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The Main Event: A Glove Story - Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Barbra Streisand was on an incredible success streak in the late seventies, and she racked up another huge hit with Gold disco single "The Main Event/Fight" (#3 Pop, #5 Adult Contemporary) in summer of '79. As a film, THE MAIN EVENT had many shortcomings, but it was good fun and a pretty big box office hit. The soundtrack album is pretty much the same: the instrumentals and tracks by others are filler, and the whole disc only comes to life during Barbra's three (?!) renditions of the title song.

The ballad and short (45 rpm) versions of the song are fun, but it's the full eleven-and-a-half minute extended version that really shines. The song (which is actually a medley of two separate songs) is a typically silly disco concoction, but Streisand's performance gives it an almost otherworldly power, with more impossibly big notes than one person can count. This bumps up the album's rating considerably, especially since this is the only place to get the long version. Just think of it as a maxi-single and not an actual album.

I bought the cassette in 1981 and have looked for the cd for a long time now so I finally found this and there is truly 1 reason for this cd to even to be released- the 11:37 minute disco mix of "The Main Event". This was a huge step for Barbra in that she finally went and followed most of the acts in 1979 and did disco. This song went as far as #13 on the disco charts and even crossed over to the black charts. The rest of the cd is blah - in that I only play the disco version and that is all.

Barbra Streisand's "The Main Event/Fight" is one of the best disco songs ever, and on this CD you get to hear it in three different versions. The rest of the disc isn't that great, but Barbra's song is worth the price alone. The fact that the cover features a picture of Ryan O'Neal shirtless helps things quite a bit.

Barbra Steisand and Ryan O'Neil starred in this 1979 comedy/romantic film that was panned by critics, but became a box office smash being in the Top 10 highest-grossing movies of the year.

This soundtrack would ultimately hit #20 on the Billboard Charts, go Gold selling 500,000 copies, and see a CD release in 1993. This CD has now gone on to be a highyly sought-after item by Streisand fans as it is now out-of-print. A few years ago I was lucky to find a copy at Wal-Mart for $1.99 in the bargain bin!

The album is mostly filled with songs sung by others, but no Streisand soundtrack would be complete without a song sung by Babs. "The Main Event/Fight" was Barbra's first attempt at singing disco and in this collection there are 3 versions: the main song itself, a shorter version, and a beautiful ballad interpretation of the single.

This cd brought back many memories of a time long since past. There are 3 separate vocal renditions of the title song and all are great for different reasons. I'm so glad I was able to find the disk after searching for years!!

Light/Fun record featuring mediocre tunes except for the «The Main Event/ Fight» cuts recorded by Barbra. The rest of the songs are simply album fillers & are often forgettable. The album tends to be a nice «background music» CD, just play it and read a nice book.

I bought this just for the eleven minute version of the "Main Event. as well as for the ballad version. Both are excellent. The other tracks are mainly filler. Skip it otherwise.

I bought this album basically for the versions of Barbra's disco hit The Main Event/Fight. Thats all thats really good on here anyways. The versions include an extended eleven minute version, the short version and the ballad version. The original appears on her 1989 A Collection And More, I reccomend that one highly.

The song is beautifully done by Sreisand. The lyrics are clever and the music is outstanding.

Barbra does disco. Disco cries foul