Evening With Diana Ross CD Due April 30

[zani57]

Just saw this in the "Coming Soon" section of Amazon.com. And speaking of the slowdown with UMG Select/Motown Select/Hip-O Select, this is from
Label: Culture Factory [[France). --

An Evening With Diana Ross - Paper Sleeve - CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica

http://www.amazon.com/An-Evening-Wit...s_all_1#disc_1

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Here I Am

3. I Wouldn't Change A Thing

4. The Lady Is A Tramp

5. Touch Me In The Morning

6. Smile/Send In The Clowns

7. Love Hangover

8. Girls

9. The Point: Everybody's Got 'Em / Me And My Arrow / Lifeline / Everybody's Got 'Em [[Reprise)

10. Lady Sings The Blues

11. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

12. I Cried For You

13. Aux Iles Hawaii

14. Stormy Weather

15. Jump In The Pot [[And Let's Get Hot)/I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl

16. My Man

17. The Motown Story: Overture

18. Money [[That's What I Want)

19. Please Mr. Postman

20. You Keep Me Hanging On

21. Baby Love

22. Someday We'll Be Together

23. Stop! In The Name Of Love

24. You Can't Hurry Love

25. Reflections

26. My World Is Empty Without You

27. I Hear A Symphony

28. Reach Out And Touch [[Somebody's Hand)

29. The Music In The Mirror

30. What I Did For Love

31. Improvisations

32. Dance: Ten/Looks/Three

33. Theme From Mahogany [[Do You Know Where You Going To)

34. Ain't No Mountain High Enough

[Kamasu_Jr]

I've been told this was a live performance that was better visually than to hear on disc.

[Glenpwood]

It's better visually from the standpoint that things like The Point and the A Chorus Line fall a bit flat without seeing it. This applys even moreso to things like the TV Soundtrack to Diana! and On Broadway where the skits work better sonically if you've seen them first and can revisulaize them. As a kid, I remember the Cosby/Ross Love Story bit only made sense to me because there was a picture of Diana in a fat suit included in the gatefold.

[calvin]

Is there a DVD of this concert then, or just the LP/cd?

[Kamasu_Jr]

There was a TV special on NBC that was pretty close to the Broadway show.

[midnight johnny]

Here is one of a few clips from the NBC special...just search for others on the poster's channel...
http://youtu.be/3LKpgT7C4rs

[calvin]

Thanks Johnny!

[midnight johnny]

Thanks Johnny!

You're most welcome, calvin!

[reese]

Is there a DVD of this concert then, or just the LP/cd?

The show aired as a tv special in Japan, but segments were switched around.

[reese]

I've been told this was a live performance that was better visually than to hear on disc.

I saw the show live before buying the album. So it was easy for me to visualize what was happening. But aside from the mime segments in SMILE/SEND IN THE CLOWNS and THE POINT, I don't think much was lost in the translation from show to album. And Diana was in very good voice throughout.

[smark21]

I’ve never seen or heard this show. I know the show is legendary in Diana Ross fan circles so I suppose at some point I ‘ll have to track this down. The setlist certainly represents an approach to show biz that’s pretty much done and gone. At what point in Diana Ross’ career did she stop doing so many standards [[besides the Lady Sings segment) and specialty numbers and just concentrate on performing songs from her current album and her vast catalog of her own hits?

[skooldem1]

It was a great "show". It wasn't so much a concert. Diana was in great voice. With any visual production some is lost when you only listen and don't see it. When I first heard this album I just referenced the photos from the show on the inside of the album and let my imagination go to work.

[skooldem1]

I have seen both the TV special and also the live concert from Japan. It was great to finally see it but for some reason the sequence was not the same as the album. It made me wonder which one was right. If I ever convert the VHS tape to DVD I think I will sequence it the same way as the album as that is what I'm familiar with.

[skooldem1]

Here is the entire concert that was recorded for the live album.

[reese]

I’ve never seen or heard this show. I know the show is legendary in Diana Ross fan circles so I suppose at some point I ‘ll have to track this down. The setlist certainly represents an approach to show biz that’s pretty much done and gone. At what point in Diana Ross’ career did she stop doing so many standards [[besides the Lady Sings segment) and specialty numbers and just concentrate on performing songs from her current album and her vast catalog of her own hits?

AN EVENING WITH... was the last tour with standards and hits. After that , she basicially stuck to her own material, except for the 1983 tour, when she added FAMILY, RIBBON IN THE SKY, and BEAT IT to her show.