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15 yard penalty for clipping! Again, and again, and again...

J. Wakefield | SLC, Utah | 06/22/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"All tracks on this disc are played by the Ballroom Dance Orchestra. Except for "Mack the Knife" and "It's De-Lovely," the music is bright and well performed. Several of the tempos are faster than current competition standards for foxtrot. In two cases, it is fast enough to use quickstep instead.



The disc is marketed on an Australian label, and I wonder who is to blame for the poor sound engineering. Half of the tracks have a "clipped ending" -- the last note or chord is either missing or cut abruptly short. I suppose one could manually fade the end of some of these, but isn't that the recording engineer's job? This compromises the value of an otherwise useful disc.



Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, and (comments):



Swingin' safari, 2:57, Foxtrot (Clipped ending)

Let's face the music and dance, 3:04, Foxtrot

That happy feeling, 2:55, Foxtrot (Clipped ending)

Mack the knife, 2:54, Foxtrot (A bit slow and dreary)

So what's new? 2:32, Quickstep (Clipped ending)

Fasciinating rhythm, 2:29, Foxtrot (Clipped ending)

It's de lovely, 2:13, Foxtrot (The orchestra gets out of tune and there are some sour notes, and its clipped at the end).

What a beautiful day, 1:58, Foxtrot

Little brown jug, 2:57, Foxtrot

Swing with me, 3:28, Quickstep (Clipped ending)

Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree, 2:53, Foxtrot

Move on, 2:48, Foxtrot (Clipped ending)

Rose Marie, 2:33, Foxtrot

It's all right with me, 2:26, Foxtrot (Clipped ending)

Top hat, white tie and tails, 2:22, Foxtrot

Sweet memories, 1:47, Foxtrot"