Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:50:29 -1000 (HST)
From: Jackie M. Young <jyoung@lava.net>
To: Hawai'i Fans:  ;
Subject: Manilow Re-Issues in the UK on December 4! (fwd)

Passing this on from the Manilow Hotline (whew!):


Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:54:16 -0800
Subject: Manilow Reissues in the UK on December 4!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Arista Catalogue Reissues & Barry Manilow:  Live
Released 4th December 2006

Legacy edition of the epic "Barry Manilow:  Live" reissued alongside
three other expanded '70s classics, each bolstered by the inclusion of
bonus tracks and liner notes by David Wild of Rolling Stone.


Experiencing one of the most remarkable years of his long and glittering
career, which includes the phenomenal success of 2006's The Greatest
Songs From The Fifties [sic] (his first US No. 1 album in nearly three
decades), and winning his second career Emmy Award (this past August), the
restoration of the original Barry Manilow album catalog on Arista Records
now continues at Legacy Recordings.

For the second time this year, a trio of classic early Barry Manilow albums
have been newly digitally remastered and newly repackaged as expanded
editions, including a total of 12 bonus tracks, 10 of them never before
released.  Three of his most popular best-sellers of the 1970s, BARRY
MANILOW I (1974, his first studio LP, featuring "Could It Be Magic?"
and four bonus tracks), THIS ONE'S FOR YOU (1976, his 4th studio album,
containing "This One's For You," "Weekend In New
England," "Looks Like We Made It," and four bonus tracks), and
ONE VOICE (1979, his 6th studio LP, with "Ships," "When I Wanted
You," "I Don't Want To Walk Without You," and again four
bonus tracks).


Barry Manilow I

1973 saw the release of Barry Manilow's self-titled debut album on Bell
Records, and heralded the beginning of what was to become a glittering
musical career.  When in 1974 Bell Records was reborn as Arista, Barry was
the first artist welcomed onto the new roster by label supremo Clive Davis.
Ever the song maven, Clive suggested Barry recorded a tune called
"Brandy" by British popster Scott English, which with a few tweaks
here and there, was soon transformed into Manilow's first gold
certificated [sic] single "Mandy" and became the lynchpin of his second
album, Barry Manilow II.

This success spurred the label to repackage and re-release his debut,
re-titled BARRY MANILOW I, and launched a summertime '75 hit with
"Could It Be Magic?". Wild characterizes the album as "an
impressively tasty musical smorgasbord that serves up everything from the
sophisticated take on 'Cloudburst' made famous by Lambert, Hendricks
& Ross to beautiful, heartfelt ballads like 'I Am Your Child' and
'One Of These Days', from the sexy, almost Leon Russell-esque
'Oh My Lady' to the Chopin-influenced epic grandeur of 'Could It
Be Magic?', and the nearly Glam Rock 'Flashy Lady' which features
some fittingly flashy guitar work."

In addition to his original tunes, the LP introduced collaborations with
some of Barry's perennial co-writers, including Adrienne Anderson and
Marty Panzer.  There is also Barry's cover of the Buzzy Linhart
composition "Friends" which had become Bette Midler's theme
song; and Barry's original composition "Sweet Life" which closed
the LP and (in 1987) supplied the title of his autobiography, Sweet Life:
Adventures On The Way To Paradise.  The four bonus tracks include two
unreleased Anderson collaborations ("Caroline" and "Star
Children"); the also-unheard "Rosalie Rosie" and "Let's
Take Some Time To Say Goodbye"--a "missing link" single-only
release that followed "Could It Be Magic?" which has never been reissued.


Tracklisting:

1. Sing It (Barry and Grandpa Joe Manilow, Times Square, 1948)
2. Sweetwater Jones
3. Cloudburst
4. One Of These Days (single B-side of It's A Miracle)
5. Oh My Lady
6. I Am Your Child (single B-side of Could It Be Magic)
7. Could It Be Magic? (US Hot 100 #6)
8. Seven More Years
9. Flashy Lady
10. Friends
11. Sweet Life

Bonus tracks:

12. Caroline (previously unreleased)
13. Rosalie Rosie (previously unreleased)
14. Star Children (previously unreleased)
15. Let's Take Some Time To Say Goodbye (single, CD debut).


This One's For You

The summer of '76 saw the release of Barry's fourth album, THIS
ONE'S FOR YOU.  The title tune, co-written with Panzer, entered the
charts in September, one month after the album, and gave Barry his third #1
Adult Contemporary chart hit in the US.  Songwriter (and future prolific
movie and TV score composer) Randy Edelman's "Weekend In New
England" hit the charts two months later in November and again rose to
#1 (AC).

In the spring of '77, Arista issued the third single from THIS ONE'S
FOR YOU, the inspired "Looks Like We Made It" which climbed to #1 in
the US pop chart in July and to #2 in the AC chart.  Three months later, the
next single would be the Barry Manilow Live version of "Daybreak",
another classic song that originated on THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.

This expanded edition unveils four previously unreleased bonus tracks, all
from Barry's personal files:  "Don't Throw It All Away" and
"Can't Go Back Anymore" (both unfinished tracks) and "This
Is Fine" and "I Really Do Write The Songs" (both song demos).


