Sold Date: May 15, 2016
Start Date: May 8, 2016
Final Price: $37.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 207
Buyer Feedback: 159

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Eileen Farrell Sings
Torch Songs
 Reference Recording RR-34
TAS, NM

"In my opinion Eileen Farrell was in a class all her own. She was the first great opera diva to cross over into Pop and do it with an incredible ease. Beautiful operatic voice and honey smooth pop voice. Wow, what a power house she was."

"I don't know where to begin. Eileen Farrell was one of the three or four best singers America has produced and, incredibly, she excelled at opera, jazz and the great American song in equal measure. Arriving on the scene during WW II, she was signed for her own radio show at CBS in New York. She was only 22 and she soon proved she could sing almost anything. Her voice was huge, accurate, lyrical and thrilling, so she became equally at home in Verdi, Pucinni, Wagner or singing her justly famous Marie in Wozzeck.  She just sounds like a talented singer. No more. No less."
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No digital here....  I recently read one "classically trained" reviewer's notes wherein he recommended buying the CD rather than listening to MP3 versions because of MUCH less compression -  "A word to the wise: get the CD instead of the MP3. The problem with MP3 is that they are so compressed you only get 10-20% fidelity of the music." 

I MAY HAVE AN EVEN BETTER IDEA - WHY NOT GO "OLD SCHOOL" AND GET THE BEST VERSION - BUY PURE ANALOGUE WHERE THERE IS NO DIGITAL INVOLVED AT EITHER END, AND NO COMPRESSION.   But you have to be careful - a LOT of Vinyl created since the late 70's - 80's has been mastered digitally, so you're just as well off buying the CD.  Unless you're in a car, on a bicycle or otherwise traveling, you don't need a CD.  An analogue LP is the next best thing to "being there".  BUY A TURNTABLE!

I'm not a dealer, merely an analogue enthusiast selling off a few sealed duplicates and others from my small personal collection.

If you can't BE THERE and hear it live, the BEST alternative is a PURE ANALOGUE recording in an excellent playback system - no digital allowed here.

Original owner - played once!  The LP is flawless and in "like new" condition.   This item is being offered "as is".

Cover is NM and always kept in it's original outer plastic sleeve.

NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE, UNLESS YOU HAVE A U.S. MAILING ADDRESS.

The $4.00 shipping rate shown above is via USPS media mail ONLY to the "lower 48" states
I will insure your LP(s) up to $200 at no extra cost to you.

If you  select more than 1 LP, I will gladly combine shipping to keep your costs as low as possible
I use boxes professionally designed and made to fit up to 4 single LPs.

If you have any questions at all please send me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP, generally within a couple of hours.

Thanks for looking & should you choose to place a bid... GOOD LUCK!