Barbra Streisand - Just For The Record 1991 (4CD Box Set 1998)
Pop,Vocal,Easy Listening | 4CD | Ape | 660 kbps | 44,1kHz | 1.3Gb
Tracklist:CD1: the 60's...01. You'll Never Know (1955) [2:58]
(H. Warren / M. Gordon)
02. A Sleepin' Bee [3:03]
(H. Arlen / T. Capote)
03. Moon River [1:50]
(H. Mancini / J. Mercer)
04. Miss Marmelstein [3:21]
(H. Rome)
05. Happy Days Are Here Again [3:18]
(M. Ager / J. Yellen)
06. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now [1:45]
(T. Waller / A. Razaf)
07. I Hate Music [1:21]
(L. Bernstein)
08. Nobody's Heart (Belongs To Me) [2:03]
(R. Rodgers / L. Hart)
09. Value [1:40]
(J. Harris)
10. Cry Me A River [3:28]
(A. Hamilton)
11. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? [2:10]
(F. Churchill / A. Ronell)
12. I Had Myself A True Love [4:28]
(H. Arlen / J. Mercer)
13. Lover, Come Back To Me [1:48]
(S. Romberg / O. Hammerstein II)
14. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most [2:56]
(T. Wolf / F. Landesman)
15. My Honey's Loving Arms [2:14]
(J. Meyer / H. Ruby)
16. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home [2:44]
(H. Arlen / J. Mercer)
17. When The Sun Comes Out [3:05]
(H. Arlen / T. Koehler)
18. Be My Guest/Dialogue with Judy Garland & Ethel Merman [1:03]
(M. Torme)
19. Medley #1 (with Judy Garland) [4:34]
(M. Ager / J. Yellen)
20. Medley #2 (with Judy Garland) [2:30]
- Get Happy
(H. Arlen / T. Koehler)
- Happy Days Are Here Again
(M. Ager / J. Yellen)
CD2: the 60's...01. I'm The Greatest Star [3:25]
(J. Styne / B. Merrill)
02. My Man/Auld Lang Syne [3:13]
("My Man" - M. Yvain / C. Pollack / A. Willemetz / J. Charles; "Auld" - R. Burns)
03. People [3:40]
(J. Styne / B. Merrill)
04. Second Hand Rose (Barbra's mother)/Act II medley from My Name Is Barbra [4:19]
Second Hand Rose
(G. Clarke / J.F. Hanley)
- Give Me The Simple Life
(H. Ruby / R. Bloom)
- Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
(H. Arlen / J. Mercer)
- Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out)
(J. Cox)
- The Best Things In Life Are Free
(B.G. DeSylva / L. Brown / R. Henderson)
05. 1965 Emmy Awards [1:45]
06. He Touched Me [3:09]
(M. Schafer / I. Levin)
07. You Wanna Bet [2:27]
(C. Coleman / D. Fields)
08. House Of Flowers [2:44]
(H. Arlen / T. Capote)
09. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (with Harold Arlen) [1:54]
(H. Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)
10. I Stayed Too Long At The Fair/Look At That Face [3:23]
("I Stayed" - B. Barnes; "Look" - A. Newley / L. Bricusse)
11. Starting Here, Starting Now [2:52]
(D. Shire / R. Maltby, Jr.)
