Johnny Hallyday has released a considerable number of ‘live’ albums, but surprisingly, not many are available from the 1970s. As well as this one, recorded at the ‘Palais Des Sports’ in 1976, there is the ‘Pavillon De Paris’ concert in 1979, ‘Palais Des Sports’ 1971 and ‘Lille Mars’ 1970 (currently unavailable).Disc One (57:24)Despite a string of strong seventies albums, Johnny chooses to perform rock ‘n’ roll ‘oldies’ on CD1, or as he tells us in the introduction (track 1) “mon histoire”. Standing out amongst the ‘oldies’ are the ballad ‘If I Were a Carpenter’, and ‘House of the Rising Son’. The medley of 4 sixties tunes also works well. Another medley of soul songs passes the 16 minute mark! The song ‘Trouble’ recorded by Elvis and ‘Gillan’ has been added as a bonus track, sandwiched between 2 (bonus) instrumentals, which all sounds a bit tedious on record (1:34/2:24/3:01) with a drum solo during the last instrumental part.Disc Two (64:21)On CD2 there are only two rock ‘n’ roll ‘oldies’ (‘Twenty Flight Rock’ & ‘It’ll Be Me’). The 1976 album ‘Derriere L’Amour’ is promoted with 6 out of 11 songs being performed. The recording of ‘Rendez-Vous en Enfer’ (a bonus track) from the latter LP is the only live version I am aware of, which makes it seem extra special. On the other hand, the rocker ‘Gabrielle’ has appeared on many live albums, along with the power-ballad ‘Derriere L’Amour’. Still, these (then current) 1976 performances are ‘hot off the press’ and fresh-sounding. The ballad ‘Requiem pour un Fou’ is a particular favourite.The two songs at the end of the disc unfortunately have long running-times. The Chuck Berry/Elvis tune ‘Promised Land’ clocks in at over 7 minutes, and the 1973 blues song ‘La Musique Que J’Aime’ is over 8 minutes long, with several ‘false’ endings. Many of the songs have long instrumental introductions before Johnny sings, for some reason.I would have preferred more seventies tunes on this double CD (and less vintage rock ‘n’ roll like 'Johnny B Goode') from albums such as ‘Je T’Aime, Je T’Aime, Je T’Aime’ (1974) or ‘Insolitudes’ (1973) for example, but this is still a fine concert, with full instrumentation including brass and strings. In November 1976, Johnny also released the rock opera album 'Hamlet'.