| Live at the Winter Garden | ||||
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| Released | April 19, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | January 1974 | |||
| Genre | Pop, vocal, traditional pop | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Gary Klein | |||
| Liza Minnelli chronology | ||||
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 Cover of the 2012 CD re-release | ||||
Live at the Winter Garden is the second live album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli, released in 1974.[1] It is her second release under the Columbia Records label.
The recording took place during some of the shows of the tour titled Liza, which consisted of 24 shows held at the Winter Garden Theatre, located at 1634 Broadway in the heart of Manhattan, New York City.[2]
The LP was released in April 1974, and the promotion included full-page advertisements in American magazines, such as Billboard magazine.[3]
Due to contractual conflicts, the album was withdrawn from circulation shortly afterward because it included songs from the film Cabaret, whose soundtrack was still in the market.[4] Thus, it became a rare - and even considered lost - title in Liza's discography.[4] Eleven of the fourteen tracks from the soundtrack appeared on the compilation Cabaret... And All That Jazz: The Liza Minnelli Anthology, released by the Salvo label.[5]
In 2012, Masterworks Broadway released the album in its entirety on CD and digital download, marking the first time the performance was officially available in these formats.[6] Three live bonus tracks were also part of the re-release, including "You and I" by Stevie Wonder and the classics "It Had to Be You" and "My Shining Hour."[7][8][9]
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Alright! This is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com, today we have another exciting episode, but before I start the episode, I want to wish everybody out there, all my viewers that are watching, a very happy new year, and to have the best gardening season in 2015 and if you’re not already gardening, I want you guys to start gardening, now is the time to start planning, you know, order seeds, get them started so that you will have them after the last frost date has passed in your area. As for me, I’m continually planting in my garden, I grow year-round. And if you live in a place that basically doesn’t have snow on the ground, I want you guys to have a garden. If grass is growing outside and it’s still alive and there’s trees and things still alive outside with greenery on them, you can have a garden in the winter time so I mean, here is a mild climate, you know we might get down to freezing a couple of days, but I’m going to plant a whole bunch as you guys can see all lined up here in this freshly prepared raised bed, whole bunch of vegetables for the winter season. Now the winter season for me is mainly about leafy greens, but I have a few other things that I’m going to be planting as well, so I guess without further ado let’s go ahead and give you guys a close-up shot of some of the plants I’ll be planting this winter. Right now we’re going to go ahead and share with you guys the different plants I’m growing in the winter that you may want to try also. These are all frost-tolerant to some extent, but if there’s snow outside, probably not going to make it. First we have the beets Chioggia. I like to encourage and let you guys grow different varieties of the same plant, so don’t just grow the common beets grow some uncommon ones. Next we’ve got the bull’s blood beet, next we’ve got the bull door beet, I believe that’s like a nice yellow one. Next we’ve got the beets cylindra, it’s a cylindrical beet. Next we’ve got the broccolini spirulagetolino[?]. Next we’ve got some guylon[?] green lance, and I want to encourage you guys to plant diversity so in case you have a crop failure right? I know some of these guys are going to work, probably most of them actually. Next we’ve got the kohlrabi, kohlrabi’s a really cool one. And yeah, you can eat the leaves so all these plants that I’m planting actually you can eat the leaves, and on the beets obviously you can eat the roots as well. And on the kohlrabi it makes an enlarged stem, so if you’ve ever had broccoli stalk, one of my favorite things that my girlfriend likes is actually shredded broccoli stalks, or broccoli slaw, and it’d be perfect to make the same out of kohlrabi, she’s going to love it. Next we’ve got some mustard greens, yukina savoy. That one’s really a more mild mustard green. Of course we have the [inaudible] red, once again you know planting my foods of color, and going to stagger the planting so it looks really cool in the bed. Next we’ve got of course some bok choy, and then next we’ve got some kohlrabi garth. You know I’ve got all different varieties of some of these same plants, kohlrabi and while I am German I can’t pronounce German it’s super shletsum, I don’t know something like that. There’s a label. This is supposed to make some super giant 10 inch green skin kohlrabi, I’m looking forward to having maybe foot long ones. Of course next we’ve got some lettuce, I’ve got two things of lettuce, and while I do like to eat lettuce, I’m not a big fan of growing it, it seems you always get a lot of bugs and slugs and things like that in it, so I’d rather grow something like this, the frise or endive. Much less effected by bugs, and even less effected in general is the escarole [inaudible]. Of course my favorite leafy greens in the winter time and if you’re European you’ll know this one, most Americans don’t know what this stuff is. This is actually known as the mache or corn salad right there, those little baby delicate leaves are so delicious. If you live in Europe you can go to any store and