Liza sings mostly standards on this L/P but the arrangements and style are typically 70's style...this was recorded in 1970 just before she got the part of "Sally Bowles" in the Musical Film"Cabaret"....the songs are by "Kern" "Berlin" "Porter" "Arlen" "Mercer" "Gershwin" so you can see that its the American Songbook Theme.....They are definitely sung different....She does go a bit "frantic"at times but its definitely one of her better recordings !!
Found the video below.....on a couple of plays it went out of sync but seems okay now !!
P.S. I love it when you get a selection of well known songs and they are arranged and performed entirely different from the originals and like nobody else's versions..and Liza and her arranger has just done that !!...Greaaaaaaaat !!!
1. Love For Sale
2. Stormy Weather
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Lazy Bones
5. Can't Help Loving That Man
1. I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone
2. The Man I Love
3. How Long Has This Been Going On
4. God Bless The Child
5. Maybe This Time
1. Love For Sale
Great album, Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteOddly, this is one of Liza's "most hated by fans" albums. And of course, I love it madly.
ReplyDeleteIt compares to Marc Bolan's (of T.Rex) Zinc Alloy album where you hear a unique sound that has never been duplicated by anyone - including Liza & Marc, respectively, in their careers.
I know... who would have thought anyone would compare Liza Minnelli to T.Rex but who would have thought that Liza Minnelli would do background vocals on Alice Cooper's Teenage Lament '74, but she did.
🤞 !
ReplyDeletethank you very much!!
ReplyDeleteGosh. I'm not surprised it's one of Liza's "most hated by fans" albums. I usually keep the music I download indefinitely - but this one's going straight to recycling. Side 2 is better than side 1 and the Muscle Shoals musicians do what's asked of them - but that's faint praise.
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