Barbara Streisand: The Concert Live at The Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, July 1994 (Complete), and Two Versions of “It’s as if We Never Said Goodbye”

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

One must learn to compartmentalize, if one would appreciate the artistic gifts of Barbra Streisand, in spite of Streisand's, er, challenging personality.

There are four kinds of people who hate Barbra Streisand—anti-Semites, philo-Semites, non-lefties and lefties….

“On Not Hating Barbra Streisand.”


“As if We Never Said Goodbye (Live)

The Concert: Madison Square Garden

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment





Released on: 1994-08-30

Composer, Lyricist: A. Lloyd Webber
Conductor, Arranger: Marvin Hamlisch
Guitar: Brian Kroonin
Composer, Lyricist: D. Black
Composer, Lyricist: C. Hampton
Guitar: Scott Kuney
Composer, Lyricist: A. Powers
Bass Guitar: Néil Stubenhaus
Percussion: Norm Freeman
Percussion: Bill Hayes
Drums: John Robinson
Piano: Randy Waldman
Orchestrator: Bill Byers
Violin: Ralph Morrison
Orchestrator: John Cameron
Violin: Sanford Allen
Violin: Barry Finclair
Violin: Diane Monroe
Violin: Abe Appleman
Violin: Nancy McAlhany
Violin: Karen Bentley
Violin: Mary Whitaker
Violin: Claudia Hafertondi
Violin: Winterton Garvey
Violin: Marti Sweet
Violin: Ming Yeh
Violin: Masako Yanagita
Violin: Ann Leathers
Violin: Sylvia D'Avanzo
Violin: Lisa Brooke
Violin: Carole Pool
Violin: Avril Brown
Violin: Ethel Abelson
Violin: Cenovia Cummins
Violin: Elizabeth Lim
Bass: John Beal
Bass: Jeff Carney
Bass: Bill Sloat
Bass: Jacqui Danllow
Viola: Julien Barber
Viola: Linda Moss
Viola: Alfred Brown
Viola: Mimi Dye
Viola: Jill Jaffe
Viola: Marsha Cahn
Viola: Maxine Roach
Cello: Jeane LeBlanc
Cello: Mark Shuman
Cello: Diane Barere
Cello: Ellen Westermann
Cello: Alvin McCall
Cello: Chase Morrison
Cello: Stephanie Cummins
Cello: Anne Callahan
Cello: Clay Ruede
Cello: Bruce Wang
Harp: Emily Mitchell
Trumpet: Lew Soloff
Trumpet: Danny Cahn
Trumpet: Tony Kadleck
Trumpet: Darryl Shaw
French Horn: Peter Gordon
French Horn: Katie Dennis
French Horn: Chris Komer
French Horn: Jeffrey Scott
French Horn: John Clark
Trombone: Jim Pugh
Trombone: Keith O'Quinn
Trombone: Robin Eubanks
Producer: Jay Landers
Executive Producer: Martin Erlichman
Assistant Engineer: Phil Gitomer
Assistant Engineer: Dave Roberts
Assistant Engineer: Sean McClintock
Assistant Engineer: Dusty Hewitt
Assistant Engineer: Ryan Hewitt
Assistant Engineer: Brian Kingman
Assistant Engineer: Mark Shane
Assistant Engineer: Brian Faehndrich
Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer: David Reitzas
Mixing Engineer: Brandon Harris
Mastering Engineer: Wally Traugett
Recording Engineer: Dave Hewitt
Recording Engineer: John Harris
Recording Engineer: Randy Ezratty


The Concert





This may be a little confusing. The opening has two parts. First, she played Vegas on New Year’s Eve, 1993, and that part takes place there. The second part is the intro to her performance in Anaheim. (Can you imagine such a concert being held in today’s “Anacrime”?) That series of concerts had to be postponed, due to Streisand developing laryngitis. I didn’t have the time to review the entire show, but her performance of “It’s as if We Never Said Goodbye” is not as strong as in the Vegas show (which has since been removed from Youtube), though not for lack of trying. Her pipes were still hurting.