townsend@istar.ca | Nova Scotia, Canada | 12/12/1999
(2 out of 5 stars)
"In 1975 K-TEL International (UK) LTD assembled a compilation of Perry's songs titled "Perry Como ~ 40 Greatest" which earned a Gold Record for Perry in the UK. This 20 song compilation is part one of that original two record set. It is likely drawn from the same master copies provided to K-TEL as their source for the original release. The original K-TEL recordings were not the highest standard of quality for record pressings in 1975 but much of this is due to the fact that they were jamming ten songs per record side. These recordings are not re-mastered from first generation tapes and many of the songs originally recorded in real stereo are released here in monaural or electronically reprocessed stereo."