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Warning: DO NOT BUY THIS!

Johnny Boy | Hockessin, DE | 05/31/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I must say that if you really like Duke Ellington, than chances are you are smart enough to stay away from this. Why, you may ask?



I'll tell you why. Madacy Records (the label on which this release and all of the other 'Golden Legends' releases appear on) prices their records really cheaply, expecting people like us to get suckered into it and buy them.



But I'm smart enough to know not to. The sound quality on this release is terrible! No effort whatsoever to clean up these recordings.



Do yourselves a favor and buy 'Greatest Hits' (the RCA release of course) or if you want to dig deeper, buy 'The Best of The Complete RCA Victor Recordings.' The sound quality on both of those are superb.



But stay far, far away from this one. There's a reason why this is so cheap.



NOT RECOMMENDED."