Thank God the producers of this cd didn't decide to burry the recordings in reverb and echo, we get the TRUE 78 sound here, and it sounds clean, and chystal clear. Ignore the spiteful reviewer who thinks the sound is bad. Les Browns has never soudned so clear on cd before, you can actually hear every note, because they didn'r "over-remaster." ASV(Academy of Sound & Vision), is a respected label, and believe me they know what they are doing. All of Brown's ESSENTIAL sonsg are here, including Leap Frog. Brown had one of the freshest bands around in the mid-forties, and he had the greatest girl singer in Doris Day(the worlds most underrated jazz singer). This cd is a God-send to those who really want to hear the msuic unfiltered, yet clearly and beuatifully. Great job ASV, let's hope for a Volume II!

This CD brings out a wonderful nostalgic quality. It's not the highest quality sound, but Doris Day's singing is so wonderful and the band just has that classic romantic big band sweet sound, I get transported every time I play it.

The first half of this twofer is the album What every girl should know. It was recorded in 1959 and is based loosely on the theme of the title track. The songs are from a variety of sources, although the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein composed three of them - A fellow needs a girl, What's the use of wondering and Something wonderful. Perhaps the most famous songs are When you're smiling (a song that was originally a top five American hit for Seger Ellis in 1928) and Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo. Despite the inclusion of When you're smiling, this album is dominated by ballads.

The second half of this twofer is the album Sentimental journey. It was recorded in 1964 and was something of a nostalgia trip for Doris - truly a sentimental journey back to the songs of the forties. The title track is a re-recording (and updating) of the song that provided Doris with her biggest hit during her days with Les Brown. Some may regard the new version as sacrilege, but I love it, as I also love the original.

The album begins with The more I see you. Originally an American hit for Dick Haymes, Chris Montez had an international hit with his cover in the sixties. I remember you was originally a top ten hit for Jimmy Dorsey but Frank Ifield had a huge sixties hit with it around the world, going to the very top of the UK charts. At last and Serenade in blue were popularised by Glenn Miller. Among the other songs here, you can listen to covers of Come to baby do (another song Doris originally recorded with Les Brown), I'll never smile again (Tommy Dorsey), I'm beginning to see the light (Harry James), It could happen to you (Jo Stafford) and It's been a long long time, which topped the 1945 charts in America via two different versions (Bing Crosby, Harry James).

Although these albums were recorded five years apart, they go well together. Two bonus tracks are included - Falling and There they are.

In the USA, What every girl should know was coupled with I have dreamed to make up a twofer, while Sentimental journey was coupled with Latin for overs to make up another twofer, but those albums do not contain any bonus tracks.

Despite anything else it's Doris and she's superb