Tracklisting:

1. This One's For You
2. Daybreak
3. You Oughta Be Home With Me
4. Jump Shout Boogie (single B-side of Daybreak)
5. Weekend In New England
6. Riders To The Stars (single B-side of This One's For You)
7. Let Me Go
8. Looks Like We Made It
9. Say The Words (single B-side of Weekend In New England)
10. All The Time
11. See The Show Again

Bonus tracks:

12. Don't Throw It All Away (previously unreleased)
13. Can't Go Back Anymore (previously unreleased)
14. This Is Fine (previously unreleased)
15. I Really Do Write The Songs (previously unreleased).


One Voice

ONE VOICE arrived in October 1979, and would be Barry's final LP with
long-time collaborator Ron Dante.  It was preceded by one of Barry's
most inspired song picks, his unexpected cover of "Ships" by ex-Mott
The Hoople frontman Ian Hunter.  The song reached Top 10 on the Hot 100,
Barry's final Top 10 pop hit, although he would dominate the AC charts
nearly two dozen more times into the new millennium.

For his next single, Barry covered the Gino Cunico song "When I Wanted
You" to notch up his first #1 AC hit since "Weekend In New
England" back in '76. This was soon followed by the third hit from
ONE VOICE, also a cover, as Barry paid homage to swing-era orchestra leader
Harry James on "I Don't Want To Walk Without You".

The bonus tracks on this expanded edition begin with two Panzer co-writes,
"They Gave In To The Blues" (the B-side of the "Ships"
single) and the previously-unreleased "Learning To Live Without You"
with two more un-issued treasures making their debut:  "Where I Want To
Be" (co-written with Enoch Anderson and Carole Bayer Sager), and "I
Let Myself Believe" (co-written by Barry with Bruce Sussman and Jack
Feldman).


Tracklisting:

1. One Voice (single B-side of I Don't Want To Walk Without You)
2. (Why Don't We Try) A Slow Dance
3. Rain
4. Ships
5. You Could Show Me
6. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
7. Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed
8. Where Are They Now
9. Bobbie Lee (What's The Difference, I Gotta Live) (B-side of When I
Wanted You)
10. When I Wanted You
11. Sunday Father

Bonus tracks:

12. They Gave In To The Blues (single B-side of Ships)
13. Learning To Live Without You (previously unreleased)
14. Where I Want To Be (previously unreleased)
15. I Let Myself Believe (previously unreleased).


Barry Manilow: Live

Until 2006's The Greatest Songs of the Fifties, Live was Barry
Manilow's only US No.1 album, unseating Fleetwood Mac's Rumours from
its 31-week run in the top spot in 1977. It went on to sell four million
copies and was widely regarded as his unofficial "greatest hits"
set, coming as it did in the middle of an historic hit-making run (two
triple-platinum albums, thirteen number one hits on the Adult Contemporary
charts).

The concert represented on Barry Manilow Live was staged as a one-man show
in December 1976 at the Uris Theatre.  It was the New York City leg of a
98-city American tour that began in July 1976 and ended in April 1977.
Barry Manilow Live offers definitive versions of his great early hits, plus
tunes that were destined to become live performance favourites, including
the hits "Could It Be Magic?", "Mandy", and "It's A
Miracle". Fast-paced and bursting with energy, this performance stands
as a vivid snapshot of one of the world's greatest entertainers hitting his
stride.  As well as the hits, fans are treated to a couple of medleys, one
of which is a series of the high-profile advertising jingles Manilow penned
before getting his big break as a solo performer (for products like Dr.
Pepper, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, and others).

This classic live album from has been brilliantly remastered, restoring
three tracks omitted from the original CD, and expanded to feature five,
never-before-released performances from that historic concert tour. The
album has been re-packaged in a deluxe digipack and includes a colour
booklet with in-depth liner notes written by Rolling Stone contributor David
Wild, together with rare photos and memorabilia from Barry's personal
collection.


Tracklisting:

CD1
1. Riders To The Stars
2. Why Don't We Live Together
3. Looks Like We Made It
4. Let Me Go*
5. A Very Strange Medley (V.S.M.)
6. I Am Your Child*
7. Jump Shout Boogie Medley
8. This One's For You
9. Lay Me Down
10. Weekend In New England
11. Studio Musician
12. New York City Rhythm

CD2
1. Beautiful Music (Part I)**
2. Daybreak
3. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again*
4. Lady Flash Medley*
5. Beautiful Music (Part II)**
6. One Of These Days*
7. Could It Be Magic?/Mandy
8. It's A Miracle
9. It's Just Another New Year's Eve
10. I Write The Songs
11. Beautiful Music (Part III)**

* Previously Unreleased from original 1977 concert
** Previously Unreleased on CD


Today, Manilow's perennial appeal to every cross-section of society
continues, from the working girl to sophisticated jazz cognoscenti (he sits
on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Jazz) and from teens to
teens-at-heart. Manilow has won a unique place in the pantheon of American
entertainers of the last quarter-century.

He is ranked as the undisputed #1 Adult Contemporary chart artist of all
time (with 12 #1s under his belt), and has no less than 25 consecutive
US top 40 hits to his credit between 1975 and 1983 on the Billboard Hot
100.  With worldwide record sales exceeding 65 million, his work as a
singer, songwriter, arranger and producer over the course of more than 40
albums has earned Barry Manilow the highest honors.  In June 2002, he was
inducted into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of
Fame, alongside Ashford & Simpson, Michael Jackson, Randy Newman, and Sting.


All are now available for pre-order though major online sites, including
www.hmv.co.uk and www.amazon.co.uk.



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--Jackie

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