Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford Music Cd

Les Paul And Mary Ford - Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford

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Very Best Of Les Paul & Mary Ford      Artist : Les Paul & Mary Ford      List Price : $8.98 USD        Your Price : $12.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-02-20      Studio : Emd Int'l      Label : Emd Int'l      Avg. Customer Rating : (10 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford      Horrible Quality!!!!      Rating:      This has to be the worse CD I've ever listened to. What a disgrace to use these very talented people to sell a reproduction of this poor quality by these history making musicians.... Sounds like a little child's toy guitar was use....It's Tinny and the speed is to fast.... Sounds like when you run a 33 1/3 at 45.... A Real Shame... Buy something else... Doesn't even deserve 1 star....     Customer Reviews for Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford Cd      Excellent      Rating:      I just received this in the mail; had ordered it specifically for the tracks "Josephine" and "Little Rock Getaway" which, among other titles, were in my late dad's record collection. "Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues" I had heard on an album about 20 years ago. Talk about memories. What's interesting about this collection, as other reviewers have noted, is that it contains mostly Les Paul instrumentals--not quite so much Mary Ford (curiously, "Jealous" has been included, which was not one of their hits, but was on the flip-side of one of their better-known tracks--possibly "How High The Moon", but I'm not sure). For those of you who want more of Mary's vocals, I recommened that you bypass this CD and get "The best of the Capitol masters--90th birthday edition"(I have a previously-releaesd version of this CD, which only contains the tracks from "Lover" to "Hummingbird", plus some of the funniest liner notes from Les himself that I've ever read! I don't know if the liner notes were retained). I believe another reviewer wrote about the sound quality. Personally, I believe "Josephine" sounds EXACTLY as it did on my dad's 45. Preserving artistic integrity is usually the goal when reissuing analog-recorded music, and EMI/Capitol has done a fabulous job here in my opinion. It's also noteworthy that, with the exception of "The Kangaroo" and "Mandolino", this CD contains all of Les's HIT instrumentals, plus other good tunes, like his take on Duke Ellington's "Caravan", an interesting version of "The Man On The Flying Trapeze", etc. Many of his instrumentals were on flip-sides of the vocal records with Mary. And how Les could play that guitar, not to mention the overdubbing which STILL sounds state-of-the- art to me! Thank you, Amazon. Editorial Reviews for Very Best Of Les Paul And Mary Ford Audio Cd      Album Description      1997 EMI reissue of 1990 Capitol compilation featuring 30 ofthe greatest tracks by American guitar hero & his singing partner, including 'Brazil', 'Hip Billy Boogie', 'Jealous', and 'How High The Moon'.