En Direct de L'Olympia was the first album released by French singer Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...

 after her television amateur contest success in November of 1965, and debut performance at the Paris Olympia

Paris Olympia

The Olympia is a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Located at No. 28, Boulevard des Capucines, its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin and Auber....

 in December.

The arrangements and musical direction for this album were provided by the orchestra leader and composer Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968...

. Together with song writer André Pascal

André Pascal

André Pascal , born André Pascal Nicolas di Fusco in Marseille, was a French song-writer and composer.-History:As an adolescent he was already well versed in French poetry from François Villon to Alfred de Vigny. He could express himself in Alexandrian couplets, and he started to write...

, they contributed Mon credo, Pourquoi mon amour and Viens dans ma rue.

Single

Single (music)

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s, and EP

Extended play

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's from this album appeared in gatefold

Gatefold

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format. These records made Mireille a huge star in France, and Europe, and also a big star in North America and Mexico.

All of the songs were in French, and thus limited its success in English speaking countries.

Side one

1. "Mon Credo" (A. Pascal, P. Mauriat) – 2:48
2. "Celui que j'aime" (Charles Avzavour) – 2:53
3. "Est-ce que tu m'aimeras" (J. L. Chauby, B. du Pac) – 2:07
4. "Pourquoi mon amour" (A. Pascal, P. Mauriat) – 2:35
5. "Le funambule" (Jacques Plante) – 3:17
6. "Et merci quand même" (Chaumelle, B. Kesslair) – 2:21

Side two

1. "Viens dans ma rue" (A, Pascal, P. Mauriat) – 2:28
2. "Un homme et une femme" (P. Barouh, Francis Lai) – 2:53
3. "Ne parlez plus" (Jil, Jan) – 2:48
4. "C'est ton nom" (F. Dorin, Francis Lai) – 2:19
5. "Ils s'embrassaient" (S. Lebrail, G. Magenta) – 2:38
6. "Qu'elle est belle" (P. de la Noë, R. Ahlert, E. Snyder, F. Gérald) – 2:34