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Track Listings
| 1. Overture; Liza With A "Z"\ Ring Them Bells\ I Can See Clearly Now\ Maybe This Time\ Cabaret (Live) |
| 2. If You Could Read My Mind/Come Back To Me; If You Could Read My Mind\ Come Back To Me (Live) |
| 3. Shine On Harvest Moon (Live) |
| 4. Exactly Like Me (Live) |
| 5. The Circle (Live) |
| 6. More Than You Know (Live) |
| 7. I'm One Of The Smart Ones (Live) |
| 8. Natural Man (Live) |
| 9. I Can See Clearly Now (Live) |
| 10. And I In My Chair (Et Moi Dans Mon Coin) (Live) |
| 11. There Is A Time (Le Temps) (Live) |
| 12. Quiet Thing (Live) |
| 13. Anywhere You Are/ I Believe You; Anywhere You Are\ I Believe You (Live) |
| 14. Cabaret Medley; Cabaret\ Curtain Bows : Cabaret (Live) |
| 15. You and I (Live) |
| 16. It Had to Be You (Live) |
| 17. My Shining Hour (Live) |
Editorial Reviews
Liza Minnelli is Hollywood royalty, but it is on Broadway that she made her most distinctive mark, where her stage persona began to take shape and where she returned throughout her career to rediscover her adoring public. Live at the Winter Garden from January 1974 captures what may be the best of those memorable visits.
Minnelli was already a Broadway veteran, winner of a Tony Award in 1965 followed by, in 1973, Academy and Emmy Awards. At the crest of that incredible wave, Minnelli returned triumphantly to Broadway to hold court at the Winter Garden for a month of performances, captured on this long-unavailable live recording. Bob Fosse staged the show and the composer/ lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb supplied new material. The show was a blockbuster hit, selling out the entire month s run in one day and setting a house record for the Winter Garden Theater. At the end of the season, Minnelli was awarded a special Tony Award for the Winter Garden show.
The original album was released in April 1974, but had to be withdrawn because of contractual conflicts over songs from the Cabaret score. Until now, the recording was out of circulation. This long-awaited reissue is derived from the original master, engineered by Phil Ramone. Also included on this CD are three live bonus tracks that were not part of the original Winter Garden LP: Stevie Wonder's "You and I" and two standards, "It Had to Be You" and "My Shining Hour."
Minnelli was already a Broadway veteran, winner of a Tony Award in 1965 followed by, in 1973, Academy and Emmy Awards. At the crest of that incredible wave, Minnelli returned triumphantly to Broadway to hold court at the Winter Garden for a month of performances, captured on this long-unavailable live recording. Bob Fosse staged the show and the composer/ lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb supplied new material. The show was a blockbuster hit, selling out the entire month s run in one day and setting a house record for the Winter Garden Theater. At the end of the season, Minnelli was awarded a special Tony Award for the Winter Garden show.
The original album was released in April 1974, but had to be withdrawn because of contractual conflicts over songs from the Cabaret score. Until now, the recording was out of circulation. This long-awaited reissue is derived from the original master, engineered by Phil Ramone. Also included on this CD are three live bonus tracks that were not part of the original Winter Garden LP: Stevie Wonder's "You and I" and two standards, "It Had to Be You" and "My Shining Hour."
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Liza Minnelli fans will rejoice that "Live At The Winter Garden" (her sold-out Broadway concert from January-February, 1974) has FINALLY been re-released; for the first time ever now on CD. The original album was quickly pulled and taken out of circulation due to some legal problems with the songs from "Cabaret." I guess the "Cabaret" movie soundtrack was on one record label; while Columbia released "Winter Garden; hence the difficulty. Silly, really, since Liza only sings one song-- the title song-- from "Cabaret" here. Lucky me, my Public Library had a copy of "Winter Garden" on cassette tape (which should tell you how LONG AGO THAT WAS!!!) and I checked it out. I distinctly remember listening to this album.
"The Winter Garden" concert offers a bit of everything: comedy ("Exactly Like Me") , dancing, drama, and sex. Listening to it again now, much of the entertainment was clearly over my head as a kid. For instance, I just now figured out that "The Circle" ("girls of the night... at ease with the dark, at odds with the light") is a song about prostitutes. In another one- act play song titled "And I In My Chair", Liza plays a lady who discovers her husband is having an affair while attending a dinner party. And the oh-so-1970's number (And I mean that in a good way) "Natural Man" is a sexy dance number about ladies on the prowl for some hot loving.
