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Live at the Bon Soir is the tenth live album by American singer Barbra Streisand. Originally intended as her debut album, the material was recorded over three nights in November 1962 shortly after Streisand was signed by Columbia Records. Retrieved from Streisand's archives and remastered, the live recordings were released November 4, 2022, to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the original tapings.[1]
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| Released | November 4, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | November 5–7, 1962 | |||
| Venue | The Bon Soir Nightclub (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | Vocal pop | |||
| Length | 69:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Background and recording
Columbia Records first signed Streisand in 1962 following her Broadway debut as Miss Marmelstein in I Can Get It for You Wholesale.[2] Following Streisand's string of successful nightclub engagements, including at The Lion and The Bon Soir in Greenwich Village, Columbia planned a live album as her debut. Streisand's live performances at the Bon Soir were recorded November 5 – 7, 1962, but were shelved in favor of studio versions of the same repertoire. The studio recording The Barbra Streisand Album went on to win the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1964.[3]
Selections from the nightclub recordings have been previously released, notably on Streisand's 1991 Just for the Record... box set.
Produced by Streisand, Martin Erlichman, and Jay Landers, the Bon Soir tracks were remastered under the supervision of Streisand and Jochem van der Saag. "The club's acoustics were obviously not designed for recording, and there was a lot of leakage from the instruments into [Streisand's] vocal mic," said van der Saag, requiring the use of spectral editing technology to properly mix the recordings.[1]
Release and promotion
A nightclub recording of "Cry Me a River" was released Friday, September 23, 2022, to preview the album. In contrast to the studio version which appeared as the first track on Streisand's debut album, the Bon Soir recording includes repartee with the "intimate audience" and is accompanied by guitarist Tiger Haynes, bassist Averill Pollard, drummer John Cresci, and pianist Peter Daniels.[4]
Broadway World debuted the music video for "Cry Me a River" on October 7.[5] Directed by Matt Amato, the music video "allows viewers to experience the ambience of the Bon Soir nightclub from Barbra's perspective". This is the third Barbra Streisand music video directed by Matt Amato.[6]
Streisand released the Bon Soir recording of "Napoleon" (from the 1957 musical Jamaica) as another album promotion on October 21, 2022.
The album includes extensive historical notes, photos, and a message from Streisand, with a 12-page booklet for the LP and 32-page booklet for the CD.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
Live at the Bon Soir received positive reviews from music critics. In The New York Times, Wesley Morris remarked that Streisand displays a "devastating understanding of tone, shading, pitch, diction but also emotional variability."[8] Writing for AllMusic, Mark Demings praised Streisand's vocal skill, calling her "phrasing and dynamics … remarkably clever and sophisticated", and with the accompanying quartet lending "superb support", the album is "a glorious archival find."[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction by Dave Kapralik (Columbia Records) / My Name Is Barbara" | Leonard Bernstein | 2:01 |
| 2. | "Much More" |
| 2:30 |
| 3. | "Napoleon" |
| 3:19 |
| 4. | "I Hate Music" | Bernstein | 1:16 |
| 5. | "Right as the Rain" |
| 2:46 |
| 6. | "Cry Me a River" | Arthur Hamilton | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Value" | Jeff Harris | 2:16 |
| 8. | "Lover, Come Back to Me" | 1:54 | |
| 9. | "Band Introductions" | 2:56 | |
| 10. | "Soon It's Gonna Rain" |
| 3:42 |
| 11. | "Come to the Supermarket (in Old Peking)" | Cole Porter | 1:51 |
| 12. | "When the Sun Comes Out" |
| 3:14 |
| 13. | "Happy Days Are Here Again" | 3:25 | |
| 14. | "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" |
| 1:54 |
| 15. | "A Sleepin' Bee" |
| 4:03 |
| 16. | "I Had Myself a True Love" |
| 4:47 |
| 17. | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | 2:39 | |
| 18. | "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" | 2:36 | |
| 19. | "I'll Tell the Man in the Street" |
| 2:49 |
| 20. | "A Taste of Honey" | 2:23 | |
| 21. | "Never Will I Marry" | Frank Loesser | 2:56 |
| 22. | "Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me" |
| 2:14 |
| 23. | "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" | 2:10 | |
| 24. | "I Stayed Too Long at the Fair" | Billy Barnes | 5:11 |
| Total length: | 69:03 | ||
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] | 28 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10] | 82 |
| UK Digital Albums (OCC)[11] | 34 |
| US Billboard 200[12] | 150 |
References
- Willman, Chris (September 23, 2022). "Barbra Streisand's Planned 1962 Live Album to Finally Get a Release 60 Years Later". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- Gans, Andrew (September 23, 2022). "60 Years After Recording, Barbra Streisand—Live at The Bon Soir Sets Release Date". Playbill. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- Blistein, Jon (September 23, 2022). "Barbra Streisand Unearths 'Live at Bon Soir' Nightclub Recordings That Were Supposed to Be Her First Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- Kaufman, Gil (September 23, 2022). "Barbra Streisand to Release Legendary 1962 Greenwich Village Nightclub Set 'Live at the Bon Soir'". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- BWW, Team (October 7, 2022). "Exclusive: Watch the New Lyric Video for Barbra Streisand's 'Cry Me a River', Featured on New Album- Live At The Bon Soir". Broadway World. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Howe, Matt (October 7, 2022). "Bon Soir Music Video by Matt Amato". Barbra Archives. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Demings, Mark (Nov 5, 2022). "Barbra Streisand – Live at the Bon Soir Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic.
- Morris, Wesley (November 4, 2022). "Barbra Streisand on Her Pristine Early Recordings: 'That Girl Can Sing'". New York Times.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- "Top 100 Albums Weekly". El portal de Música. Promusicae. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- @billboardcharts (November 14, 2022). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)..." (Tweet). Retrieved November 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
External links
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