Search - Sounds of Nature :: Sampler (Sound of Nature)

Mixed bag of nature sounds

James Remsen, Jr. | Lindenhurst, NY USA | 03/22/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I wish I had seen this title on amazon.com before I bought it somewhere else...for a lot more money. Curious about this particular series of nature recordings, I bought the sampler disc to see what they were like. I won't be buying more. This particular series of nature sound discs includes a wide variety of titles; the sampler presents a few minutes of each. The sound quality on the various tracks ranges from very good to almost unlistenable. The disc includes no track listing that corresponds to the disc's content, so you can't always match the sounds you are hearing to the track title. Sometimes it's obvious what the sounds are, sometimes it's not (especially on those tracks where the production quality is lacking).As a collector of nature-themed CDs, I can say with confidence that if you are curious about the "Sounds of Nature" series, you might want to buy this disc before investing in a lot of titles from this catalog. Quality control is very shaky on these productions. If you are on a budget but like these nature sound discs, check out the "Echoes of Nature" series (available in boxed sets under the title "The Natural Sounds of the Wilderness.") These are very inexpensive but have much better production values and beautifully clear sound quality."