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Two CD set. 1977 was a whirlwind year for Melissa Manchester. The singer-songwriter toured North America's arenas and amphitheaters that summer with Leo Sayer before launching a fall solo tour that attracted the attention of none other than Bob Dylan, who attended the Minneapolis date. Melissa played Carnegie Hall, appeared on network television specials, taped a memorable commercial with Ella Fitzgerald, and released her sixth album, Singin'. But that wasn't all. On October 30, 1977 at Gainesville, Florida's Great Southern Music Hall, Melissa recorded her first live album. The electrifying double record captured her in front of an appreciative college audience, leading a smoking-hot, seven-piece band of rock, R&B, and jazz veterans. Yet Arista Records shockingly consigned the album to the shelf, where it's remained unheard until now. Melissa Manchester's Live '77 makes it's long-overdue debut from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. It's 21 songs - joyful, sensual, romantic, optimistic, soulful, spellbinding, and ultimately empowering - spoke directly to the thoughts and emotions of the young audience and have proven timeless over the ensuing decades. This landmark release has been mastered from the original tapes by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision, and boasts a deluxe booklet with rare photos and new liner notes by Joe Marchese based on a fresh interview with the artist and including exclusive quotes from the legendary Clive Davis.