Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45790 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-02-19
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 179 minutes

Synopsis
FIRST & FAREWELL celebrates the music career of one of showbusiness’ brightest and most enduring stars, Barry Manilow. The film begins, appropriately enough, with a section entitled ‘The First’ which contains previously unseen footage of the crooner rehearsing before his 1974 concert in New York, as well as his debut performance of the ‘Commercial Medley’, a mix of Manilow-penned advertising jingles. This segues neatly into the film’s second half, called simply ‘The Farewell’. Here you’ll find his 2004 farewell tour, ONE NIGHT LIVE! ONE LAST TIME!, recorded at The Pond in Anaheim. And so the Manilow saga comes full circle with a collection of memorable performances of some of his greatest hits. Tracklisting: The First - ‘It’s A Miracle’, ‘Cloudburst’, ‘One Of These Days’, ‘Oh My Lady’, ‘The Shadow Of Your Smile’, ‘Commercial Medley’ (‘So Misunderstood’, ‘Like A Good Neighbor’, ‘Give Your Face Something To Smile About’, ‘Dry Control’, ‘Franco American’, ‘Bathroom Bowl Blues’, ‘When You’re Having More Than One’, ‘Join The Pepsi People’, ‘You Deserve A Break Today’), ‘Seven More Years’, ‘Could It Be Magic?’, ‘Easy Evil’ (The Harlettes), ‘Armed And Extremely Dangerous’ (The Harlettes), ‘Sweet Life’, ‘Make Our Garden Grow’, ‘Let’s Take Some Time To Say Goodbye’, ‘Sweet Life’ (Reprise). The Farewell - Act 1: ‘It’s A Miracle’, ‘Opening Medley’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘Somewhere In The Night’, ‘This One’s For You’, ‘Why Don’t We Live Together’, ‘Mandy’, ‘Even Now’, ‘They Dance!’, ‘Somewhere Down The Road’, ‘Brooklyn Blues (with Dave Koz and George Shelby), ‘Could It Be Magic?’ Act 2: ‘Can’t Smile Without You’, ‘Jump, Shout, Boogie’, ‘I Made It Through The Rain’, ‘Weekend In New England’, ‘River’, ‘Dancin' Fool’, ‘Copacabana (At The Copa)’, ‘I Write The Songs’, ‘Closing Medley’, ‘Why Don't We Live Together’, ‘One Voice’, ‘My Country 'Tis Of Thee’, ‘Dancin' In The Aisle’, ‘Dancin' In The Street’, ‘It's A Miracle’ (Reprise).

Customer Reviews

MANILOW UNDONE BY PRODUCTION!
Having been an ardent Manilow fan for many years, I looked forward to playing this new DVD concert. I have never been so disappointed. Manilow Live was a much, much better DVD and if you haven't got that, go out and get it now! On Manilow Live the production was immaculate, on First Farewell, the orchestra almost drowns out Manilow's beautiful voice, particularly on the ballads with a group of manic backing singers oversinging the man himself. No sympathy is given to the real fan who simply wants to hear The Voice with the orcestra playing softly behind. Barry does his best to compete but the whole thing is just poor. Very disappointed.