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17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Defective recording--BEWARE! Feb 15, 2002
What would have been an otherwise exciting and stirring recording recalling all the pomp and circumstance of the French Military is completely ruined by loud crackling and popping in some of the tracks. In fact, the first time I listened to this CD (full of excited anticipation), I was in my car travelling down the interstate behind a truck which I thought was throwing gravel up on my windshield. It wasn't--it was the CD. I firmly believe that Amazon.com should contact the producer of this recording and demand that it be done over properly.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Save your money Feb 26, 2004
By Peter L Reader
I was severely disappointed in this recording. I love military music of all kinds, but the unnamed group or groups on this recording failed to present this music adequately. On most tracks, the percussion was so loud that it was hard to hear the brass and winds, which was probably a good thing in a way in that both sections displayed serious problems with intonation and rhythmic integrity. From now on, I think I'll stick with recordings by groups which aren't unwilling to put their names on them.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
The absolute worst CD ever. Oct 30, 2003
By Michael J. Taylor
DO NOT BUY.
This is a waste of money. It must have been recorded with a paper bag held over a single microphone. Absolute garbage.
Amazon should be ashamed of selling this.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
The record must have been better Apr 18, 2006
By Stephen Rosenstein
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It is obvious that whoever produced this record did so by dubbing an old vinyl version onto CD. There was no effort even use a good quality original or to clean up the noise. One track has so much hissing, popping and surface noise you can barely hear the music. From the sound of the band(s) I would guess the original was made somewhere in the 50's or 60's. Also, the varied quality suggests it was sourced from several different records. I have quite an extensive collection of military music and would date the original to that period. The boominess of the drums is because French military bands (and I believe this is such) have a very full percussion section. The reason the drums sound so overdone and the upper brass are tinny is because the whole recording is overmodulated. Again, I have many CD recordings of old analog originals, but this was made by somebody without professional equipment or production technique.
 Music is great, recording is poor... Jan 24, 2007
By Mr. Raphael Hukai
All the recording quality complaints from others are true. This CD plays OK with $30 boombox, but not on a serious Hi-Fi. But the music is really better than I thought. I was thinking French guys are good at love songs, which is absolutely true, but their marching music is even better than the German ones I just got (from the same company called Legacy International).
How bad is the recording? It seems like the music was played from LP, taped in a dark room, stored for 5 years, and then dumped on CD...
How good is the music? I still rate it 4 star even for the 0 stat recording.
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