast album are noted below:
Le Diable (Ca Va) (added to the 2006 Off-Broadway revival):
1. Jacques Brel Et Ses Chansons,
Philips 6325 202 (Jacques Brel)
2. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And
Living In Paris, CD/Ghostlight 84416 (Gay Marshall with music conducted by Eric
Svejcar)
3. Chanson, CD/Gecko 7000 (Amanda McBroom)
The
Dove (La Colombe) (added to the 1973 Cleveland and 1974 Detroit
productions):
1. Jacques Brel 4, Philips 76-483
(Jacques Brel) [reissued on La Valse à Mille Temps, CD/Universal 816]
2. American Debut, Sony AWS-324 (Jacques Brel)
3. Jacques Brel Is Alive
And Well And Living In Paris, Synchronicity 1306 (Phil Marcus Esser with music
conducted by Marc Chover)
4. Encore Brel, Nitty Gritty Records NGC 1025
(Laurika Rauch with music direction by Lindsay Heard)
5. Jacques Brel Is
Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CD/Playhouse Square (Cliff Bemis and David
O. Frazier with music conducted by David Gooding)
6. Live At The Royal
Albert Hall, CD/Five Trees 01 (Show Of Hands)
7. Joan, CD/Vanguard 79240
(Joan Baez)
8. In My Life, CD/Elektra 74027-2 (Judy Collins)
Girls And Dogs (Les Filles Et Les
Chiens):
1. Jacques Brel Accompagne Pas
François Rauber Et Son Orchestra, Barclay (Jacques Brel with
François Rauber Et Son Orchestra) [reissued on Jacques Brel 4/Le Plat
Pays, CD/Barclay 816723]
2. Encore, Reprise RS 6246 (Jacques Brel)
3.
Les Bonbons, Barclay (Jacques Brel) [reissued as CD/Barclay 9808170]
4.
Brel, Barclay/Polygram 96010 (Jacques Brel)
5. Jacques Brel Is Alive And
Well And Living In Paris, Playhouse Square CLE-2S-101 (Cliff Bemis and David O.
Frazier with music conducted by David Gooding) [reissued as CD/Playhouse
Square)
6. Laulusi Elaa, Brel!, Polarvox KJL 39 (Harri Rantanen)
7.
Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CD/Jay Records 1260
(Michael Cahill and Stuart Pendred with music conducted by Ruth Alexander)
8. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CDr/Ghostlight
(Robert Cuccioli with music conducted by Eric Svejcar) (bonus material EP)
9. Scott 2, CD/Fontana Distribution 5108802 (Scott Walker)
10. Angel Of
Ashes: A Tribute To Scott Walker, CD/Le Maquis 54095 (unknown performer)
11. The John And Spencer Booze Explosion, CD/Tiger Style Records 36 (The
John And Spencer Booze Explosion)
The Last Supper (Le Dernier
Repas) (added to the film version):
1. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well
And Living In Paris, Atlantic SD2-1000 (Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, and Joe
Maisell with orchestra conducted by Francois Rauber)
2. Jacques Brel 6,
Barclay 80222 (Jacques Brel) [reissued on Jacques Brel 5/Jef, CD/Barclay
816724]
3. The Olympia '61 & '64, CD/DRG 8487 (Jacques Brel)
4.
Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CD/Ghostlight 84416 (Gay
Marshall with music conducted by Eric Svejcar)
5. Pagny Chante Brel,
CD/Universal 5304384 (Florent Pagny)
My
Childhood (Mon Enfance) (added to the film version):
1. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well
And Living In Paris, Atlantic SD2-1000 (Elly Stone with orchestra conducted by
Francois Rauber)
2. Elly Stone, Columbia 9960 (Elly Stone)
3. Jacques
Brel 67, CD/Barclay 980817 (Jacques Brel)
4. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well
And Living In Paris, CD/Ghostlight 84416 (Gay Marshall with music conducted by
Eric Svejcar)
5. Sheera Ben-David Sings Jacques Brel, CD/Sheera Ben-David
(Sheera Ben-David)
6. My Death, CD/Rev-Ola Records CRREV290 (Mort Shuman)
7. Temps Du Lilas: Inedits Radio France (1956-1973), CD/Le Chant du Monde
1562 (Barbara)
8. Une Soiree Avec Barbara, CD/Philips France 558963
(Barbara)
9. Alhambra De Bordeaux 28-11-1969: Campus Special, CD/Delta 1
(Barbara)
10. Olympia 1978, CD/Mercury 9812731 (Barbara)
11. Chatelet
87, Vol. 2, CD/Polygram 8340412 (Barbara)
12. Au Theatre Des Varietes,
CD/Universal 5301977 (Barbara)
13. Ne Me Quitte Pas, CD/Musicom 010506
(Jean-Claude Seferian)
14. Chante Barbara 2, CD/Celluloid 006607 (Annick
Cisaruk)
Ne me Quitte Pas (Don't Leave
Me) (added to the film version):
I have not attempted to compile
discological information for this Brel standard beyond original cast member
performances.
1. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris,
Atlantic SD2-1000 (Jacques Brel with orchestra conducted by Francois Rauber)
2. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CDr/Ghostlight (Gay
Marshall with music conducted by Eric Svejcar) (bonus material EP)
Song For Old Lovers (Le Chanson Des Vieux
Amants) (added to the film version):
I have not attempted to compile
discological information for this Brel standard beyond original cast member
performances.
1. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris,
Atlantic SD2-1000 (Elly Stone with orchestra conducted by Francois Rauber)
2. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CD/Ghostlight 84416
(Robert Cuccioli with music conducted by Eric Svejcar)
The Statue (La Statue):
1. The Poetic World Of Jacques
Brel, Philips PCC 620 (Jacques Brel)
2. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And
Living In Paris, Atlantic SD2-1000 (Joe Masiell with orchestra conducted by
Francois Rauber)
3. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris,
CD/Playhouse Square (Cliff Bemis and David O. Frazier with music conducted by
David Gooding)
4. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris,
CD/Jay Records 1260 (Michael Cahill with music conducted by Ruth Alexander)
5. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, CDr/Ghostlight
(Rodney Hicks with music conducted by Eric Svejcar) (bonus material EP)
6.
The Olympia '61 & '64, CD/DRG 8487 (Jacques Brel) Jacques Brel, Vol. 5,
CD/Barclay 05861 (Jacques Brel)
7. If You Go Away: The RCA Years 1965-1970,
CD/Bear Family 16122 (Rod McKuen)
The
Taxicab (Le Gaz) (added to the film version):
1. Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well
And Living In Paris, Atlantic SD2-1000 (Mort Shuman with orchestra conducted by
Francois Rauber)
2. Jacques Brel 6: J'Arrive, CD/Polygram (Jacques Brel)