Of Historical Interest
Bill Smythe | Chicago | 10/03/1998
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This CD originally appeared as a vinyl LP in about 1960. Of Frankie's two dozen Columbia vinyls, this one was his least meritorious effort, yet it is the only one Sony/Columbia has chosen to re-release. The sound is muddy, perhaps because it was an early stereo effort. Better candidates for re-release would be two monophonic classics, TV Polkas and Polkas in Hi-Fi, or the better stereo recordings like Friendly Tavern Polkas, Movietime Polkas, and Polka My Way. For the first-time Yankovic buyer, I would suggest Frankie's last two CDs, Songs of the Polka King Volumes 1 and 2, on the Cleveland International label."