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Classic Radio, Sadly Lacking Authenticity

Bruce Toews | Winnipeg, Canada | 01/20/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"If you like Stan Freberg and want to know what he was like on his radio show, this collection may be for you. If you are an old-time radio collector, this set it not for you. Radio Spirits, in their effort to make the show sound "modern", i.e. free of static and the record pops, has sanitized the recordings so as to be almost unrecognizable. The crushing blow was to run the whole thing through a low-pass filter which may have taken away rumble and some static, but also left the show sounding so tinny as to sadden the true collector. Anyone who's heard the original shows before Radio Spirits did what they did to them will also recognize that considerable editing has been done. Freberg's a genius, the shows are ingenius, what Radio Spirits did to them is nothing short of tragic."

Stan Freberg - The last great Radio Variety Show

"Big Band" John | NC United States | 12/27/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps Stan was an aquired taste. What I found was a brilliant series with some random dull moments thrown in where a joke was streched too thin and too long. For the most part, each skit is a gem, the best of which were released on albums in their own right. My favorite bit is when he pokes fun at what is now called "Political Correctness" with the song "Elderly Man River" (because Old seemed derogatory to many of their elderly viewers).If you like classic radio with a slight "demented" twist, this is for you!"