ONLY for die-hard fans
F. Barton | Newport, WA USA | 12/13/1999
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This import has the worst sound quality of ANY Japanese import I have. Quite unbelieveable really, and just wanted to put the caution flag up on this one. Very costly for a single CD, it's only drawing power is getting all the Peggy Lee AND Ella Fitzgerald tracks together. A CD sized LP cover reproduction is cute, but hardly makes up for the sound, most of the songs can be found on other sources at ten TIMES the quality of sound. If you are not a diei-hard fan of Lee or Ella, I'd pass on this particular import."
Essential jazz re-issue...
Mr B | 08/10/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is an original Decca Lp, re-isued for CD, with original cover art work, and liner notes. Ten Peggy Lee tracks and several Ella Fitzgerald tracks, the material on this essential CD has been unavaialble for decades, at last it's on CD, and the sound quality is excellent. All jazz standards from the film, and Lee and Fitzgerald are both in prime form. Most of these tunes are unavailable elsewhere so grab this import CD up quick before it disapears. An essential CD for any Peggy Lee fan, or jazz and vocal fans, and worth every penny."
Not Pete Kelly band or arrangements
Dr. Robert Hackler | Orlando, Fl. USA | 01/29/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)
"As I specified in a review for the more expensive CD, this CD would be of value only for the Peggy Lee/ Ella Fitzgerald fans, as the band accompaning them is not the Matty Matlock-Dick Cathcart group featured on the LPs and other CD and in the movie "Pete Kelly's Blues". The arrangements are not even close to the ones used in the movie. "O Didn't He Ramble" is anything but a burial rite but set in an anguishing blues format. At $34 or $24, this is hardly representative of the movie, the LPs, and the later radio-television programs' music."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1