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Roaring 20's Reviews
Roaring 20's Reviews
| 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful  The Roaring Twenties (Box Set), By This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD) We purchased this set to play in our antique store, and it has been getting rave reviews from employees and customers. We recommend this to anyone with an interest in the early twentieth century lifestyle and music, it is a wonderful compendium of songs and performers. Well worth the money. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful  Good intro to the era called the Roaring Twenties, By Bill Belinowicz (New Brunswick, NJ United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD) The selections and remastering are good. Most of the selections are from the electric recording era, (after 1925) which means some better sound quality. My only question is why not a two CD set with 20 selections per disc, instead of four discs with 10 selections each? 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful Good but not great compilation of 20s hits, This review is from: Roaring 20's (Audio CD) A good number of oldies are present covering the start of the decade of radio and the creation of big band, which would evolve into swing in the 30s and easy listening in the 40s. You can see through this collection how the music changed from simple brass band arrangements and duets, to full orchestras consisting of strings and woodwind, and much more variety was added. Of course, the 20s bands were distinguishable by there heavy use of brass instruments, and kind of a jumpy beat. Its old, but it still sounds good, and you can see that the music reflected a culture that just wanted to have fun and enjoy living life for what it was, rather than doing work and going to war. The 20s were a time of economic prosperity and prohibition, which was well reflected in the newly introduced music. Many new artists emerged like Paul Whiteman, Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor, and Rudy Valee to name a few. Of course, it is indeed missing many good songs like Ain't She Sweet, The Charleston (Which was the... Read more |
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