Title: Not the voice he had during his film career
Product review: I jumped at the chance to get this without investigating much about it. What I found was this was recorded relatively late in Astaire's life when his voice had lost its brightness and youthful beauty. I didn't realize this when I purchased it. The older voice just has no zing for me; the timbre of his voice completely changed. While this set is indeed a pretty comprehensive collection, you may not like what you get if you are looking for the younger Astaire sound. Astaire also makes numerous comments throughout, which I find interesting at first, but intrusive later.In the same vein, I've learned that I don't enjoy the very young Sinatra or Tony Bennett vocals since I didn't grow up hearing them, but love their more mature voices; often I don't even recognize them as the artists in their earlier recordings as a result. Lesson learned: Determine which phase of an artist's career is on the CD before purchasing.
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