Of the Complete Recorded Works 1938-40 5 [Box set]

Fats Waller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Jsp Records
• ASIN: B001BJ65X0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fats lives, September 23, 2008

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Lawrence Miller (Pineville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Of the Complete Recorded Works 1938-40 5 (Audio CD)

This whole series has somehow managed to do what the thousands of other earlier Waller releases have not managed to do: Get the music juice out of the grooves. All CDs in this series are almost what used to be called hi-fi though releases to date reach only to 1938, long before the advent of hi-fi (never mind stereo).

My favorite, on one of the earlier collections of four CDs in this series, is "Serenade for a Wealthy Widow." You hear licks, notes, background fills, that were never before audible. That made that tune brand-new again. But that happens to most of the recordings in this series.

The only negative I have is that while a group of four CDs may have various takes, recorded on a given day, of the same tune, they are separated. That makes listening more fun for the non-aficionado of Fats Waller, but less so for people like me. Oh well.

Recommended without reservation.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT WALLER !, January 16, 2011

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lindsay - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Of the Complete Recorded Works 1938-40 5 (Audio CD)

VERY HAPPY WITH VOL 5, SOME TRACKS UNKOWN TO ME, EXCELLENT REMASTERING, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OTHER VOLUMES OF WALLER IN THIS SERIES - LINDSAY