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- #62,178 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
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Genre: Music Video: Concerts
Rating: NR
Release Date: 9-SEP-2008
Media Type: Blu-Ray
kone
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2015
For those who like Manilow, this Blu-Ray disk contains a wonderful and entertaining concert that is sure to please. The sound and picture quality are both excellent. Barry's energetic stage presence keeps this musical wonderland of hits moving along briskly. He has so many hits that it would take a 5-hour concert to showcase them all, yet, Barry takes his greatest hits and plays the main melody and lyrics in an abbreviated manner. (If you desire to hear the entire songs from beginning to ending, then purchase the original recordings).This is a delightful collection of Barry's greatest hits and more. It will satisfy all Manilow fans and will also appeal to those who have never heard of him (where have these people been hiding out?!) The concert is lots of fun, with many costume changes and different sets. The Copacabana presentation was really terrific.Manilow's voice is pretty good, not perfect, but then again, this is a live concert, not studio sound. One can also listen to his commentary of the concert as well, which is fun too.I'm glad I purchased it.kone
Tekrad
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2013
This is the best Barry Manilow you'll find on Blu. It has a great song selection and great picture.This was released in the early days of Hi-Def, so it doesn't have Hi-Def lossless Audio, butit still sounds pretty good.
RD
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2012
I don't what happened in the transfer process with this blu ray. The low frequency in the sound are not there. The picture quality is excellent. Very disappointed. The reason to buy concerts in blu ray is cause of picture and sound quality. I would not recommend it to someone that is into quality like me.
Peter Tsang
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2011
"Barry Manilow: Manilow Live!" is an excellent concert. It's top-notch in both performance and enjoyability. This is my first Manilow video, but I was familiar with quite a few of his songs from the radio. There's a long set list of other songs too.Mr. Manilow is so enthusiastic and more than willing to interact with the audience. The "duet" or sing a long with the excited and happy lady from the audience is so touching and heart-wrenching. Her personal story is sweet and sad, at the same time. If you are a Barry Manilow fan, you should get this Blu-ray or if you know very little about Mr. Manilow, (like me), and want an exciting concert experience, get this disc. Mr. Manilow's voice and the band's instruments are great.
Citicard
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2011
The sound is only coming from left side speakers. I have tried my other blue rays dvd is all are ok except for this Barry M.
Russ SC
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2011
Excellent Video and sound. Barry does all of his own material plus a few extras. THIS dvd WILL BRING BACK A FEW MEMORIES OF YOUR PAST.
Wayne
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2010
After 30+ years in the music business, Manilow still sounds and looks better than ever on this BD. This concert was recorded in Nashville, TN in 2001. Manilow obviously spared no expense on this concert. It includes a 30 piece orchestra, along with the musicians who travel with him and they sound great in Dolby Digital 5.1!Manilow's signature songs are all included on this BD including "I Write the Songs", "Mandy", "I Made it Through the Rain", plus he does a special tribute to Frank Sinatra with "That's Life", "Chicago", and a few others. One of my favorites on this BD is his opening number "Could This Be Magic". One might question whether this is a good opening number for a concert since the original version could be considered slow and sappy. Not so with this version. He starts it out with a bigger than life entrance with the chorus and then builds it up to an up-tempo version (kind of disco-like). It actually comes out sounding awesome with a great groove! The audience was obviously loving it!If you have a blu-ray player, get the blu-ray version. It looks and sounds great! Otherwise, go with the DVD. Either way, you can't go wrong on this one!
Skye
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2009
I've been passing over this DVD for months because I am not a Barry Manilow fan. His music always seemed over played and overrated to me. But I decided to give it a chance and am so glad I did.Of course the blu-ray video is outstanding, but it was the performance that got my attention. This artist has alot of charisma, energy and way of interacting with the audience with that makes it a joy to watch.The arrangements with live orchestra make it really special. It's not a studio sound - more casual, soothing and beautiful. The concert has so many songs I never heard and many I had forgotten.Barry still looks great although his voice seems to have less spark. After all these years he's still an amazing entertainer! I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD concert.
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