Barry Manilow Live [Live]

Barry Manilow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VC7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I WANT THE COMPLETE VERSION OR I AIN'T BUYING IT! :(, September 24, 2002

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S. Fennell "pianistcritic" (Somewhere out there.....beneath the pale moon light...) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barry Manilow Live (Audio CD)

I agree with the other reviewers; this is one of Barry's best, so there's nothing more I can add about the performances recorded on it. But having owned the 2 record set for years, I refuse to buy this on CD unless Arista releases the complete concert. In the original album, the song "Beautiful Music" was split into 3 sections; it opened record # 2 and was then reprised two more times throughout the 2nd half of the show. The third time you heard the song was the high-energy closing of the concert. The song doesn't appear at all, now. There were also several orchestral interludes of "Could it Be Magic" while bows were being taken. It's ridiculous that Arista tried to cut corners by editing this classic album so it would fit on one CD, (the only one of Barry's albums to go to number 1 on the Billboard charts, by the way), and I have docked my rating by one star, accordingly.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete - Disappointing, September 30, 2004

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Cheryl Lynn Rodrick (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barry Manilow Live (Audio CD)

If you own the 2 LP Album, please be warned that the CD isn't complete. Much missing. I loved the album very much and wore out my copy, so I was psyched to see that this came out on CD. I immediately bought it not even thinking that it wouldn't contain everything the LPs did. That is why I titled this review "Incomplete - Disappointing". Don't get me wrong, though, if you have never heard the LPs, then you won't be disappointed. This is a great recording, just wish it was the same as the LPs.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars They butchered this album on CD, March 7, 2005

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P. Cleland "Loves music in its total form." (Upstate NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barry Manilow Live (Audio CD)

I too, loved this 2 album set. They butchered this album when they put it on CD. LIVE means that, live. They took out all the bantering Barry did with the audience, his talk of his jingles, everything. That effects the whole character of the album, plus they took off 'Beautiful Music'. What where they thinking? It was a number one seller as a two album set, why wouldn't we love it on 2 cd's? Can we get this re released in its total form? I'd buy it in an instant.