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Bewitching - Lee: Greatest Hits

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As you probably know, most DCC CDs were mastered by Steve Hoffman, whose philosophy is to present the music in as natural a manner as possible, focusing on the vocals. Unfortunately, after Hoffman mastered "Bewitching-Lee!", Peggy Lee's manager vetoed its release (because Hoffman had eschewed the drenching echo of previous releases and instead mastered straight from the session tapes). Substituted were wretched masters by the king of NoNoise and artificial processing, Bob Norberg (the guy who killed Sinatra's Entertainer Of The Century Capitol discs and countless other Capitol vocalist releases). This disc is partially salvaged by the fact that "Is That All There Is" is Hoffman's work rather than Norberg's.

The used pricing on this disc seems to reflect the fact that it's Norberg rather than Hoffman, but if "Is That All There Is" is your favorite Peggy Lee tune, then by all means pick this CD up for the definitive mastering of that song.

This includes not the original hit w/Benny Goodman, but a remake of Why Don't You Do Right, otherwise most of these tunes are her original hits, and although you also need a good samplin' of her Decca stuff(try Black Coffee & Other Delights), thsi will serve as strictly a hits cd for her Capital stuff. Such huge hist as Manana(which she wrote, and sings in a mock Mexican accent), It's A good day(another Lee original, she wrote over 300 songs), and her mega hit, the ultra hip and cool Fever. Also a great rendition of Don't smoke in besd and her last hit and most remembered other tahn Fever, Is That all there is. A great smapling of her Capital hits.