they’ll have mache, especially in the winter time, and it’s so delicious. If you live in America, I want to encourage you guys to maybe grow some yourself. And it’s a cold crop so I like to grow it when it’s cold outside during the fall and winter season. Next we’ve got one called minutina, and this is also known as the buckhorn plantain, related to the common plantain. I do recommend harvesting those guys small when you can. And of course, up one of my trellises we’re going to plant these guys, the sugar snap peas or sugar and peas. They’re going to grow during the winter and hopefully by, maybe by March I’ll be having my own sugar snap peas off the vine, one of my first fruiting crops that I’ll be getting to eat. All right so you guys saw what I just planted, and these are just some of the crops that you could plant, you know normally I plant a lot of rastica[?] family crops and things like that. The cauliflower, the broccoli, the kale, the Brussels sprouts, things like that. And this time I’m pretty much just planting the kohlrabi. I want to let you guys know that on all the rastica family plants you know, even things like broccoli which we normally have to flower or the cauliflower which we normally have to flower, you can eat all the leaves too and it’s similar to kale. And especially if you’ve had those in the summer time, you didn’t them, I want to encourage you guys to grow them again in the winter, or if you have a place that does have snow, you can plant them early out, even if it’s not past your last frost date as long as it’s going to have more mild climate, and these plants get sweeter in the winter in response to the weather, and then they’re even actually more delicious than summer time. So yeah revisit them if you don’t like their taste, and also I recommend harvesting the little baby tender young leaves, they’re always more flavorful than the large ones. I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me, I’m going to go ahead and plant this bed out, and hopefully I get back at you, show you guys it finished. All right so as you can see, it’s getting a bit darker, and I actually got all my plants planted out. Instead of staggering them and doing different ones in order of time efficiency I basically planted one type of winter green in each row, and this is going to be pretty cool when they get tall, and I want you guys to pay attention when you do plant things. I tried to plant some of the smaller stuff like the mache which stays low, smaller and this grows a little bit taller, that might grow about the same height. And as I get into the middle they get the tallest so this will look pretty cool, and yeah that’s pretty much a lot of winter greens that I got planted. So I want to let you guys know, while I am doing a winter garden, I know that you guys are maybe envious because you live in some place that snows. But you can also still have a winter garden no matter where you live in the whole world, even Antarctica. You can actually simply grow indoors. If you’re not able to grow inside I highly encourage you guys to grow indoors, you can grow things like sprouts and microgreens. I’ll put the links down below to my videos on how to grow sprouts and microgreens indoors year round. You know the food that you can grow yourself by far is some of the best food on the planet that’s going to nourish your body, feed your body so that you can be healthy, wealthy and strong. Hope you guys enjoyed this episode learning about what I’m planting here in the winter time, once again my name is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com, and until next time remember keep on growing.
Background
Liza tour
Bob Fosse is credited as the director.[10] He had previously directed Minnelli in the 1972 film Cabaret, for which she received an Academy Award in the Best Actress category.[10] Collaborating with Fosse, Ron Lewis served as the choreographer.[10] Marvin Hamlisch was the musical director, and the songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb contributed with original songs.[10]
Regarding the show, the singer said, "The thing about doing a show like 'Liza' is that every song means something... Fred and John were so brilliant in constructing the show, plus I had Marvin, so we tried all kinds of vocals and finally got what you hear on the album, and thank God it worked! You keep trying, and you're not satisfied with anything less than the best."[2]
In the selection of tracks included in the set list, Minnelli sings re-creations of her already classic songs, such as the pot-pourri from Cabaret, as well as songs from the Great American Songbook, like "Shine On Harvest Moon."[11] Regarding the inclusion of older songs, some sung by her mother, she said, "For me, there are no new or old songs. There's just good music and good lyrics. In general, I choose songs for my repertoire more for the words than for the melody. And I don't look for just beautiful words. I like lyrics that tell a story, if possible with a beginning, middle, and end. Those are the songs that best reflect the yearnings and feelings of the audience, the ones that capture their attention the most because they are part of everyone's life."[12]
Box office
Within thirty-six hours after the opening of the box office at the Winter Garden Theatre, all seats for the three-week run had been sold.[12] To celebrate the success, the singer's father, director Vincent Minnelli, gathered over 350 people at the Rainbow Room Center (located on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza at the Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City), despite initially expecting only a few guests.[13]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [14] |
| Billboard | Favorable[15] |
The reviews from the music critics were mostly positive.
