Title: Simply ghastly audio
Product review: I well remember how thrilled I was when RCA finally decided to dip into the vaults and reissue some vintage Sauter-Finegan in the CD era. I also remember how horrified I was at the simply ghastly audio quality, all the more deplorable since the recordings by this band were state-of-the-art high fidelity at the time of their original (1952-1956) release. One track even utilizes a stretched tape! I don't know if this was a case of the original master tapes' deterioration of if RCA used sub-masters that had been done for reissues; at any rate, you should avoid this CD like the plague and be happy that Collectors' Choice did a "Best-Of" compilation with excellent sound quality.
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