| Product Summary | | UPC: 00828766927221 | | Release Date: 9/13/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64005809 | | Item#: M2K95P | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Best Of Me, The (Introduction) ~ Barry Manilow |  | | 2. Sweet Life - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 3. I Am Your Child - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 4. Could It Be Magic - (with Featherbed) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 5. Could It Be Magic ~ Barry Manilow | | | 6. Brandy - (with Scott English) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 7. Mandy - (previously unreleased, take 1) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 8. It's A Miracle ~ Barry Manilow | | | 9. Sandra - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 10. I Write The Songs ~ Barry Manilow | | | 11. As Sure As I'm Standing Here ~ Barry Manilow | | | 12. New York City Rhythm ~ Barry Manilow | | | 13. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 14. All The Time ~ Barry Manilow | | | 15. Ready To Take A Chance Again ~ Barry Manilow | | | 16. Somewhere In The Night ~ Barry Manilow | | | 17. Old Songs, The - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 18. I Don't Want To Walk Without You ~ Barry Manilow | | | 19. If I Should Love Again - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Barry Manilow | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Copacabana - (home recording) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 2. Copacabana (At The Copa) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 3. Dancin' Fool - (from CBS-TV special) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 4. I'm Your Man ~ Barry Manilow | | | 5. Hey Mambo - (with Kid Creole & The Coconuts) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 6. Big Fun ~ Barry Manilow | | | 7. Riders To The Stars - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 8. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 9. Daybreak - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 10. Even Now - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 11. Life Will Go On - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 12. Memory - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 13. Ships - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 14. If I Can Dream - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 15. One Voice - (live) ~ Barry Manilow | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. This One's For You - (previously unreleased, demo) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 2. Lay Me Down ~ Barry Manilow | | | 3. Big City Blues - (with Mel Torme) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 4. Somewhere Down The Road - (previously unreleased, demo) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 5. Little Traveling Music, Please, A ~ Barry Manilow | | | 6. You Could Show Me ~ Barry Manilow | | | 7. Ave Maria ~ Barry Manilow | | | 8. Look To The Rainbow - (with Barbara Cook) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 9. Joey - (previously unreleased) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 10. Please Don't Be Scared ~ Barry Manilow | | | 11. Baby It's Cold Outside - (with K.T. Oslin) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 12. When October Goes ~ Barry Manilow | | | 13. Ain't It A Shame - (previously unreleased) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 14. Brooklyn Blues ~ Barry Manilow | | | 15. How Do I Stop Loving You? - (previously unreleased, demo) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 16. Just Remember - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 17. I Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks - ('92) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 18. Weekend In New England ~ Barry Manilow | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Give My Regards To Broadway - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 2. Send In The Clowns / Looks Like We Made It - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 3. Can't Smile Without You - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 4. Beautiful Music ~ Barry Manilow | | | 5. Fugue For Tinhorns - (with Michael Crawford/Hinton Battle) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 6. Medley (with Melissa Manchester): My Girl / No One In This World ~ Barry Manilow | | | 7. Don't Talk To Me Of Love - (featuring M Mathieu) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 8. Last Duet, The - (with Lily Tomlin) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 9. Wild Places - (previously unreleased) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 10. Never Met A Man I Didn't Like ~ Barry Manilow | | | 11. Who Needs To Dream ~ Barry Manilow | | | 12. Read 'Em And Weep ~ Barry Manilow | | | 13. Let Freedom Ring - (previously unreleased) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 14. Let Me Be Your Wings - ('92) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 15. If Tomorrow Never Comes - ('92) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 16. Another Life - ('92) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 17. I Made It Through The Rain - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Barry Manilow | | | 18. Best Of Me, The - ('92) ~ Barry Manilow | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This 4-CD box set contains 70 songs, 30 of which are previously unreleased or rare recordings, and a deluxe collector's booklet. The booklet includes original release information, color photographs, and liner notes by Bill Zehme, Barry Manilow, Clive Davis and other Manilow collaborators as well as a one-hour home video. | | Personnel include: Barry Manilow (vocals, piano, keyboards); Hinton Battle, K.T. Oslin, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Lily Tomlin, Mel Torme, Melissa Manchester, Michael Crawford, Barbara Cook , Bette Midler, Mirielle Mattieu (vocals). | | Liner Note Author: Bill Zehme. | | Recording information: 1971 - 1992. | | After his start as Bette Midler's musical director and producer, Barry Manilow began his own rise to fame with the 1973 hit "Could It Be Magic." In 1974, with his first #1 hit, "Mandy," he claimed the sentimental romantic ballad as his own. His mastery of the form earned him a string of hit songs and albums from "Mandy" through 1983's HERE COMES THE NIGHT. Since the mid-80's Manilow's expanded his focus to include jazz (1984's 2:00 A.M. PARADISE CAFE) and showtunes (1991's SHOWSTOPPERS). |
Producer: Barry Manilow; Ron Dante |
Musical Guests | | Bette Midler | | Barbara Cook | | Melissa Manchester | | K.T. Oslin | | Mel Torme | | Michael Crawford | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | | M Mathieu |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | A Tribute To Barry Manilow ~ Artists, Various | | Bacharach, Burt | | Beach Boys (The) | | Bennett, Tony | | Coil, Pat | | Davis, Sammy, Jr. | | Dylan, Bob | | King, Carole | | Martin, Dean | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Presley, Elvis | | Sedaka, Neil | | Sinatra, Frank | | A Tribute To Barry Manilow ~ Various Artists | | The String Quartet Tribute To Barry Manilow ~ Various Artists |
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