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The War Years Reviews
The War Years Reviews
| 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful  Great 4 cd Series of some of the best songs from the era, By A Customer This review is from: The War Years (Audio CD) If you want a great collection of music from the war years, this is it. I was not sure when I bought it because none of the artists were listed. But, not to worry, it all the original artists. Brings back memories about my parents and what they had to go through with the war. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful  Save Your Money .... Search Around, By AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews This review is from: The War Years (Audio CD) Don't bother with this set if you're looking for quality sound reproduction of the music of the war years. Since it first came out in 1993 there have been other releases which not only have superior sound, eliminating much of the hiss and pop, but which give you only hit versions of the songs in question.In this 4-disc set it's a mix and match when it comes to original hit renditions. For example, in disc one tracks 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 were all hits for the artists concerned, but on This Is Worth Fighting For the acknowledged 1942 hit belonged to Jimmy Dorsey, not The Ink Spots. Also, for (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover there were five hit versions in 1942 - Glenn Miller, Kay Kyser, Kate Smith, Jimmy Dorsey, and Sammy Kaye - any one of which would have been preferable to that by Dick Todd, a Canadian artist who had six major hits from 1940 to 1953 - but this was not one of them. The same kind of thing is evident in each of the other three... Read more |
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