Search - Buddy Clark :: Early Years

Nice idea, lousy execution

Thomas Bumbera | Maplewood, NJ USA | 12/11/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"What a nice idea to collect some early, rare Buddy Clark vocals from the 30s. What a lousy remastering job, as in: THE PITCH IS WRONG ON EVERY TRACK ON THE ALBUM, each track running slightly faster than the recorded speed. If your CD player can correct pitch, you might get this one at such a (justifiably) low price, otherwise you'll be treated to Buddy Clark sounding like a tenor instead of a baritone. Sony/Columbia stinks for reissuing the same 16 tracks for 50 years, then screwing up a budget disc which at least offered some rare material. 2 stars for Buddy only, 0 for Sony."