Just For the Record (1991)

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Just for the Record (1991)

Just for the Record front and back of the pink boxed set.
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  • ABOUT THE ALBUM
    • Released: September 24, 1991
    • Re-Released/Repackaged: December 8, 1998
    • Re-Released/Repackaged: July 1, 2003
    • Produced by: Barbra Streisand and Martin Erlichman
    • Engineered and Co-Produced by: John Arrias
    • Additional Engineering: Debbie Johnson, Frank Dookun
    • Project Coordinator: Karen Swenson
    • A&R for Columbia Records: Jay Landers
    • Art Direction & Design: Gabrielle Raumberger
    • Album Notes: Barbra Streisand
    • For Columbia Records — Project Manager: Peter Fletcher
    • Executive Art Director: Nancy Donald
    • Associate Director of Graphic Arts: Jeff Beck
    • Assistant to Miss Streisand: Kim Skalecki
    • Mastered by: Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio
    • Front & Back Cover Booklet, Cassette, CD and Still Life Environmental Photos by: Stuart Watson
    • Awards Page Roses Photography by: David Skernick

    Dedications:


    The 60's is dedicated to the memory of Peter Daniels who became my first accompanist in 1960.


    The 70's is dedicated to my beloved Gracie whose laughter I still miss. And to my friend, Howard Jeffries, who would have liked this record.


    I dedicate the 80's to my mother, who is 82 years old and still has a beautiful voice. And to Cis Corman who's been my best friend through the 60's, the 70's and the 80's.

  • CATALOG NUMBERS
    • C4K 44111 (1991 — 4 CDs)
    • CT 48645 (1991 — 4 cassettes)
    • CXK 68614 (1998 — jewelbox configuration)
    • C4K 89077 (2003 — booklet pocket configuration)
  • CHARTS
    • Debut Chart Date: 10-12-91
    • No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 16
    • Peak Chart Position: #38
    • Gold: 11/19/91
    • Platinum: 7/8/92


    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

DISC 1: THE 60's (PART I):

  1. You'll Never Know (1955) [2:58]  ( H. Warren / M. Gordon )
  2. JACK PAAR SHOW: A Sleepin' Bee [3:03]  ( H. Arlen / T. Capote ) Arranger: Peter Daniels
  3. P.M. EAST: Moon River [1:50]  ( H. Mancini / J. Mercer ) Arranger: Peter Daniels
  4. Miss Marmelstein [3:21]  ( H. Rome )
  5. GARRY MOORE SHOW: Happy Days Are Here Again [3:18]  ( M. Ager / J. Yellen ) Music Direction: Ken & Mitzi Welch, Special Arrangement by Ken Welch
  6. BON SOIR: Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now [1:45]  ( T. Waller / A. Razaf )
  7. BON SOIR: I Hate Music [1:21]  ( L. Bernstein )
  8. BON SOIR: Nobody's Heart (Belongs To Me) [2:03]  ( R. Rodgers / L. Hart )
  9. BON SOIR: Value [1:40]  ( J. Harris )
  10. BON SOIR: Cry Me A River [3:28]  ( A. Hamilton )
  11. BON SOIR: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? [2:10]  ( F. Churchill / A. Ronell )
  12. BON SOIR: I Had Myself A True Love [4:28]  ( H. Arlen / J. Mercer )
  13. BON SOIR: Lover, Come Back To Me [1:48]  ( S. Romberg / O. Hammerstein II ) All Bon Soir tracks produced by Mike Berniker & arranged by Peter Daniels
  14. TONIGHT SHOW: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most [2:56] ( T. Wolf / F. Landesman ) Arranger: Peter Daniels
  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. ED SULLIVAN SHOW: When The Sun Comes Out [3:05]  ( H. Arlen / T. Koehler )
  18. JUDY GARLAND SHOW: Be My Guest/Dialogue with Judy Garland & Ethel Merman [1:03]  ( M. Torme )
  19. JUDY GARLAND SHOW: Medley #1 (with Judy Garland) [4:34]
  20. Hooray For Love  ( H. Arlen / L. Robin )
  21. After You've Gone  ( H. Creamer / T. Layton )
  22. By Myself  ( A. Schwartz / H. Dietz )
  23. 'S Wonderful  ( G. Gershwin / I. Gershwin )
  24. (I Like New York In June) How About You  ( B. Lane / R. Freed )
  25. Lover, Come Back To Me  ( S. Romberg / O. Hammerstein II )
  26. You And The Night And The Music  ( A. Schwartz / H. Dietz )
  27. It All Depends On You  ( R. Henderson / B.G. DeSylva / L. Brown )
  28. JUDY GARLAND SHOW: Medley #2 (with Judy Garland) [2:30]
  29. Get Happy  ( H. Arlen / T. Koehler )
  30. Happy Days Are Here Again  ( M. Ager / J. Yellen )

