Monday 24th May saw the release of a CD called ‘The Bewitching Miss Bassey’ on the Hallmark label. It is a release of Shirley’s Philips 1959 album of the same name. I was looking forward to this release although I wished they had used the original album artwork. This is a budget release and I paid £2.99 for my copy. That is £2.99 too much!! The quality of the recording is absolutely terrible! They have taken a copy of an original vinyl copy and just transferred it to CD with clicks, jumps and all! It really is a shame because the version of ‘The Wall’ is slightly slower than the one that has been released earlier this year. As I collect all Shirley releases I obviously had to have it. Unless you are a dedicated collector like myself I recommend that this is one CD you give a miss! Bewitching it certainly is not.
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if the quality is so bad this means that the record company tkaes advantage of the actual success of Dame Shirley. As a collector I will buy it only for the picture.
This is a commercial shame.
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I was not surprised to hear this…..Hallmark have often released poor quality CDs and often use vinyl for mastering……but what can you expect for less than 3 quid!! Hopefully someone will release the complete album WITH original artwork soon!!
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Does this sentence mean that the previously released version of The Wall is the wrong speed?
“It really is a shame because the version of ‘The Wall’ is slightly slower than the one that has been released earlier this year.”
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