Shanghai Lounge Divas [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00029CYCQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Originals, Terrible Remix, February 12, 2006

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Chris Douglas "CD" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shanghai Lounge Divas (Audio CD)

The originals are great and a real good way to whet one's appetite for the old 1930's Shanghai 78s recordings from Pathe. Luckily, the original recordings were compiled by EMI into a 5-disc box set sold only in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Luckily, that set is available here: [...]
If you want more of this music, go dig around for a set of cd's called "The Pathe 100". There are collections of the pre-WWII female vocalists, old Chinese film scores and all kinds of audible oriental goodness.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars passable, October 4, 2005

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bygmesterfinn (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shanghai Lounge Divas (Audio CD)

I bought this album for the 2nd disc, featuring the original recordings. Precious little of this genre is available on cd. I'm satisfied, but not particularly delighted with it. The sound quality is mediocre. Apparently the source recordings are later-generation lp's, not the original 78's. Also the title is misleading, since only a few of the recordings are from the 30's. Most of the songs are from the 40's and 50's. The liner notes also leave a lot to desire, featuring short biographies of some of the singers, but virtually no information about the recordings on the disc. I'm happy with the music, but look forward to a better presentation of these recordings in the future.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Source Material / Cheesy Remix, October 12, 2006

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D. Bonner "moondog-8" (An American in China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shanghai Lounge Divas (Audio CD)

Ian Widgery is no Fatboy Slim. The original tracks by Bai Guang, Zhou Xuan, etc., are wonderful old discs. And in the right hands they could be sampled and scratched into something jaw-dropping.

But the remix is like bad 'seventies disco, like "Stars on 45" or those dreadful "Star Wars" dance singles. Cheesy synthasizers & tedious beat tracks. Forget it.