Guilty by Barbra Streisand - Original 1980 Vinyl LP Album Signed by Barry Gibb

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Guilty

Original 1980 Vinyl LP with Hand Signed Autograph by Barry Gibb

"Guilty" is a landmark of adult contemporary pop music, as well as  Streisand's best-selling album

The Album: In 1980 Barry Gibb worked with Barbra Streisand on her album Guilty. He co-produced and wrote or co-wrote all nine of the album's tracks (four of them were written with brother Robin and the title track with both Robin and Maurice). Barry also appeared on the album's cover with Streisand, and duetted with her on two tracks. The album reached No.1 in both the US and the UK, as did the single "Woman in Love" (written by Barry and Robin), becoming Streisand's most successful single and album.

After the success of the Bee Gees in 1977-1978 there was some time to perform songwriting for other artists and Barbra Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her. It has become her best-selling album with sales (according to Streisand's official website) of over 20 million copies and was produced by the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees' regular production team of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. The title track, a duet between Streisand and Gibb, won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1981, and was a #3 Billboard Hot 100 hit. The first single "Woman in Love" became one of the most successful songs of Streisand's music career and spent a total of three weeks at the #1 position in the Billboard chart. "What Kind of Fool", another duet with Gibb, reached #10. The fourth single, "Promises", a more disco-oriented track released in May 1981, reached as high as #48. This song was also released on Streisand's first commercially-released 12" disco single as a solo artist following her 1979 duet with Donna Summer and two "promotional" 12" singles released for "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" in 1975, and "The Main Event/Fight" in 1979. Streisand released a sequel to this album, Guilty Pleasures, in 2005, also produced and largely written by Gibb.

The Artists:

Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, writer, film producer, and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award. She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top-ten albums of any female recording artist – a total of 32 since 1963. Streisand has the widest span (48 years) between first and latest top-ten albums of any female recording artist. With her 2009 album, Love Is the Answer, she became one of the rare artists to achieve number-one albums in five consecutive decades. According to the RIAA, she has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.

Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, (born September 1, 1946) is a musician, singer-songwriter and producer, best known as a member of the Bee Gees. He is also the eldest and last surviving Gibb brother. With his younger brothers, twins Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups in the history of music. Their younger brother Andy was also a popular singer. The trio got their start in Australia and found major success when they returned to England. Known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice, Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for consecutive Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones as a writer with six. The book of Guinness World Records lists Barry Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney.

Artwork:

Reverse of the Album Cover in This Auction

Vinyl LP Album Details:

Release Date US: September 1980

Recorded: February 1980 (Middle Ear, Miami Beach) March 1980 (Sound Labs Studio, Hollywood)

Country: USA

Label: Columbia (US), CBS (UK)

Style: Adult Contemporary

Catalog Number: 36750

Format: Stereo

Speed: 33-1/3

Binding: Vinyl

Time: 41:41

Language: English

Media: LP

Run Out Groove Side 1: Hand Etched PAL-36750-1DJ           

Run Out Groove Side 2: Hand Etched PAL-36750-1EA

Side 1 label:  AL 36750

Side 2 label:  BL 36750

UPC:7464-36750-1

Credits: 

Piano, Piano (Electric), Piano (Grand), Synthesizer:

George Bitzer

Record Labels:

Label from Side 1

Label from Side 2

Tracks: 

A1.  "Guilty"* (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 4:23
A2.  "Woman in Love" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) – 3:49
A3.  "Run Wild" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) – 4:06
A4.  "Promises" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) – 4:20
A5.  "The Love Inside" (B. Gibb) – 5:08
B1.  "What Kind of Fool"* (B. Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 4:06
B2.  "Life Story" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb) – 4:38
B3.  "Never Give Up" (B. Gibb, A. Galuten) – 3:44
B4.  "Make It Like A Memory" (B. Gibb, A. Galuten) – 7:28

*Duet between Streisand and Barry Gibb.

Album Condition: The album cover is in excellent condition. For the last 30 years the album has been store in a plastic protective sleeve. The gatefold is also in excellent condition. The original album liner is in very good condition with no creases or tears. The vinyl is pristine and has only been played few times. Under an incandescent light bulb there appears to be no scratches on either side of the vinyl. The imperfections paper to be a few scuffs on each side none of which can be felt or seen without the incandescent bulb. The record labels are clear and crisp with no writing, markings or spindle wear. This album is an original heavy duty pressing. This is the original, authentic, first US pressing. A providence will be provided on how the autograph was acquired.

The Auction: This is a No Reserve Auction. Your album will be shipped in a 200 lbs test corrugated cardboard mailer box with a 32 lb. edge crush rating. The buyer pays for handling, packaging and shipping in the US by USPS Media Mail at a flat rate of $4.00. PayPal, Cashiers Checks, and Personal Checks accepted as payment. Payment is expected within five days from the close of the auction. Please allow up to seven days for personal checks to clear. Shipping and Handling charges will include Parcel Tracking and Delivery Confirmation services via the internet. Please see the below chart for international mailing rates and USPS Priority Mail if requested. This item is guaranteed to be as described above. If you do not agree with my description then you may return these items for a refund (less fees, shipping and handling) by providing us notice of your intent within 7 days. No return if the album cover, liner or the record has been damaged in ant way.

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