Search - Various Artists :: The Music Of Prohibition (1997 Television Documentary)

Songs are good, sound quality is poor.

07/17/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When I first saw this CD on the shelf, I snapped it up in an instant. I was a budding new Jazz enthusiast wanting to pick up a few good compilation albums, and when I saw the listing of sings and artists on here, I thought it would be perfect. When I got it home, I popped it in the CD player first thing. To make a long story short, the sound quality is very poor. There is a ton of hiss and you have to crank up the volume to hear the music (thereby amplifying the hiss and distorting the sound even more). I understand that leaving the hiss in makes it more authentic to what records were like, but then again, I'm spoiled by CDs and crystal clear music. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore the songs, they are priceless and well worth the little bit of money I paid. I was just dissapointed that the quality was so poor."