VARIOUS / ERIC BLAU / MORT SHUMAN - Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris (Reissue) VARIOUS / ERIC BLAU / MORT SHUMAN

2LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2026 Reissue). 

David Bowie fans who claimed he was a fan of Jacques Brel at the start of his career have got it all wrong, just like those who persist in talking about his minnow eyes or his "Berlin trilogy produced by Brian Eno”. In truth, Bowie first became acquainted with Brel’s songs through the voice of Scott Walker, who recorded no less than eight of them on his first three albums. But above all, David realised their potential when he saw the musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in London in 1968, with his girlfriend Hermione Farthingale in the show. The record that David Bowie is said to have kept his whole life.