Most of all, there is Liza, white hot after the success of the movie "Cabaret" and "Liza With A Z" TV Special. This is Liza in her prime, the way we love her best. Like her famous mama Judy Garland, Liza is simply unable to hide her talents or her enthusiasm, and that makes her simply irresistible here. This is gloriously giggly Liza, ("I Can See Clearly Now") who is having a grand time. She simply lets her talents explode here, and thank God she does.
The unreleased bonus tracks include Liza's especially blusey rendition of "It Had To Be You" and her appropriately titled final encore "My Shining Hour."
"The Winter Garden" concert offers a bit of everything: comedy ("Exactly Like Me") , dancing, drama, and sex. Listening to it again now, much of the entertainment was clearly over my head as a kid. For instance, I just now figured out that "The Circle" ("girls of the night... at ease with the dark, at odds with the light") is a song about prostitutes. In another one- act play song titled "And I In My Chair", Liza plays a lady who discovers her husband is having an affair while attending a dinner party. And the oh-so-1970's number (And I mean that in a good way) "Natural Man" is a sexy dance number about ladies on the prowl for some hot loving.
Most of all, there is Liza, white hot after the success of the movie "Cabaret" and "Liza With A Z" TV Special. This is Liza in her prime, the way we love her best. Like her famous mama Judy Garland, Liza is simply unable to hide her talents or her enthusiasm, and that makes her simply irresistible here. This is gloriously giggly Liza, ("I Can See Clearly Now") who is having a grand time. She simply lets her talents explode here, and thank God she does.
The unreleased bonus tracks include Liza's especially blusey rendition of "It Had To Be You" and her appropriately titled final encore "My Shining Hour."
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Liza Minnelli was fresh from winning "Best Actress" Oscar for "Cabaret" plus "Emmy Award" for television spectactular "Liza With A Z" when she hit Broadway full force with "Liza Minnelli Live At The Wintergarden", month long special engagement became a historic event that quickly sold-out in a single day...needless to say audiences were ecstatic and ready to experience Superstar Liza with her terrific troup of four dancers, all of that excitement captured throughout this wondrous recording expanded from original vinyl release, shamefully out of print for decades, making this beautifully remastered concert gem a welcomed release long overdue yet better late than never!
Liza in sublime form with varied song selection being a mix of classic standards, original material written specially by Kander/Ebb plus current songs of the day, all blending well to show off that soaring & beautifully shaded voice and extraordinary performing skill to the maximum. Opener a powerful mix of old & new, "If You Could Read My Mind/Come Back To Me" show Liza in command as she nails this wonderfully rhythmic medley, creating an incredible opener that has a completely enthralled audience cheering for more right from the start. Classic standard "Shine On Harvest Moon" is turned inside out and given a soulful workout by Liza while mesmerizing ballad "More Than You Know", a timeless beautiful ballad sung by many great singers including the stellar version featured in "The Garland Touch" masterpiece, Liza quietly makes this gorgeous standard uniquely her own, glorious ending note is magical & amazing, showing a singer with a commanding & stunning voice unlike any other. John Kander and Fred Ebb loved writing a creative mix of epic songs for Liza, "I'm One Of The Smart Ones" is a rousing tour-de-force that becomes a riveting performance from Liza that is one of her finest, magnificent vocal is stirring seeming to have the power of a turbo-jet while being divinely passionate & supremely soulful, then at the other end of the spectrum "It's A Quite Thing" show how this legendary team created fine deeply illuminating gems for the singer showing her soft valnerable side in a way that is genuinely touching. Another legendary singer/composer close to Liza through the decades is Charles Aznavour, represented here by the haunting love gone wrong "And I In My Chair" and the tremendous rousing anthem "There Is A Time", both songs find Liza at the peak of her highly acclaimed interpretative powers.
Song after great song find Liza Minnelli in her realm on the Broadway stage in front of an adoring audience, doing what she does best, singing from her soul and giving her all to a very excited and satisfied audience, making it easy to understand why a special "Tony Award" was awarded to Liza for this memorable & now thanks to this illustrious "Legends Of Broadway" release, a truly lasting performance. Bravo Liza Minnelli!
