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Jacques Brel: Royal Albert Hall, London

Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 26 November 1966

THE ALL-PERVADING perfume of Gauloises and an audience that went hysterical at the beginning, climax and end of each song reminded me of the atmosphere at the Paris Olympia when Piaf was there just before her death.

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