A few years ago Universal (MCA/DECCA) released the 1967 Brenda Lee album "Reflections In Blue." I was very impressed with the impeccable packaging, the likes of which I have never seen. In addition to the quality production the sound quality was primo.
Along comes the latest release from the same company of Brenda's classic album ..."let me sing." I was delighted to pay the huge price anticipating another quality product. Upon receiving the disc I noticed the same quality packaging. The company even managed to reproduce the original Decca label with the distinctive "rainbow" band. Pretty impressive! The big disappointment was popping the disc in my player to hear a washed out monaural version on all tracks. What was this record company thinking? I would have preferred less slick packaging for a stereo version of this great LP. Was somebody asleep?
The only hope is that the scheduled release of this LP from ACE Records in 2006 will not repeat the mistake. So far ACE has done a really great job with it's series of Brenda's first 10 albums.
