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Plays His Own Composition

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I am so frustrated every time I attempt to listen to this CD. It could have been so wonderful, if only the transfer engineer and producer had listened to what they produced before issuing it! More than half of the songs suffer from what appears to be a botched application of noise reduction technology, with sudden shifts in ambient noise between vocal and non-vocal sections, and distracting whistles and high-frequency noise which most likely have arisen from noise reduction software application gone awry.

Such a shame, as the songs, all compositions of dance band-leader extraordinaire Isham Jones, are great, and the original recordings themselves quite good (with emphasis on post-1930 recordings). An honest unfiltered transfer from clean original 78s in excellent condition would have been infinitely preferable. One can only hope that the issuing company will redo the transfers and reissue this CD as soon as possible.

i read one of the reviews of this cd after i already had listened. i personally liked it and the songs chosen. i enjoyed it because many years i was introduced to this artist and was very pleased to be able to have a cd of isham jones. i would recommend it.