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Title: It's the Real Thing
Review: If you just got back from your cousin's wedding and you want to remember the whole experience, complete with music, dancing, noshing, drinking, Aunt Simi's wig slipping to one side and Uncle Moishe talking too loud and too long -- this is the album to get. Two CDs pack in a lot of music! This isn't the Hollywood version of Jewish wedding music. This is the real thing, with 'Od Yeshama', 'Yasis Alayich', and other traditional songs. Also the haunting melodies of 'Yadid Nefesh' and 'Erev Shel Shoshanim'. (OK, so they did include "Sunrise, Sunset" but I can forgive them that, considering everything else that is in there.)There is some repetition of songs, as it's set up to follow the progress of the wedding, from Bedekin to Chupah to the dinner and dancing. But this helps the sense of reliving the event. On a few songs the vocals and sound quality are weak ('Ketzad Merakdim' is one), but most of the music comes through with energy and passion.
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