Barry Manilow - Barry Manilow Live (1977)
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Artist: Barry ManilowEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Special Edition
CD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Riders To The Stars
- Why Don't We Live Together
- Looks Like We Made It
- Let Me Go
- A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.); Kentucky Fried Chicken\ State Farm Insurance\ Stridex\ Band Aids\ Bowlene\ Dr. Pepper\ Pepsi\ McDonalds
- I Am Your Child
- Jump Shout Boogie Medley; Jump Shout Boogie\ Avenue C\ Jumpin' At The Woodside\ Cloudburst\ Bandstand Boogie
- This One's For You
- Lay Me Down
- Weekend In New England
- Studio Musician
- New York City Rhythm
- Beautiful Music (Part I)
- Daybreak
- Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again
- Lady Flash Medley; Street Singin'\ Nowhere To Run
- Beautiful Music (Part II)
- One Of These Days
- Could It Be Magic/Mandy; Could It Be Magic\ Mandy
- It's A Miracle
- It's Just Another New Year's Eve
- I Write The Songs
- Beautiful Music (Part III)
Music reviews of Barry Manilow Live (1977)
Music Review: "Barry Manilow Live - And Even Better"
Rating: 5 Stars
Wow ... FINALLY a good reason for a re-issue!
You know, I'm not a collector. I know some fans love to buy everything their favorite singer releases because they're collectors, and that's cool, but I'm not one of those people. I hate clutter. I'm used to finding reasons for NOT buying yet another greatest hits album. Consequently, when I hear
words like "re-issued" or "restored", I sorta just glaze over and usually put my wallet back in my purse.
And I almost did that with this "Legacy" 2-disc collection that came out today. But the original "Live" album was for me - like I know it was for many of my generation - something almost sacred. It was the definitive audible proof of why Barry Manilow is an international superstar, because it really gave the listener not just a series of beautiful ballads, but also glimpses into the "lighter" side of Barry's personality (with songs like "Jump Shout Boogie" and his "finger-licking good" VSM commercial medley). Wallowing in such a diverse assortment of entertainments made it too easy to be floored by Barry's talent while, at the same time, really being taken with the down-to-earth human being behind the music. Back in the late 70's, this album WAS Barry.
So, when I looked at the track listing on Amazon and saw that all the original stuff from the album (and ripped out of the first CD) had been restored ... along with NEW material that hadn't been previously made available on CD .... I was intrigued enough to buy it.
I just can't say enough about it ... this sucker just blew me away.
First off ... let me just get this out of the way. I wanna know who designed the packaging because - if you're out there somewhere - I really wish I could fall at your feet and shine your shoes with my tears of gratitude. (Okay, maybe that's overstating ... I'll just shake your hand enthusiastically and thank you for taking pity on idiots like me!). Unlike most of the CDs I purchase - which require razor blades, chisels and sometimes dynamite to get open - opening this set took me 30 seconds. I ripped off the shrink-wrap, slid the box out
of its clear plastic sleeve, opened the box and popped the CD into the player. 30 SECONDS! FINALLY A FREAKIN' CD SOMEONE WHO WAS AROUND IN 1977 CAN ACTUALLY OPEN! I am beyond grateful, seriously!
Furthermore, the "extras" you get with this CD are really cool - someone (or a really great team) took the trouble to try to put together a booklet - with photos - and the original liner notes (along with current-day credits) that easily slides in and out of the box and appeals to those of us who remember those nifty dinosaur relics like album art and liner notes and all that really cool stuff that used to come with the music. Yes, the
cover is a tad too purple-toned for my taste (as my original "Live" album was blue), but the rest more than compensates.
But oh my gosh - the music sounds incredible. I think the Powers That Be did a really terrific job delivering, in a digital format, that earthy audience/arena sound of a live late 70's Manilow concert. Technology didn't erase the organic feeling of this gem, and for that I'm profoundly grateful. It was just like taking a time machine back to the Carter era and getting to listen to young Barry one more time!
(who probably never would have guessed he'd still be wowing us with this show thirty years later).
All the cuts are great.
But a few of them are "Best You'll Ever Hear In This Lifetime Awesome." "Trying To Get The Feeling" ... well, after you've heard this version, you might as well throw away any other renditions you have, because it's PERFECT. Other less-familiar songs from Barry's catalog - like "One Of These Days" - is timeless in its poignancy. And then all the old classics from the dawn of Barry's amazing career - like "I Write The Songs", "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It" and "It's A Miracle" are better than ever, sincerely capturing the spirit of, what was for many of us, a simpler time.
It all sounds awesome (and I know I'm running out of adjectives, dammit). Both discs are paced pretty well. I thought the transitioning between songs was a little choppy in a couple of places, but if you pointed a gun and told me to find something - anything - wrong with this CD, that's about all I could come up with, I swear.
This is a gem, and a must-own for any new fan wanting to experience the "whole" Manilow in one sitting ... or any old fan who cherished the original "Live" album and just couldn't believe - until today - that it could have been done any better.
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