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Title: WHERE'S THE STEREO?
Review: I LIKE MANY DINO FANS WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FIND THIS COMPILATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF MARTIN'S 1962 ALBUMS, DINO LATINO AND FRENCH STYLE, TWO LONG OUT OF PRINT REPRISE LP'S. UNFORTUNATELY(AND PROBABLY DUE TO MARTIN ESTATE LICENSING PROBLEMS), ALL THE SONGS SOUND AS THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN PULLED DIRECTLY FROM VINYL, WITHOUT DIGITAL REMASTERING FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE TAPES. THE FIRST TEN SONGS, OBVIOUSLY PULLED FROM A STEREO ALBUM SOUND PRETTY GOOD, BUT THE LAST 12, FROM A MONO SOURCE SOUND ABISMAL. THIS IS UNFOTUNATE BECAUSE THOSE FRENCH SONGS, WHICH WERE MEANT TO BE HEARD IN STEREO, SOUND MUDDY AND MUFFLED, AND THE LOVELY ORCHESTRATIONS, AND ACCORDIAN SOLOS, BEHIND DEAN, ARE BARELY AUDIBLE, HENCE THE EXOTIC NATURE THIS ALBUM WAS SUPPOSED TO CONVEY, GETS LOST IN THE TECHNICAL FLAW. BUT HEY, FOR THE PRICE, IT'S A STEAL SO ENJOY!
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