Title: A DISAPPOINTING REISSUE
Review: The artwork for this CD shows it to be part of the Archive Series of Le Hot Club De France, manufactured and distributed in the USA by BMG Music. So one is entitled to have high expectations of the result, particularly when the liner note uses the phrases "lovingly remastered" and "previously unissued recordings".In the event what we get is the result of the first five productive 1928 recording sessions (but only one of the three alternative takes), the one title issued from June 1929, the somewhat explicit May Alix vocal from the following month, and a 1923 King Oliver recording on which Noone may have been present. Transfers are adequate although the pitch of the first track sounds flat to my ears, and very little work has been expended on presentation. Add to that a playing time of around 45 minutes and the result is a big disappointment.
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