12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find/Some Of These Days [2:43]
("Good Man" - E. Green; "Some" - S. Brooks)
13. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [2:33]
(H. Carroll / J. McCarthy)
14. Sleep In Heavenly Peace (Silent Night) [2:58]
(F. Gruber)
15. Don't Rain On My Parade [2:44]
(J. Styne / B. Merrill)
16. Funny Girl [2:42]
(J. Styne / B. Merrill)
17. 1969 Academy Awards [1:58]
18. Friars Club Tribute - Harold Arlen [1:43]
19. Friars Club Tribute - Jule Styne [1:56]
20. Friars Club Tribute - Don Rickles [1:13]
21. Friars Club Tribute - Richard Rodgers [1:02]
22. Hello, Dolly! (with Louis Armstrong) [3:47]
(J. Herman)
23. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) [2:09]
(B. Lane / A.J. Lerner)
24. When You Gotta Go/In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning [4:07]
("When" - A. Newley / H. Kretzmer; "Wee" - D. Mann / B. Hilliard)
CD3: the 70's...01. The Singer [2:41]
(W. Marks)
02. I Can Do It [2:38]
(J. Worth)
03. Stoney End [2:58]
(L. Nyro)
04. Close To You (with Burt Bacharach) [3:01]
(B. Bacharach / H. David)
05. We've Only Just Begun [2:26]
(R. Nichols / P. Williams)
06. Since I Fell For You [3:24]
(B. Johnson)
07. You're The Top (with Ryan O'Neal) [4:08]
(C. Porter)
08. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - duet with Michel Legrand (1972)/album version [3:36]
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
09. If I Close My Eyes [2:24]
(B. Goldenberg / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
10. Between Yesterday And Tomorrow
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
11. Can You Tell The Moment? [2:26]
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
12. The Way We Were (soundtrack version) [3:51]
(M. Hamlisch / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
13. Cryin' Time (Duet with Ray Charles) [2:17]
(B. Owens)
14. God Bless The Child [3:32]
(A. Herzog, Jr. / B. Holiday)
15. A Quiet Thing/There Won't Be Trumpets [5:18]
("Quiet" - J. Kander / F. Ebb; "Trumpets" - S. Sondheim)
16. Lost Inside Of You (film dialogue/alternate soundtrack version) [3:34]
(B. Streisand / L. Russell)
17. Evergreen (demo/soundtrack version) [3:13]
(B. Streisand / P. Williams)
18. 1977 Academy Awards [1:22]
19. The Stars Salute Israel At 30 [4:49]
- Telephone conversation with Golda Meir
- Hatikvah
(N. Herz Imber)
CD4: the 80's...01. You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet with Neil Diamond) [3:36]
(N. Diamond / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
02. The Way We Weren't (live)/The Way We Were (single) [3:55]
(M. Hamlisch / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
03. Guilty (with Barry Gibb) [4:28]
(B. Gibb / R. Gibb / M. Gibb)
04. Papa, Can You Hear Me? (demo) [2:32]
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
05. The Moon And I (demo) [3:01]
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
06. A Piece Of Sky (demo/soundtrack version) [3:49]
(M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
07. I Know Him So Well [4:13]
(B. Anderson / B. Ulvaeus / T. Rice)
08. If I Loved You [2:38]
(R. Rodgers / O. Hammerstein II)
09. Putting It Together [4:19]
(S. Sondheim)
10. Over The Rainbow [3:50]
(H. Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)
11. Theme From Nuts (End Credits) [3:43]
(B. Streisand)
12. Here We Are At Last [3:19]
(B. Streisand / R. Baskin)
13. Warm All Over [2:49]
(F. Loesser)
14. You'll Never Know (duet) [4:07]
(H. Warren / M. Gordon)
As they evolved in the 1980s, retrospective box sets tended to contain a full complement of an artist's essential recordings, plus enough rarities to suggest the artist's inspirations and ambitions. Not all box sets conformed to this outline, however. Barbra Streisand was unusual, in that she had a large base of devoted fans interested in the minutiae of her career, and in that her entire recorded catalog remained in print. She had also worked with the same record company for her entire career and maintained her status as a frontline artist, so she had complete creative control over this retrospective. The result was a four-disc box devoted almost entirely to rare, previously unreleased material. Here and there, Streisand tossed in one of her most familiar recordings, such as the hit version of "People."
But the overwhelming bulk of Just for the Record... was given over to homemade demonstration tapes, live recordings, television appearances, and outtakes from unfinished album projects, not to mention other special material. To Streisand's army of fans, that made it a delight, but practically by definition, that did not make it a great Barbra Streisand album unto itself. Unlike most boxed sets, this was not a one-stop shopping item that gave you the best and the rest of Barbra Streisand. That is not to say that there weren't some fascinating and terrific performances included. Especially notable was a set of eight songs recorded at a nightclub in 1962 and originally intended for Streisand's debut album. A duet with Judy Garland from her TV show and a rendering of "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" from a Las Vegas show were equally impressive. Nevertheless, Just for the Record... was an album to buy in addition to her hits collections and landmark albums, not in place of them.
Release day of this Box Set: December 8, 1998