Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Album 1970

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Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits (1970)

Greatest Hits original album cover.

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  • ABOUT THE ALBUM
    • Original Release: January 1970
    • Produced by: Mike Berniker, Jack Gold, Robert Mersey, Ettore Stratta, and Warren Vincent
    • Arranged and Conducted by: Peter Matz, Michel Legrand, and Don Costa
    • Sound Supervised by: Warren Vincent
    • Original Recording Engineers: Frank Laico, Stan Weiss
    • Cover Photo: Lawrence Schiller

  • CATALOG NUMBERS
    • KCS 9968 (LP, 1970)
    • PC 9968 (LP, 1970)
    • HC 1249 (Reel-To-Reel)
    • PCA 00852 (8-Track Tape)
    • JCT 00852 (Cassette)
    • CM 9968 (MiniDisc, probably 1994)
    • CK 9968 (CD Remastered 1994)


  • CHARTS
    • Debut Chart Date: 2-28-70
    • No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 30
    • Peak Chart Position: #32
    • Gold: 5/4/71
    • Platinum: 11/21/86
    • 2x Multi-Platinum: 11/21/86

    Gold: 500,000 units shipped

    Platinum: 1 million units shipped


    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

Tracks

  1. People [3:39] (B. Merrill / J. Styne)
  2. Second Hand Rose [2:08] (G. Clarke / J.F. Hanley)
  3. Why Did I Choose You? [2:49] (M. Leonard / H. Martin) *
  4. He Touched Me [3:08] (I. Levin / M. Schafer)
  5. Free Again [3:40] (R. Colby / M. Jourdan / A. Canfora / J. Baselli)
  6. Don't Rain On My Parade [2:44] (B. Merrill / J. Styne)
  7. My Coloring Book [4:09] (F. Ebb / J. Kander)
  8. Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long [2:04] (S. Lewis / V. Young / F. Whitehouse / M. Berle) **
  9. My Man [2:55] (I. Bibo / L. Woods / M. Yvain)
  10. Gotta Move [1:58] (P. Matz)
  11. Happy Days Are Here Again [3:07] (J. Yellen / M. Ager)
*On this album, Track 3, “Why Did I Choose You” is 2:51 minutes. The complete, 3:47 minute track can be found on Columbia's remastered album, My Name is Barbra.

** Previously available as Columbia 7-inch single #4-43612.

“All that is Barbra Streisand is heard here. It's a Streisand sampler, pure and simple, with such choice items as ‘People,’ ‘Happy Days Are Here Again,’ ‘He Touched Me,’ ‘Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long,’ ‘My Man,’ and the delightful ‘Second Hand Rose’ leading the way. Any true Streisand fan has all these and the rest in his collection. But if you haven't discovered Barbra yet, this should whet your appetite. If it doesn't, the forget the rest of her LPS.”

Don Lass, Asbury Park Press 3/15/70


Columbia Records color ad for Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits album.

Below:    Lawrence Schiller photographed the cover image of Barbra Streisand for her 1970 “Greatest Hits” album. The image was captured during production of Barbra's film On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Streisand is wearing her “Melinda Tentrees” wig.


Click through some of the alternate photographs of Barbra Streisand taken by Steve Schapiro for the cover of this album.

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