 

DISC 2: THE 60's (PART II):
  1. I'm The Greatest Star [3:25] (J. Styne / B. Merrill)
  2. My Man/Auld Lang Syne [3:13] ("My Man" - M. Yvain / C. Pollack / A. Willemetz / J. Charles; "Auld" - R. Burns)
  3. People [3:40] (J. Styne / B. Merrill)
  4. Second Hand Rose (Barbra's mother) / Act II medley from My Name Is Barbra [4:19] *
    1. Second Hand Rose (G. Clarke / J.F. Hanley)
    2. Give Me The Simple Life (H. Ruby / R. Bloom)
    3. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (H. Arlen / J. Mercer)
    4. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out) (J. Cox)
    5. The Best Things In Life Are Free (B.G. DeSylva / L. Brown / R. Henderson)
  5. 1965 Emmy Awards [1:45]
  6. He Touched Me [3:09] (M. Schafer / I. Levin)
  7. You Wanna Bet [2:27] (C. Coleman / D. Fields)
  8. House Of Flowers [2:44] (H. Arlen / T. Capote)
  9. 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)

* Note: For this compilation, “I've Got Plenty of Nothing” was edited from the “Act II Medley from My Name is Barbra”, probably for time. The complete medley appears on Barbra's 1965 album, My Name is Barbra, Two.
Record store collage for Just for the Record box set.
DISC 3: THE 70's:
  1. The Singer [2:41] (W. Marks)
  2. I Can Do It [2:38] (J. Worth)
  3. Stoney End [2:58] (L. Nyro)
  4. Close To You (with Burt Bacharach) [3:01] (B. Bacharach / H. David)
  5. We've Only Just Begun [2:26] (R. Nichols / P. Williams)
  6. Since I Fell For You [3:24] (B. Johnson)
  7. WHAT'S UP DOC: You're The Top (with Ryan O'Neal) [4:08] (C. Porter)
  8. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - duet with Michel Legrand (1972) / album version [3:36] (M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  9. If I Close My Eyes [2:24] (B. Goldenberg / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  10. Between Yesterday And Tomorrow [3:31] (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]
    1. Telephone conversation with Golda Meir
    2. Hatikvah (N. Herz Imber)
DISC 4: THE 80's:
  1. GRAMMY AWARDS: You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet with Neil Diamond) [3:36] (N. Diamond / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  2. The Way We Weren't (live)/The Way We Were (single) [3:55] (M. Hamlisch / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  3. Guilty (with Barry Gibb) [4:28] (B. Gibb / R. Gibb / M. Gibb) § 
  4. YENTL: Papa, Can You Hear Me? (demo) [2:32] (M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  5. YENTL: The Moon And I (demo) [3:01] (M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  6. YENTL: A Piece Of Sky (demo/soundtrack version) [3:49] (M. Legrand / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)
  7. I Know Him So Well [4:13] (B. Anderson / B. Ulvaeus / T. Rice)
  8. If I Loved You [2:38] (R. Rodgers / O. Hammerstein II)
  9. Putting It Together [4:19] (S. Sondheim)
  10. Over The Rainbow (LIVE) [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)

§ “Guilty” contained a different lead-in on JFTR ... It begins with Barry Gibb counting down the song (“One, two...”)
The four CDs which make up the box set of Just for the Record

About the Album

Record store mini-poster for Just for the Record CD box set.

Barbra Streisand's Just For The Record, a box set of four CDs spanning thirty years of her extraordinary career, was an elaborately packaged collection of music and milestones, over four hours long, that became a must-have for her legions of dedicated fans.


The set contains 94 tracks, 67 of which are previously unreleased performances. From her first recording at age 13 of “You’ll Never Know” through her discovery on Broadway in I Can Get It For You Wholesale. From Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards to her growth as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, back to Broadway and into the future, it's all collected on Just For the Record.


Some of the highlights of the box set include:

  • Her first recording of “You’ll Never Know” at age thirteen, which opens the set.
  • Her first TV appearance on the “Jack Paar Show.”
  • Funny Girl’s closing night on Broadway when the audience sang their farewell to Barbra with “Auld Lang Syne.”
  • A home recording of Barbra’s mother singing “Second Hand Rose,” which segues into Barbra singing it on her Emmy-winning special “My Name Is Barbra.”
  • The demo of “Evergreen” in which Barbra accompanies herself on guitar.
  • Her first Academy Award acceptance speech as she greeted the statuette with the famous quote, “Hello gorgeous.”

It was 1983 when Streisand first mentioned Just For the Record publiclly. She told Gene Shalit during an interview for Yentl, “I'm working on a retrospective album that's called Just For the Record... This record will open with my demo at 12 years old.”


