Yet another poorly transferred compilation
Roderick Keech | Australia | 04/02/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"There seems to be an endless run of 'new' Lucienne Delyle compilations coming on to the market. I don't know what has spurred this renewed interest in an artist who was supreme yet under-appreciated outside France, but they are all poor transfers from 78 rpm shellac records.
I bought this, thinking it might be newly mastered and better than my 1997 EMI 2 disc set, but unfortunately it was not the case.
It might be cheap, but the sound quality is poor. If you want to own a Lucienne Delyle CD, buy any that EMI/Pathe have released, as they own the original masters, hence the greatly superior sound.
Le Meilleur de Lucienne Delyle
If pricing is all you care about, and sound doesn't matter, then this CD may do you, but I strongly recommend you check out Le Meilleur de Lucienne Delyle first."