William Ruhlmann of the website AllMusic rated it three and a half stars out of five,[16] and wrote that the album brings "a typically effective live performance by Minnelli and clearly just a memory of the actual show that could only be completed by seeing and hearing her."[16]
The reviewer from Billboard magazine praised the repertoire and Minnelli's interpretations, selecting "Exactly Like Me," "Natural Man," "I Can See Clearly Now," and "Cabaret" as the highlights.[15]
Commercial performance
Commercially, it spent four weeks on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.[17] It debuted at number 188 on May 18, 1974,[18] and reached its peak at number 150 on June 1, 1974.[19]
With the 2012 re-release, the album reappeared on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart, reaching number 5 on May 26, 2012.[20] The following week, it remained in the same position, marking its last appearance on the chart.[21]
Track listing
Personnel
- Produced by: Gary Klein
- Arranged by: Ralph Burns, Billy Eyers, Jack French, Jonathan Tunick, Billy Reddy, Peter Matz & Fred Werner
- Remote Engineer: Phil Ramone
- Remix & Editing Engineer: Don Puluse
- Location engineers: Aaron Baron, Larry Dahlstrom
- Recordists: Hank Altman, Tom Dwyer
- Cover illustration: Joe Eula
- Back cover photos: Arthur Maillot, Robert Deutsch
- Back cover design: Karen Lee Grant
Musicians
- Rhythm: Arthur Azenzer, Frank Bruno, Norman Jeffries, Don De Marco, Jack Cavari
- Brass: Al Di Risi, John Frosk, Lew Gluckin, Ronald Keller, Vincent Fanuele, Wayne Andre, Fred Zito
- Woodwinds: Al Ragni, Dennis Anderson, Lewis Del Gatto, Walter Kane
- Strings: Max Cahn, Tobias Bloom, Joseph Goodman, Marie Hence, Elmar Ollveira, Ian Wint, Sandra Robbins, Nina Simon, Maurice Brown, Bernard Fennell
- Percussion: Eric Cohen, Charles Roeder
- Orchestra personnel manager: Earl Shendell
Charts
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[22] | 150 |
References
- ^ "Official Site: Liza Minnelli". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "Liza Minnelli's Legendary Live At The Winter Garden Concert Available From Masterworks Broadway". PRNewswire. March 12, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "E pluribus Liza (Columbia Records AD)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 4, 1974. p. 4.
- ^ a b Okada, Ana (August 6, 2012). "With two shows in Brazil in September, Liza Minnelli says the country is her "favorite place"". UOL HOST. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Liza Minnelli - Cabaret And All That Jazz, The Anthology Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (March 9, 2021). "Masterworks Broadway Will Release "Liza Minnelli: Live at the Winter Garden" On Disc for First Time". Playbill. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Dietz, Dan (September 3, 2015). The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5166-3.
- ^ "Liza Minnelli Live at the Winter Garden Remaster 2012". LIzaMinnelli. 2012-03-12. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "Liza Minnelli Live at the Winter Garden 2012". marketwatch. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ a b c d "Liza Minnelli: Live at the Winter Garden (Photos)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Freitas, Germano (January 26, 1974). "Liza, ainda uma vez com emoção". Manchete. Vol. 21, no. 1.182. p. 140. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "A volta de Liza Minnelli". Manchete. Vol. 21, no. 1.135. January 19, 1974. p. 24. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Mendez, Lucas; Cunha, Wilson (January 26, 1974). "Liza "Sou feia, mas sou sensacional"". Manchete. Vol. 21, no. 1.136. pp. 4–10. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Liza Minnelli - Live at the Winter Garden Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "LIZA MINNELLI - Live at the Winter Garden, Columbia PC 32854". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 18. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 4, 1974. p. 62. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "Liza Minnelli - Live at the Winter Garden". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Liza Minnelli". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Top 200 Albums (May 18, 1974)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 22, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Top 200 Albums (June 1, 1974)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Cast Albums". Billboard. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Liza Minnelli | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Liza Minnelli Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- Original LP jacket
- The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook, Citadel Press 2004, by Scott Schechter
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