Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Arturo Toscaniini

 Fifteenth Anniversary of our Selling on eBay

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BARRY MANILOW LIVE  2 disc  1976


The classic double live album at the height of his early fame in the 1970s, Could It Be Magic/Mandy, I Write the Songs, Looks Like We Made It, It's A Miracle, Daybreak.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BARRY-MANILOW-LIVE-1977-VINYL-LP-ARISTA-Double-LP-with-gatefold-/381746058836?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BARRY-MANILOW-LIVE-1977-VINYL-LP-ARISTA-Double-LP-with-gatefold-/381746058836?
He was the second coming of Johnny Mathis, a cross between Mathis and Liberace, and this 1977 LP - following  Frampton Comes Alive (1976,) Bob Seger's Live Bullet (1976,) J Geils Band Blow Your Face Out (1976) - was the Middle of the Road following the hard rockers into the world of double discs.  


http://www.ebay.com/itm/BARRY-MANILOW-LIVE-1977-VINYL-LP-ARISTA-Double-LP-with-gatefold-/381746058836?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BARRY-MANILOW-LIVE-1977-VINYL-LP-ARISTA-Double-LP-with-gatefold-/381746058836?

It's an essential collection as it captures Manilow at a specific point in time and shows the necessity of splashing live performances across two discs (three would have been even more preferable.   Historically, in the era before compact discs, record labels didn't want to issue double vinyl. The costs were higher, more publishing to pay, more cardboard, more mother stampers, all the things that make vinyl more costly than compact disc.   Rock Journalist Joe Viglione, 8-22-16.

This particular copy has edgewear but the pictures and vinyl look in good shape with slight scratches visible when held up to the light.   Looks as if it wasn't played much, if at all. But it is open and thus, must be listed as used.

 FULL REVIEW
The classic double live album at the height of his early fame in the 1970s, Could It Be Magic/Mandy, I Write the Songs, Looks Like We Made It, It's A Miracle, Daybreak.  He was the second coming of Johnny Mathis, a cross between Mathis and Liberace, and this 1977 LP - following  Frampton Comes Alive (1976,) Bob Seger's Live Bullet (1976,) J Geils Band Blow Your Face Out (1976) - was the Middle of the Road following the hard rockers into the world of double discs.   It's an essential collection as it captures Manilow at a specific point in time and shows the necessity of splashing live performances across two discs (three would have been even more preferable.   Historically, in the era before compact discs, record labels didn't want to issue double vinyl. The costs were higher, more publishing to pay, more cardboard, more mother stampers, all the things that make vinyl more costly than compact disc.   Rock Journalist Joe Viglione, 8-22-16.

This particular copy has edgewear but the pictures and vinyl look in good shape with slight scratches visible when held up to the light.   Looks as if it wasn't played much, if at all. But it is open and thus, must be listed as used.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BARRY-MANILOW-LIVE-1977-VINYL-LP-ARISTA-Double-LP-with-gatefold-/381746058836?
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 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/381745987330?


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/381745987330?



 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/381745987330?


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/381745987330?



 http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/381745987330?


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Toscanini on Pop Explosion eBay August 2016
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