Hallyday, Johnny | Les Raretes | 2LP

Johnny Hallyday was a French singer, songwriter, performer and actor, born on 15 June 1943 in Paris and died on 5 December 2017 in Marnes-la-Coquette, Île-de-France. As of November 2011 he had sold more than 100 million records and earned 40 gold, 22 platinum and 3 diamond records, along with 8 Victoires de la Musique. He recorded some 1000 songs, including a little more than a hundred self-penned titles and around 250 French adaptations of original songs in English. Especially in the early 1960s he built his career mostly on French adaptations of songs by his American idols.

Les Raretés Warner is a two-disc vinyl LP compilation of 20 rare tracks recorded by Johnny Hallyday between 2006 and 2015, released in 2021 on Warner Music France. Many of the tracks were previously available only on CD, and five are live recordings made during an RTL broadcast in 2011. The set includes the studio track La route est ta seule amie, taken from the soundtrack to the film Titeuf Le Film.

Track List

Side A

1. Autoportrait
2. Croire En L'homme
3. Le Blues Maudit
4. Tout Ce Cirque
5. Un Jour L'amour Te Trouvera

Side B

1. Les News
2. Quatre Murs
3. Vent De Panique
4. Jalousie
5. La Route Est Ta Seule Amie

Side C

1. On S'accroche
2. Je T'attendrai
3. Chanteur De Chansons
4. Et Maintenant
5. A Better Man

Side D

1. Gabrielle (Live RTL, 2011)
2. Oh Ma Jolie Sarah (Live RTL, 2011)
3. Fils De Personne (Live RTL, 2011)
4. La Musique Que J'aime (Live RTL, 2011)
5. Tes Tendres Années (Live RTL, 2011)