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Live performance at the copacabana

bryan catmull | melbourne, victoria Australia | 06/27/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"should one be praising the label FLARE, for at last bringing to CD

this long out of print RCA LP RECORD from 1956, well in fact NO!

you see, FLARE did not really master this release at all, what they have

done is to record the LP VINYL RECORD and apply suppressors to try and

eliminate the surface noise, seeing as the original performance was

captured on AUDIO TAPE, this so called remasted CD is a totally waste

of money if you have the LP record, another point I noted, is the lack

of expansion of sound, which could have been easily

overcome with the proper mastering, the liner notes also are a disappointment, FLARE have decided to reinvent the wheel, by redoing

the information and losing all the immediacy and excitement captured

by the original comments, that is leaving out the mention of the

on the spot recording setups that were needed for the nights historic

recording session, and to top it all off, they have used a stock photo

of Tony Martin taken when he was in his fifties, and not the terrific

photo on the cover of the original LP taken during performance with the

dancing girls in their beautiful blue outfits, Tony was 44 years old

at this time, if only Jasmine had done this release

"