Liza Minnelli - Live in New York 1979--The Ultimate Edition

Start spreading the news: Liza Minnelli's long-lost live album recorded inthe very heart of New York, New York is getting the deluxe vinyl and evenmore deluxe CD treatment from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records!When the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning superstar (and future GrammyLegend) took the stage at the legendary Carnegie Hall on September 4, 1979,the concert was already a hotly-anticipated event. It would be the first ofeleven consecutive shows through September 14�the longest run in the Hall'shistory. Not only that, but every show in the five-level, 2,804-seat venue wassold out. (This record stood until 1987, when an artist played three straightweeks of sold-out shows there. That artist? Liza Minnelli.) Liza had theforesight to record three nights of concerts; two years later, in 1981, shebegan selling the limited release at her live dates. The Live at Carnegie Halldouble album preserved Liza's electrifying, roof-raising evening from start tofinish, including definitive versions of familiar showstoppers such as JohnKander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret, But the World Goes 'Round, and ThemeFrom 'New York, New York' as well as fresh versions of contemporary popand classic Broadway standards from luminaries including George and IraGershwin, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, Barry Manilow, and MelissaManchester. But, deprived of proper retail distribution, the album neverreached a wide audience�until now! Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition is available on 3 CDs, all of which overflow with showbiz sizzle: one disc with Mike Milchner's remasteredversion of the original vinyl release, which premieres on CD, and two discs with the never-before-released complete show. This deluxe edition also features an expanded booklet with additional photos, liner notes, and exclusive tributes from Liza's friends and collaborators inside a gorgeous, 8-panel digipak boasting the Warhol portrait.Those little town blues will surely melt away as you relive this once-in-a-lifetime evening with an extraordinary artist at the thrilling height of her powers.Never before available at music retail!