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Bedroom Classics 2 (Mcup)

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As an intro to Peabo the first 8 songs are a must-have.
But if you want the most complete,buy the anthology.
If you want the cream-of-the-crop, buy the Super Hits.
If you want the peak of his career get his
Straight From The Heart and duets with Roberta Flack.
But this is an o.k. introduction.

The selections on this CD are great. The MAJOR problem is that the tracks are not in original stereo, but mostly in mono with some pseudo stereo effect on some tracks that causes the chorus (background) vocals to sound as if they are emanating from down a deep well! Quite surprising since this disc is manufactured by "RHINO"! Select another Peabo disc! I am!

I bought this album on CD in order to get a non-compressed (lossy compression/data reduction such as mp3) version of a great tune; Without You by Peabo and Regina Belle. When getting the album home and hearing it was in mono I was propelled into a dimension of ultra-pissed off.

What the hell happened? I downloaded the mp3 version from this album on Amazon and it was as stereo as the day is long.

What's even more amazing is that no one else apparently even has noticed it. Certainly there are others that have gotten mono copies too; Rhino/Elektra/Whatever didn't just produce one copy of this in mono.

This needs to be corrected. We live in the damned 21st century and these recordings were done in the 80's and 90's in STEREO. Fix your QC Rhino/Elektra/Whatever and recall these; no excuse.


Addenda: I saw another review here also noting the mono sound.

But where do I get another copy of that song on a non-compressed format?

The product arrived very quickly - and although it did not affect the CD; the case was cracked a bit. Perhaps a cardboard shipper would prevent this from happening? Love Peabo and the CD!! Thank you!

While not a truly comprehensive anthology of Peabo's vast body of work, this budget-priced CD does give you most of his best songs. The sound quality is not perfect but still fairly good. Be sure to play this fine CD as background music during a romantic candlelight dinner--it's sure to please.