Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

Columbia #CK 86119 (CD) Original Release: November 1976
Produced by Barbra Streisand and Phil Ramone
Musical Supervisor: Paul Williams
Orchestrations by Roger Kellaway, Kenny Ascher, Tom Scott, Jim Pankow, Ian Freebairn-Smith, and Pat Williams
Original Recording Engineers: Phil Ramone, Tom Vicari, Dan Wallin
Front Cover Photo: Francesco Scavullo
Back Cover Photo: Steve Schapiro

Watch Closely Now [3:49]
(P. Williams / K. Ascher)
QUEEN BEE [3:56]
(R. Holmes)
EVERYTHING [3:51]
(R. Holmes / P. Williams)
LOST INSIDE OF YOU (Duet with Kris Kristofferson) [2:55]
(B. Streisand / L. Russell)
Hellacious Acres [2:59]
(P. Williams / K. Ascher)
LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" (EVERGREEN) [3:05]
(B. Streisand / P. Williams)
THE WOMAN IN THE MOON [4:50]
(P. Williams / K. Ascher)
I BELIEVE IN LOVE [3:14]
(M. Bergman / A. Bergman / K. Loggins)
Crippled Crow [3:31]
(D. Weiss)
FINALE: WITH ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU/WATCH CLOSELY NOW [7:43]
(P. Williams / K. Ascher)
REPRISE: LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" (EVERGREEN) [1:47]
(B. Streisand / P. Williams)

Footnotes

All songs recorded live in 1976 at Sun Devil Stadium, Grady Gammage Auditorium, The Handlebar (Wally Heider Recording), and A&M Recording Studios for original motion picture soundtrack.

Streisand vocals on all except tracks 1, 5, and 9 which feature Kris Kristofferson solos.
Barbra remembers in Just For The Record: "I had to learn to play the guitar for a scene in A Star Is Born (which was later cut from the film)...I was also trying to write a song...One of these melodies became 'Evergreen'. When I played it for Marty Erlichman, he said flatly that it would be a hit, and not just a hit...but #1...Marty had made the same prediction for 'The Way We Were'...he was right again."
3rd Streisand album to reach #1 on charts, February 1977.
Grammy Awards: Song of the Year ("Evergreen"), Best Pop Female Vocal Performance - "Evergreen," Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - "Evergreen" (Ian Freebairn-Smith)
Academy Award: Best Original Song ("Evergreen")
BBC Radio 2's Behind The Glass - The Phil Ramone Story (part 4, 7/5/05) features legendary producer/engineer Ramone recalling the groundbreaking experience of recording Barbra live for the film and "Evergreen." Ramone explained that his job as music supervisor was to help with the choice of songs. "I went on the road with the movie, because we were going to record everything live. We redesigned a truck that existed so we could record and playback instantly, not only the audio but the video." Listen to an edited excerpt.
Reissued January 29, 2002 with original LP art restored, including back cover photo. Remastered from the original master tapes by Stephen Marcussen, 2001. CDs released outside U.S. and Canada include bonus track "Evergreen" (Spanish version), originally issued on the November 1996 "I Finally Found Someone" U.S. CD single. The movie was released on DVD in November 2006.
BB: 12-11-76 / 51 / #1(6) || G, 12/23/76; P, 1/21/77; 4P, 10/26/84