Cocktail Hour: Josephine Baker [Original recording remastered]

Josephine Baker, Cocktail Hour (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Columbia River Ent.
• ASIN: B00004SAZP
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,296 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Suppose!

2. Voulez-Vous de la Canne À Sucre?

3. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight

4. Pretty Little Baby

5. That Certain Feeling

6. Dis-Moi Josephine?

7. My Fate Is in Your Hands

8. Who?

9. Ram-Pam-Pam

10. Pardon Si Je T'Importune

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Madiana

2. Besame Mucho

3. Aux Iles Hawaii

4. Confessin'

5. Sans Amour

6. You're Driving Me Crazy

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. La Conga Blicoti

9. Brazil

10. Chiquita Madame

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Good Heavens, Give The Lady A Chance...., December 27, 2004

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chimera68 (St. Augustine, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cocktail Hour: Josephine Baker (Audio CD)

I have read the two reviews for this CD and wish to say that they both are terribly misleading. Yes, perhaps Josephine Baker is not everyone's cup of tea, but this two-disc collection is a lot of fun to listen to and enjoy. The sound quality is not at all raspy, slurry or fuzzy, although you can tell that these are vintage recordings which have been re-mastered onto CD. They are probably from 78 rpm records or maybe even old film soundtracks. I found the sound quality to be very clear and good considering the source materials available! Columbia River Entertainment Group has done a nice job packaging these "Cocktail Hour" sets, of which I own five and plan to buy more in the future. Please, if you plan to buy this lovely Josephine Baker CD, ignore the bad reviews and don't be influenced by them at all. Thanks for reading my review, direct all comments to [e-mail]

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money., December 3, 2001

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Dana Myers (Medina, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cocktail Hour: Josephine Baker (Audio CD)

The songs on this album are great songs, but the sound quality is DIPLORABLE!!! What a DISAPPOINTMENT. I really like Josephine's style and voice, but you can barely make out the words on this muffled slurred CD. It's like looking at a beautiful piece of art thats blurry. I am assuming that all the records in the "Cocktail Hour" series are just as bad judging from the reviews I've seen. Too bad I didn't do my research before making this purchase. My advice to other customers...look for the same songs elsewhere. Don't waste your money on this.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh !!, November 18, 2002

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T. H VonZabern "tomvonz" (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cocktail Hour: Josephine Baker (Audio CD)

Nasty quality, slurry, blurry, harsh and poorly remastered. Truly sounds like a series of well-worn 78's. If that's your thing, you'll enjoy this recording. But, if you're interested in actually being able to HEAR Josephine's remarkable voice, then there's little little reason to waste your money on this 3rd rate effort, given the broad choice of much better remasterings available.