Barbra recorded “You'll Never Know,” the duet with her younger self that is the last track on Just For the Record, in April 1988 during studio sessions with Rupert Holmes. “Warm All Over” was recorded then, too.


Streisand's manager Marty Erlichman took out ads (one was placed in the back pages of American Film magazine) asking for fans to contribute rare material to the project. Tapes, kinescopes, and even an old wire recording were sent. “A lot of the old TV shows, like Johnny Carson and Mike Wallace's P.M. East, were all erased,” Erlichman told Entertainment Weekly. “So the only way to get them was if fans had them.”


Even finding some of the older, rarer tapes at Streisand's label, Columbia Records, proved to be a treasure hunt. “There were an awful lot of tapes that we knew existed that we couldn't find. And [Columbia has] big vaults in mountains.”


“If someone hadn't already taken the title, we'd have called it ‘Act One,’ " said Marty Erlichman. “The intention of the set is to give a ‘you are there’ quality. The project meant a lot to Barbra. When we first sat down to listen to the tapes, it was a very emotional experience for her. It brought back all kinds of memories.”


Karen Swenson, credited as Project Coordinator, assembled many of the recordings for Just For the Record. Barry Dennen's tapes, made when he and Barbra were friends, circa 1961, were considered. Dennen said he had early private recordings, as well as live recordings from The Lion and the Bon Soir. Marty Erlichman tried to work with Dennen so that the tapes could be included on JFTR. Eventually he gave up. “We did have plenty of material,” Swenson explained. “Obviously, money also factors into this. But it would have been a nice gesture on Barry's part to share a copy of the tape with Barbra—just to have it for her own archive.”
Swenson told the L.A. Times, “A private collector had one of Barbra's Tonight Show appearances that we couldn't find anywhere else,” Swenson said. “And I found her Yentl audition tapes, with her sitting at the piano with Michel Legrand, in her closet—she'd forgotten she even had them.”

“During the course of gathering material for JFTR,” Swenson said, “I came across several collectors who did not want to share copies of tapes they had with Barbra. It's a strange way of thinking. Sure, a recording has value keeping it to yourself, but imagine the gratification of being able to share it with the very person whose performance gives it value in the first place!”

Not only did Swenson and Landers uncover rare tracks, sometimes salvaging the original recordings was required! “We had one tape that was in such poor condition that the oxide was peeling off,” Swenson recalled. “But we learned a neat trick—we sent it to an expert at Columbia, who baked it in an oven at 350 degrees, which somehow brought the tape back to life long enough for us to make a new copy.”

Jay Landers performed Artists and Repertoire duties on JFTR (A&R reps liaison between the artist and the record label). Landers told Barbra News, “Just For The Record gave me a chance to look through her archives and re-visit many aspects of her artistic accomplishments that were before my time. One day, it would be great to expand the box set with even more of the material we simply couldn’t fit onto the four discs.”
Newspaper column reporting that Marty Erlichman is looking for rare Streisand items.
Landers also spoke to ICE newsletter and explained that Streisand was “completely involved” in selecting the material. “It's an unprecedented package; there's never been anything like it.”

Barbra told the press, “You don't know how difficult it is to listen to those things (the archival material). I picked a lot of the songs. For two and a half years they were trying to master them, engineer them, recut several things together, find the tapes, all that stuff. The last two months I had to write the notes.”

Streisand elaborated: “I started three years ago, talking into a tape recorder. Then when it was time to release it ... at the last minute it was a horror. That's why it took so long. It was supposed to come out at Christmas 1990. But we just got it out a few weeks ago. I didn't want both products out at the same time.”

As it turns out, the release of Just For The Record coincided with Barbra's big movie, The Prince of Tides, as well as its soundtrack album from Columbia Records.  The projects all created a sort of synergy around Streisand in the last quarter of 1991.

A two-VHS tape video companion to the 4-CD set was prepared, utilizing rare footage of Streisand's career, but ultimately not released. In 2005, Streisand addressed the unreleased video. “I've worked on it for years. It's four hours long. You know, it took so long to do the '60s, the '70s and the '80s, that I've never done the '90s or not to mention 2000s. It was supposed to be released with the — I never thought that it was quite good enough. Actually, when I saw that about a year ago, I thought, ‘Man, this is good.’ (Laughs.) I underrated it. It has to come out soon.” (Note: It never has.)

Grammy Nominations

  • Traditional Pop Performance Nomination: “Warm All Over”—Barbra Streisand
  • Album Package Nomination: Just For the Record (Gabrielle Raumberger)

Promotional Sampler Disc

Columbia Records released a promotional CD (#CSK 4200) to promote Just For The Record.  Titled Selections From Just For The Record, the 12-track CD contained a little over 30-minutes of music and talk.
Stephen Holden's glowing review of Just for the Record in The NY Times

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