Digipack 3CD. Paying tribute to this pioneer of French Rock whose career spanned more than five decades, this edition features on CD1 some of Dick Rivers’ greatest songs, including "Est-ce que tu le sais ?", "C'est pas sérieux" and "Twist à Saint-Tropez", "Tu peins ton visage" with Les Chats Sauvages, as well as the essential "Baby John", "Rien que toi", "Viens tout connaître", "Marilou", "Maman n'aime pas ma musique", "Roule pas sur le Rivers", "Faire un pont", "Nicebaie des anges".CD2 contains a selection of his greatest Rock songs, sung both in French and in English. The French tracks, some with Les Chats Sauvages, are for the most part adaptations of legendary standards ("Quand les chats sont là" from Gene Vincent's "Dance to the Bop", "T'as seize ans demain" from Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Mais oui Baby" from Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby", "Mon coeur tu remets ça" and "C'est moi l'King" from Fats Domino's "There Goes My Heart Again" and "I'm Walking", "Dame de coeur" from Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk").Also included is the duo "Dans le rôle du Rock" with Francis Cabrel. The English tracks recall Dick Rivers’ undeniable power in this language, as well as his ease in tackling different styles (rock'n'roll, rockabilly, country...).Among these covers recorded from the 60s to the early 2000s: "My Baby Left Me", "Whole Lotta Shakin" "Going On", "Twenty Flight Rock", "Reminiscing", "Not Fade Away", "I Got a Woman" "What'd I Say", "Baby Let's Play House", "Summertime Blues", "Well Alright", "Mystery Train" and, in Live version, "Rip It Up" and "Keep A Knockin". CD3 explores his Crooner style, reminding us just how well Dick Rivers mastered this repertoire. Included are "Tu n'es plus là" (adapted from Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou"), "Je continue mon Rock'n'Slow" (from "Rollin' with the Flow"), L'homme qui se rappelle (from the Moody Blues' "Melancholy Man"), "Cinq heures du mat"...
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