Olympia 1961 Explained

Olympia 1961
Type:	live
Artist:	Jacques Brel
Cover:	Olympia 1961.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	27–29 October 1961
Genre:	Chanson
Length:	48:13
Label:	Philips (original album) Barclay/Universal
Next Title:	Olympia 1964
Next Year:	1964

Olympia 1961 (Philips 6416 403) is Jacques Brel's first live album. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-8).^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jacques Brel, except where noted.

1. "Les prénoms de Paris" (Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
2. "Les bourgeois" (Brel, Jean Corti)
3. "Les paumés du petit matin" (Brel, François Rauber)
4. "Les Flamandes"
5. "La statue" (Brel, Rauber)
6. "Zangra"
7. "Marieke" (Brel, Jouannest)
8. "Les biches" (Brel, Jouannest)
9. "Madeleine" (Brel, Jouannest, Corti)
10. "Les singes"
11. "L’Ivrogne" (Brel, Jouannest, Rauber)
12. "La valse à mille temps"
13. "Ne me quitte pas"
14. "Le Moribond"
15. "Quand on n'a que l'amour"

Credits

• Gérard Jouannest – piano
• François Rauber – piano
• Jean Corti – accordion
• Daniel Janin – orchestra conductor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 . Discogs. 6 September 2011.
2. Web site: Discography . Editions Jacques Brel . 6 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331124817/http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=disco&part=cd . 31 March 2012 .