Title: Pale Copy of Mr. & Mrs Dave Barbour
Review: This is a collection of early work by Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee. The style is early Lee, tight, girlish and true. The arrangements are slight, and it all sounds as though it had been recorded in their front parlour. A song or two even fades out in the middle. Too bad. The engineering is off. They are both first class musicians, and deserved better care in the presentation especially in such an early record of their work. Dave Barbour, as we all know, never seemed to have grown as a musician; drink took him down with it. Peggy Lee grew in many directions, and the sound of her here makes it miraculous to contemplate how this could have come about after such a beginning so typical of the style of the era of her start. It's a must if everything Peggy Lee recorded is in your must list. Otherwise not. Instead, start with Pete Kelly's Blues. Now that's a must.
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