Liza in sublime form with varied song selection being a mix of classic standards, original material written specially by Kander/Ebb plus current songs of the day, all blending well to show off that soaring & beautifully shaded voice and extraordinary performing skill to the maximum. Opener a powerful mix of old & new, "If You Could Read My Mind/Come Back To Me" show Liza in command as she nails this wonderfully rhythmic medley, creating an incredible opener that has a completely enthralled audience cheering for more right from the start. Classic standard "Shine On Harvest Moon" is turned inside out and given a soulful workout by Liza while mesmerizing ballad "More Than You Know", a timeless beautiful ballad sung by many great singers including the stellar version featured in "The Garland Touch" masterpiece, Liza quietly makes this gorgeous standard uniquely her own, glorious ending note is magical & amazing, showing a singer with a commanding & stunning voice unlike any other. John Kander and Fred Ebb loved writing a creative mix of epic songs for Liza, "I'm One Of The Smart Ones" is a rousing tour-de-force that becomes a riveting performance from Liza that is one of her finest, magnificent vocal is stirring seeming to have the power of a turbo-jet while being divinely passionate & supremely soulful, then at the other end of the spectrum "It's A Quite Thing" show how this legendary team created fine deeply illuminating gems for the singer showing her soft valnerable side in a way that is genuinely touching. Another legendary singer/composer close to Liza through the decades is Charles Aznavour, represented here by the haunting love gone wrong "And I In My Chair" and the tremendous rousing anthem "There Is A Time", both songs find Liza at the peak of her highly acclaimed interpretative powers.
Song after great song find Liza Minnelli in her realm on the Broadway stage in front of an adoring audience, doing what she does best, singing from her soul and giving her all to a very excited and satisfied audience, making it easy to understand why a special "Tony Award" was awarded to Liza for this memorable & now thanks to this illustrious "Legends Of Broadway" release, a truly lasting performance. Bravo Liza Minnelli!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I first heard this album when it was released by Columbia in 1974 (sorry to admit it!) and can still recall the joy of many of the songs from the album. Now, on CD, they come alive in brilliantly realized sound, with the full excitement of her performance coming forth. Liza is a joy throughout this performance. You remember she won her Oscar for acting when you hear how she acts/sings songs like "Exactly like me" and "I in my chair" when she brings out the nuances and traits of the characters she is singing about. "The Circle" is a song you have to really listen to in order to understand the meaning behind the words - it is not just a lilting song, but a poem about prostitutes. Quite an achievement for a young performer of only 27 years of age to pull off, and she does it masterfully. "A Natural Man" - the pulsating rhythm of the number gets to you and makes you imagine her and her two back-up dances commanding that huge stage with the dance movements of Ron Lewis and the direction of Bob Fosse coming in other numbers. Not a false move in the entire album. Special material by Kander & Ebb, Directed by Fosse, Marvin Hamlisch lending his talents, Ron Lewis doing some of the choreography, and so many other talents involved - a winner all the way.
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good packaging
Packaging was great. Came at a good time before Christmas time. Thanks again. Will probably check out your other offers on your sight.
Published 1 month ago by Joseph P. Schauster
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Liza at the gardens
This is a really wonderful cd, I don't think there is a live cd out there not worth having when it comes to Liza. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kalle Kennedy
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stellar !!!
So happy that this has FINALLY come out in CD form, and the sound is brilliant, as is the performance of Liza; so fresh voiced and vocally creative, and the interesting thing about... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Mcdonald
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Our greatest entertainer
Liza, at her leak was one of the greatest entertainers of our age. Just hearing her vocals does not do this concert justice. I wish there was a dvd.
Published 4 months ago by Don Tomasello
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Liza Minnelli Live at the Winter Garden
Live at the Winter Garden is Liza's third live album and ninth album in total. In my opinion, it's somewhat of a travesty that this album was not released as a double-album to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jennifer Abraham
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Legendary Liza!
I've been waiting YEARS for this album to make it's way to CD. Having seen Ms. Minnelli in her tour of "Liza, with a Z," and later in this wonderful concert at the Winter Garden... Read more
Published 11 months ago by flyboydon
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I Was There & Can Not Give the Album Five Stars
I remember being somewhat disappointed when I saw Liza at the Winter Garden all those years ago. I never understood why until I listened to the CD. Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. Mcintyre
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