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Barry Manilow - 4 CD Set Plus bonus DVD
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Barry Manilow - 4 CD Set Plus bonus DVD  (Audio CD) 
by Barry Manilow

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The story Barry Manilow, his friends and associates tell in the liner notes to his four-CD/one-VHS box set retrospective The Complete Collection And Then Some... is about a contemporary pop songwriter who is reluctantly transformed into an interpretive singer; becomes an easy-listening, commercial pop superstar to his surprise (and, to some extent, dismay); and, through travail, reclaims his original vision by writing and performing neo-classic pop with tinges of jazz and show music. The trouble with this story is that when you play the album, you still hear a lot of earnest, piano-based romantic ballads, the singer's own tunes virtually indistinguishable from those of others. David Martin, co-author of "Can't Smile Without You," frankly admits that he stole the song's title from a greeting card, but Manilow's own lyric collaborators don't dig much deeper. Manilow's real talents lie in arrangement -- he always puts in enough modulations, tempo shifts, and instrumental development to maintain interest -- and in his singing, which retains sincerity and some buoyancy despite the unrelieved plaintiveness of the melodies and lyrics.

Like other box sets assembled in the early '90s, The Complete Collection And Then Some... tipped the scales more toward unreleased material. There were a few newly recorded songs, and a few that had been left off Manilow's regular albums, but the bulk of the previously unreleased material consisted of live performances, demos, and alternate takes. Many of the big hits are only heard in alternate versions, meaning that this was aimed at Manilow fans for whom the original demo of "Mandy," on which the singer accidentally sang "Brandy" (the song's original title), was more valuable. The set also included an hour-long video, Barry Manilow Performances, Volume One: The Highlights, which employed footage from Manilow's television appearances of the 1970s and '80s. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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The Complete Collection And Then Some?


Liven it up or create a cool mellow tempo to the sounds, inflections and instrumentals of Barry Manilow.


Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date: September 13, 2005
Studio: Arista
Number Of Discs: 5
Format: Box set, Content/Copy-Protected CD
Average Customer Rating: based on 20 reviews
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Best of Me (Intro) - Barry Manilow, Foster, David [1]
2. Sweet Life [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
3. I Am Your Child [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
4. Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
5. Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
6. Brandy - Barry Manilow, English, Scott
7. Mandy [Original First Take][#] - Barry Manilow, English, Scott
8. It's a Miracle - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
9. Sandra [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Enoch
10. I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow, Johnston, Bruce
11. As Sure as I'm Standing Here - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
12. New York City Rhythm - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
13. Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again [Alternate Take][#] - Barry Manilow, Pomeranz, David
14. All the Time - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
15. Ready to Take a Chance Again - Barry Manilow, Fox, Charles [1]
16. Somewhere in the Night - Barry Manilow, Jennings, Will
17. The Old Songs [Alternate Take][#] - Barry Manilow, Kaye, Buddy
18. I Don't Want to Walk Without You - Barry Manilow, Loesser, Frank
19. If I Should Love Again [Alternate Take][#] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
Disc: 2
1. Copacabana (At the Copa) [Home Cassette Recording] - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
2. Copacabana (At the Copa) - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
3. Dancin' Fool - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
4. I'm Your Man - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
5. Hey Mambo - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
6. Big Fun - Barry Manilow, Arkin, Eddie
7. Riders to the Stars - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
8. I Wanna Be Somebody's Baby [#][Outtake] - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Enoch
9. Daybreak - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
10. Even Now [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
11. Life Will Go On [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Bettis, John
12. Memory - Barry Manilow, Eliot, T.S.
13. Ships - Barry Manilow, Hunter, Ian
14. If I Can Dream - Barry Manilow, Brown, Walter Earl
15. One Voice - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
Disc: 3
1. This One's for You [#][Demo Version] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
2. Lay Me Down - Barry Manilow, Weiss, Larry
3. Big City Blues - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
4. Somewhere Down the Road [#][Demo Version] - Barry Manilow, Snow, Tom
5. A Little Travelling Music, Please - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
6. You Could Show Me - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
7. Ave Maria - Barry Manilow, Schubert, Franz [Vi
8. Look to the Rainbow [From Finian's Rainbow] - Barry Manilow, Harburg, E.Y.
9. Joey [#][Demo Version] - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Enoch
10. Please Don't Be Scared - Barry Manilow, Sterling, Mindy
11. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Barry Manilow, Loesser, Frank
12. When October Goes - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
13. Ain't It a Shame - Barry Manilow, Anderson, Adrienne
14. Brooklyn Blues - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
15. How Do I Stop Loving You? [#][Demo Version] - Barry Manilow, Butler, Artie
16. Just Remember [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
17. I Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
18. Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow, Edelman, Randy
Disc: 4
1. Give My Regards to Broadway [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Cohan, George M.
2. Medley: Send in the Clowns/Looks Like We Made It [Live][#] - Barry Manilow, Jennings, Will
3. Can't Smile Without You [Alternate First Take][#] - Barry Manilow, Arnold, Chris [Prod
4. Beautiful Music - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
5. Fugue for Tinhorns [From Guys and Dolls] - Barry Manilow, Loesser, Frank
6. Medley: My Girl/No One in This World [#][Outtake] - Barry Manilow, Manilow, Barry
7. Don't Talk to Me of Love - Barry Manilow, Lenoir
8. The Last Duet - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
9. Wild Places [#][Demo Version] - Barry Manilow, Browne, Duncan
10. Never Met a Man I Didn't Like [From the Will Rogers Follies] - Barry Manilow, Coleman, Cy
11. Who Needs to Dream - Barry Manilow, Butler, Artie
12. Read 'Em and Weep - Barry Manilow, Steinman, Jim
13. Let Freedom Ring [#][Outtake] - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
14. Let Me Be Your Wings - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
15. If Tomorrow Never Comes - Barry Manilow, Blazy, Kent
16. Another Life - Barry Manilow, Hill, Andy
17. I Made It Through the Rain [Alternate Take][#] - Barry Manilow, Feldman, Jack
18. The Best of Me - Barry Manilow, Foster, David [1]
Disc: 5
1. Chapel of Love [DVD] - Barry Manilow,
Customer Reviews:
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5Barry Manilow 70's CD collectionAug 09, 2010
Just what I was looking for, some Manilow for my iPOD. Thank you Amazon for properly packaging this product, pricing it reasonably,
delivering it in a timely manner and last of all delivering it for
free! Great memories of "the old days".

