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Timeless: Live in Concert, recorded at her Las Vegas show on New Year's Eve 1999, takes as its subject the star herself. It opens with a dramatization of her first, amateur recording session, with young Lauren Frost playing a part described in the credits as "Young Girl," though Streisand later refers to her as "mini-me." Frost doesn't get too far before being joined by Streisand herself on a stirring version of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story. The rest of "Act One" traces Streisand's career from her club days to her movie performances. "Act Two" has less of a narrative structure, though it is equally autobiographical, with Streisand displaying and commenting on videos of herself performing with other stars and building up to the stroke of midnight with a combination of old, recent, and new specially written songs. At 57 that night, Streisand remains in good voice, and the old warhorses, among them inevitable hits like "People," "Evergreen," and "The Way We Were," sound, well, like they always do. More interesting are songs that, while previously recorded, have not been heard live before, especially "Alfie," which the singer confesses to having forgotten she ever did. But unless you are a big Streisand fan, you may want to stick to the studio albums on which she just sings. The extensive stage remarks here include comic interludes such as a dialogue with Shirley MacLaine and negative opinions about new technology, but for the most part they center on the singer herself. Timeless was issued a week before what were said to be her final concerts in September 2000.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
DISC 1
1
Opening / You'll Never Know (with Lauren Frost, Alec Ledd & Randee Heller) [Live]
2:31
2
Something's Coming (with Lauren Frost) [Live]
3:41
3
The Way We Were (Live)
4:18
4
Shirley MacLaine Y1K (Live Dialogue)
4:41
5
Cry Me a River (Live)
3:14
6
Lover, Come Back to Me (Live)
2:54
7
A Sleepin' Bee (Live)
3:43
8
Miss Marmelstein (Live)
2:27
9
I'm the Greatest Star / Second Hand Rose / Don't Rain On My Parade (Live)
5:21
10
Something Wonderful / Being Alive (Live)
4:35
11
As Time Goes By / Speak Low (Live)
2:10
12
Alfie (Live)
4:02
13
Evergreen (Live)
4:04
14
Dialogue (Father, Pt. 1) [Live]
1:18
15
Papa Can You Hear Me? / You'll Never Know (with Lauren Frost) [Live]
3:20
16
A Piece of Sky (with Lauren Frost) [Live]
3:12
DISC 2
1
Entr'acte (Live)
2:21
2
Putting It Together (Live)
3:35
3
On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) [Live]
2:27
4
Send In the Clowns (Live)
3:06
5
Duets (Live)
Barbra Streisand & Céline Dion
2:07
6
Sing (with Jason Gould) / I've Got a Crush On You (with Frank Sinatra) [Live]
3:22
7
Technology (Live Dialogue)
2:03
8
The Clicker Blues (Live)
0:58
9
Simple Pleasures (Live)
3:02
10
The Main Event / Fight (Live)
4:07
11
Dialogue (Father, Pt. 2) [Live]
1:35
12
I've Dreamed of You (Live)
3:24
13
At the Same Time (Live)
4:53
14
Auld Lang Syne (Live)
1:49
15
Dialogue (Live Barbra and Brother Time)
0:51
16
People (Live)
3:46
17
New Year's Eve / Auld Lang Syne (Live)
6:00
18
Everytime You Hear Auld Lang Syne (Live)
4:22
19
Happy Days Are Here Again (Live)
3:33
20
Don't Like Goodbyes (Live)
1:42
21
I Believe / Somewhere (with Lauren Frost) [Live]
8:42
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