Title: Classic recording, great packaging, unlistenable remastering
Review: Although this recording project is very odd -- Mel Torme and Francis Faye are conflicting vocal types, neither a natural choice for the roles in this work, with a confusing mishmosh of famous arrangers and backing instrumental groups -- this is hands down Torme's most beautiful recorded performance of anything.Unfortunately this lavishly packaged reissue has disastrous remastering sound problems, manifested as digital white noise or static whenever the music rises above a middle dynamic.This problem does not exist on the hard-to-find complete and highlights CDs from the '80s.If Rhino corrects the problem and reissues this reissue, don't hesitate, but as it stands, this set is unfortunately almost unlistenable.
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