Now Available: Edith Piaf, Intégrale

A wise woman once sang that life is a cabaret, so it only makes sense that one of the most legendary cabaret singers in the world would be a woman. We're referring to Edith Piaf, of course, and were she still with us, this month would mark her 100th birthday. Alas, Ms. Piaf passed away in 1963 at the far-too-young age of 47, but to celebrate her centennial, we've released a limited-edition box set which is about the best possible birthday gift you could hope for if you're an Edith aficionado.

The Intégrale 2015 Limited Edition Box Set includes rare recording sessions, rehearsals, a 1962 interview with Piaf, and classic live performances at the Paris Olympia in 1955, 1958, 1961 and 1962, at the New York Carnegie Hall in 1956 and 1957 and at the Paris Bobino in 1963. With all of this stuff, you won't likely be taken aback to learn that it's a 20-disc set. (It takes a lot of space to fit 350 tracks, you know.) Also included: a deluxe 30-page book featuring a new biography, various photos and three emblematic scenes from Edith Piaf's life re-created in pop-up (“La Môme from the street,” “Carried away by the crowd,” and “Sing to live, live to sing”).

Make no mistake, though: Intégrale really is a limited-edition situation. There are only 10,000 copies and they're numbered, and once they're gone, they are gone.

In other words, stop wasting time and go get yours!