Barbra Streisand: C/D?

Live at the Bon Soir is amazing. It's a shame they didn't have the noise reduction technology in 1962 to clean up the recording and make this her debut album. I know her actual debut won the Grammy for Best Album, but this live collection is better. The ease and relaxed humor she has at age 20 in front of what was purportedly a sophisticated crowd is almost uncanny.

Babs' half-sister covering Max Frost & The Troopers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmZl1BCaBuI

you know i've been wondering if i should explore Barbra's catalog! i do love her voice.

My two cents:

Get Live at the Bon Soir instead of her actual debut album.
My Name is Barbra and Color Me Barbra are great examples of her classic style.
Stoney End is perhaps the most successful of her "contemporary" albums.

Barbra Streisand... and other musical instruments is her most bizarre album.

Chris Molanphy's Hit Parade podcast just had an episode on her music and chart career, and I learned quite a lot!

https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/02/how-barbra-became-the-original-taylor

I'm waiting for the biog to come out in paperback because i don't care who you are, that hardback can not be easily read by a human.

Chris made the case for its best form being audiobook, not least because song clips are part of it. Based on the shared snippet I'm inclined to agree!

Damn yeah that does sound good. Bono's is like that, so it must be A New Thing these days.

lol at Roslyn Kind up there, she's such a total half-Barbra!