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THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT FIVE AND HOT SEVEN RECORDINGS

RECORD REVIEW
THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOT FIVE AND HOT SEVEN RECORDINGS
(Columbia/Legacy)

This four CD set was first issued in 2004, and I ordered mine in April 2017.  The results were ridiculous.  The CDs come as a box set, surrounded by thick paper.  Therein lies the main problem; there is no way of sliding the book/discs out from the paper.  The only way to get at the recordings is to rip the paper off.  Once I did that, the discs fell out; they don’t even stay in the package!  At that point, utterly frustrated, I destroyed the discs and threw everything away in the trash; anything that poorly put together doesn’t deserve to be in my collection.  I can only wonder at the outright stupidity in whoever designed the box and its cover.

Don’t waste your time and money on this.

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