11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Loves Old Sweet Song Leaves a Bitter Taste,
April 26, 2003 Neil T. Corning (Peabody, Ma. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love's Old Sweet Song: 25 Great Singers in Popular Ballads (Audio CD)
While the performances on this CD are great the transfers from the original recordings are about the worst i have ever heard. No care whatever was spent in dubbing these records to Cd. The originals in my collection sound many times better than these. I bought this for convenience but find it too terrible to listen
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Remember-Mckinley was president when these tunes were new,
March 9, 2007 Charles H. Levenson "chubbybuns" (new jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love's Old Sweet Song: 25 Great Singers in Popular Ballads (Audio CD)
In the 1890s and the early years of the 20th century sound recordings were very new and very fascinating to the population at large..Being able to hear a recording of a popular song,or listen to a piano roll transcription was,at the time,considered something of a miracle...Alas,since the technology was new the recording process was primitive...VERY primitive...often entire orchestras played into a recording horn,and the resulting sound reminds one of listening to something in a tunnel...very little could be done to make the sound pristine,and because of it the recordings from that period all have an antique and primitive atmosphere to them...recordings that old,and not saved upon tape,or disc,often poorly kept and poorly maintained,tend to deteriorate ,and,in many cases with regard to the items presented upon this album,the original"master"recording is lost,and only a copy remains,often a badly deteriorated,commercial copy..scratches,recording anaolomies,as well as warpage and general...Read more
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