Eddie Cantor - The Columbia Years: 1922-1940 (Art Deco Series)

Eddie Cantor: The Columbia Years: 1922-1940   (Art Deco Series) By Eddie Cantor Very ++ Good Condition. (Includes Cd,original artwork inserts and jewel case, all in VERY good Condition. ) Listeners can tell that this double-CD set was a labor of love, without even noticing the presence of Eddie Cantor's grandson Brian Gari in the credits -- the sound quality of even the earliest sides in this 44-song collection, dating from the early 1920s, is exceptionally good, and even more so for a Columbia/Legacy project of the early '90s. And when one considers the portion of the music here derived from sources that were "lost" or otherwise misplaced, the result is nothing less than miraculous. Indeed, it's easy to forget, on listening even to the earliest sides here, that this is music that was mostly 70 years old or close to it when it was transferred to CD. For that reason alone, this is one of the finest showcases of Eddie Cantor's singing talent that has been seen since, well, since, Cantor