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Last Rose of Summer - flat and lifeless

J. Eden | 09/16/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is a good CD only because of Deanna Durbin, but it is not a good CD for the following:



- It's stated right on the back of the jewel case that the source material used was "original 78 rpm records."

- The music is so compressed that there is no-longer any dynamic range left. I imagine the producers did this to eliminate any surface noise from the source material. But sense the source material was records you need to expect some surface noise, and to try and eliminate all of the surface noise is not good. Because the music becomes so compressed it starts to sound flat with no dynamic range at all. I understand these recordings are mono and not stereo, but there should be some amount of dynamic range to the sound. These recordings sound flat and lifeless.



Therefore, I do not recommend that you buy this CD look else where."