Live Concert at the Forum (1972)

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Forum LP unfolded

The Forum LP, a gatefold design, unfolded to reveal the full Robert Redding illustration. Some LPs contained a fold-out poster of the illustration. Missing from the CD are the Steve Schapiro photos which graced the inside fold on the LP (see photo, below). The CD did replicate Mort Goode's liner notes, however.

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Tracks

  1. Sing / Make Your Own Kind Of Music [4:20]
    ("Sing" - J. Raposo; "Make Your Own..." - B. Mann / C. Weil)
    Arranged by Don Hannah
  2. Starting Here, Starting Now [2:43]
    (R. Maltby, Jr. / D. Shire)
    Arranged by Don Costa
  3. Don't Rain On My Parade [2:38]
    (B. Merrill / J. Styne)
    Arranged by Peter Matz
  4. Monologue [3:09]
  5. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) [1:53]
    (A.J. Lerner / B. Lane)
    Arranged by Peter Matz
  6. Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead [7:45]
    ("Sweet..." - D. Penn / S. Oldham; "Where..." - C. King / T. Stern)
    Arranged by Don Hannah
  7. Didn't We [3:13]
    (J. Webb)
    Arranged by Claus Ogerman
  8. My Man [4:14]
    (A. Willemetz / J. Charles / C. Pollack / M. Yvain)
    Arranged by Peter Matz
  9. Stoney End [3:05]
    (L. Nyro)
    Arranged by Gene Page
  10. Sing/Happy Days Are Here Again [5:27]
    ("Sing" - J. Raposo; "Happy..." - J. Yellen / M. Ager)
    Arranged by Don Hannah
  11. People [3:25]
    (B. Merrill / J. Styne)
    Arranged by Peter Matz

About the Album

Forum Billboard ad

Grammy Nomination

Billboard Charts

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:

Gold: 500,000 units shipped

Platinum: 1 million units shipped

Note: The record company must submit an album to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) where it undergoes a certification process to become eligible for an award. The process entails an independent sales audit, which calculates the quantity of singles or albums shipped for sale, net after returns. The audit surveys shipments to the entire music marketplace, including retail, record clubs, television sales, Internet orders and other ancillary markets. Based on the certification of these shipments, a title is awarded Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum or Diamond status. The data here comes directly from official sources, mainly the RIAA online database.

About the Remaster

John Arrias remixed the album for CD using the orginal master recorded by Bill Schnee.

“Live Concert At The Forum was completely remixed from scratch,” Arrias explained to Ice magazine in 1995. “I went back to the original multi-track master and remixed every track. And some of the versions are extended now; on ‘Sweet Inspiration,’ for instance, they faded it out early [on the LP and original CD]; I kept it going an extra minute or so.” Arrias also segued that track into “Didn't We”seamlessly — on the LP, you had to flip the record over after track 6.

The remastering of Forum is incredible. You can hear the difference between the 1989 CD and the 1994 one almost immediately. Even Barbra's background singers, whose voices almost overpowered hers in “Sing/Make Your Own Kind of Music,” were remixed so that the balance was much more pleasing to the ears.

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