Barbra Streisand - The Album (1963) Vinyl and similar items

Catalog Number: PC-8807 Condition Details: Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover has a few creases and moderate scuffing, moderate discoloration (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is easy-to-read with some wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of use and some divots. Red label with Columbia around the edge. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Cry Me A River My Honey's Loving Arms I'll Tell The Man In The Street A Taste Of Honey Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf Soon It's Gonna Rain Happy Days Are Here Again Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now Much More Come To The Supermarket (In Old Peking) A Sleepin' Bee About The Record: The Barbra Streisand Album is the debut album by Barbra Streisand, released February 25, 1963 on Columbia Records. It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified a gold album by the RIAA. The album receive NRARS award for best-selling album of the year, and Barbra was named best-selling female vocalist. The album won Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance. In January 2006, the album was inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame. At the 1964 Grammy Awards, The Barbra Streisand Album won awards in the categories of Album of the Year, Best Female Vocal Performance, and Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical, the latter presented to art director John Berg. A reviewer on allmusic says, "of course, the first thing that strikes you listening to the first Barbra Streisand album, recorded and released before the singer's 21st birthday, is that great voice. And it isn't just the sheer quality of the voice, its purity and its strength throughout its register, it's also the mastery of vocal effects that produce dramatic readings of the lyrics -- each song is like a one-act musical. Streisand opens with Julie London's signature torch song, Cry Me a River, and she doesn't only surpass London, she sets off a thermonuclear explosion.