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1970s Albums (Page 2)
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Columbia Records utilized stickers on the CD jewel case to denote which CDs had been remastered. Sometimes the CD artwork went unchanged and the only way to tell if you were purchasing a newly remastered CD was to look for a sticker.
If you see this symbol next to an album below, Barbra Archives has determined that Columbia Records has never remastered the CD since it was originally released, probably way back in the 1980s. This means that the sound quality of the CD is substandard according to today's audio expectations as most early 1980s CDs were taken from the LP master.
Notes: Albums are in order by their original release date. Only U.S. CDs are examined here.
Please read Barbra Archives' Introduction. More complete information on Streisand's discography can be found here.
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1994 + 2008
Catalog Number(s):
CK 33005 (1990 + 1994)
CK 724467
(2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
* See the Barbra Archives' page about Quadraphonic albums. Sony/BMG could really please the fans if they considered remastering ButterFly once again and including some of the alternate Quad tracks.
1994 CD case sticker
CD Packaging Notes:
The photo montage on the original gatefold LP was cut in half for the CD release. The CD booklet contained only the right side of the montage. The entire montage, as it originally appeared inside the LP is pictured below:
Also, the painting on the back cover by Bill Shirley is reproduced on the CD—but very small. On the original LP, the painting filled the entire back cover:
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1998
Catalog Number(s):
Bay Cities 3006 - 1990
Arista Masters 19006 - 1998
The Funny Lady CDs have received their own page at Barbra Archives.
Click here to read all about the Bay Cities and Arista CD releases of the Funny Lady soundtrack.
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1994
Catalog Number(s):
CK 33815 (1990 + 1994)
CK 725119 (2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
1994 CD case sticker
1984 cover
1990 cover
CD Release Date: 1990
Catalog Number(s):
33452
CD Packaging Notes:
Some time after the original released of the 1990 Classical Barbra CD, Columbia redesiged the cover by dding a blue and gold "CBS Records Masterworks" logo across the album's cover.
The LP's lyrics and liner notes by Homer Dennison (which were originally printed on the album sleeve) were reprinted for the CD booklet.
It's a shame Columbia has not touched this album since 1990. One wonders what a proper digital remastering of this album would sound like.
CD Release Date: 1994 + 2002
Catalog Number(s):
CK 57375 (1994)
CK 86119 (2002)
CK 5063602 (2002 U.K. version with Bonus Track)
1994 CD Notes:
Restored by John Arrias at B&J Studio using the C.A.P. System
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
2002 CD Notes:
Remastered from the original master tapes by Stephen Marcussen
Digitally edited by Stewart Whitmore for Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
CD Packaging Notes:
The 2002 liner notes restored the lyrics to the order in which they appear on the CD. The 2002 CD reprinted the LP gatefold photo collage in the center of the CD booklet.
Both 1994 and 2002 CDs are red with the Columbia logo.
The 2002 CD was released in the U.K. with a bonus track: "Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born") [Spanish Version]".
CD Release Date: 1989 + 1994 + 2008
Catalog Number(s):
CK 34830
CK 724218
(2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
1994 CD case sticker
CD Packaging Notes:
Oy! Columbia really missed the boat on this one. The CD has been available for over 20 years and no one has ever thought to restore the original album's artwork.
The LP, originally released in 1977, hot on the heels of Barbra's megahit, A Star is Born, featured a pull-out lyric sheet and a photo picture sleeve.
The picture sleeve (above) listed "Musicians and Friends", which has been omitted from the CD. Also credited were Seiniger and Associates for the album's art direction (again, missing from the CD insert). Steve Schapiro's photo credit and Barbra's "special thanks to Charles Koppelman" are absent from the CD as well.
The lyric sheet opened to reveal a center spread of Barbra in her Superman outfit (photos by Steve Schapiro).
Noticeably missing from the CD are Barbra's liner notes, which appeared on this page of the original LP! Since any Streisand fan who does not have the original LP has not been able to read her liner notes for 20 years, I have reproduced them below:
How about Songbird photo outtakes if Columbia ever re-releases this CD?
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1994
Catalog Number(s):
CK 35375
CK 725006
(2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
1994 CD case sticker
CD Packaging Notes:
Another Streisand album whose original artwork is missing from the CD release!
First, what was included: Columbia took the 9 photographs of Barbra and her dogs from the LP's back cover and redistributed them on the CD: The CD back cover displayed Sadie and Barbra; The CD booklet spread displayed Big Red, Clyde, Rocky, Leona, Charity, Ester Hoffman and Bullet Anderson and their "kids".
What's missing: the original album's picture sleeve and credits. Here's what they looked like:
The sleeve had a cute combination of all the album's song titles:
I Don't Break Easily Deep In The Night so Stay Away because You Don't Bring Me Flowers anymore. I'm heading for a Love Breakdown so Honey Can I Put On Your Clothes. I need One More Night with A Man I Loved, how about Tomorrow?
... Songbird
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1994
Catalog Number(s):
CK 35679
CK 725006 (2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
1994 CD case sticker
CD Release Date: 1993
Catalog Number(s):
CK 57376
Restored by John Arrias at B&J Studio using the C.A.P. System
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Fans would love to see the Casilli photo outtakes from the Wet session, like this one with Barbra and Sadie.
CD Release Date: 1990 + 1994 + 2008
Catalog Number(s):
CK 36258 (1990 + 1994)
CK 723977 (2008, SBME SPECIAL MKTS.)
1994 CD case sticker
CD Packaging Notes:
Well, they got half of the CD insert right ... The tinted photograph of Streisand by Mario Casilli —which originally took up one side of the LP's sleeve—was reproduced on the fold-out CD insert.
Not reproduced was the other side of the LP sleeve with two more Casilli shots. (Another mistake: Casilli's name is spelled wrong on the album and the misspelling was reproduced on the CD. It's 'Casilli' not 'Caselli'.)
These photos were not included on the Wet CD.
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