5I'm a Fanilow!May 25, 2010
I absolutely love the Barry Manilow Complete Collection. I have enjoyed Manilow songs as I heard them in the grocery store or on the radio somewhere but I never knew what many of the songs were really about or why they were written. This collection comes with a booklet which speaks about the significance of nearly every song in the collection and there is an added bonus of rehearsals and recordings done even before the songs were even released. There are also duets with artists that I am very familiar with. I love this collection so much that I have ordered another collection for a good friend of mine. We have also been inspired to go see Barry in Vegas. I am now a true-blue "Fanilow"!!

4Barry, You're GREAT.Feb 05, 2010
Barry, I "may" be a Relatively LATE newcomer "as a fan". BUT "NOW" you HAVE me (as a fan).
I "saw" you In the Eighties; UPON the Releae of 2 A.M. Paradise Cafe.
("Then" THAT was 'a fluke". I, JUST BY CHANCE, picked up the cassette AND FELT A KINDRED SPIRIT with what you sang/felt IN THE SONGS. Otherwise, I wasn't LISTENING "to you" At That Time.)
Then the New Millenium HIT: and LIFE changed.
You have DONE "a lot of Cover Songs" IN THIS LAST Decade. Songs 'I' could Relate to; Having GROWN UP "in the 60's and 70's". SO NOW "I'm Hooked" on you. (Like Rod-Stewart- STARTED...with Clive Davis' assistance; and Other Singers have "jumped on the bandwagon" To Carry On this nostalgic ride.)
As to THIS 'Box Set'.
SOME "of the material" I listened to "in passing'; NOT really impressed. Other somgs, however, GRABBED me. Caught "my attention". (Want to know 'more' ?
FIND me; and we'll Discuss it.)
AS a box set; it was OK; WHEN it was released. SINCE then, though, you HAVE
Released "Much More Material". Necessitating A NEW BOX SET....or so 'I' think.
WISH 'I' could REALLY Sit Down with you. GET "to know you". REALLY "have" YOU as a friend. Given "my misfortunes in life", however, I Think that is being
Unrealistic ON MY PART. Wish You well "in your Golden Years (phrase courtesy
of David Bowie)."
james rasura (Glen Ellyn Illinois)

3What!! No VSM!!!!!!Jan 31, 2010
I can't believe that they call this the complete collection and don't include his VSM (Very Strange Medley). Although you can get this on his LIVE CD, I would have expected it to be included here as well. Very dissapointing.

2Manilow CD ReviewAug 30, 2009
I was enthused when I saw this ensemble of Manilow's recordings - however the fidelity of this CD is very poor. I would not recommend this CD to anyone because of the poor quality.

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