Cat No DVD9820040

Years after his death Georges Brassens still occupies a special place in French hearts -- a much loved poet/chansonnier admired for both wit and wisdom whose bittersweet lyrics prompted Gabriel Garcia Marquez to hail him as France’s best contemporary poet. Following the highly successful issue of a Jacques Brel DVD box, Universal/Mercury now accord Brassens the same honour.Five and a half hours of music and interviews which span his career from 1954 to 1979 include rare performance footage, clips from TV shows and the film “Porte les Lilas” and the famed Bobino concert of 1972 in its entirety. All songs are presented complete and in chronological sequence and great pains have been taken to restore sound and image to a high quality.A terrific documentation of the performing life of “tonton Georges”.