Words and Music by Larry Henley and Jeff
Silbar, 1983, 1988
CD BMG 74321 39342-2
1 Disc ~ 20 tracks Time 65:05
1996 BMG Records (UK)
Ltd.
BMG RCA CAMDEN SERIES
CD ERRATA & ADDENDA
This review is done without the
cooperation of the issuing label. The list of tracks, as presented, is
available through the cooperation of Como fans who purchased the set and were
kind enough to provide this information for use within the Perry Como CD
Companion. All songs within this compilation are from RCA Victor albums with
the exception of "The Best of Times" which is said to be the
original single version.
WARNING: The RCA Camden
Label was established in 1957 as a value-for-money "budget"
compilation release. The label was purposely designed for sale at very low
"affordable" prices. While it was claimed that the quality of these
releases were not being compromised, the facts clearly show this not to be
the case. Common sense clearly suggests that it's impossible ( pardon the
pun ) to maintain the same engineering standards for a budget release
label such as RCA Camden as compared with the premium RCA Victor label. In
1957 this may have been reasonably possible but with the advent of stereo
recordings, and higher technical standards, this claim became increasingly
difficult to maintain. By 1960 the number of tracks contained within the
average Camden album was reduced from 12 to 10 and for stereo Camden
releases it wasn't uncommon for some tracks to be reprocessed from
monaural masters to simulate stereo. In general, Camden releases are
remastered from second generation sources and that continues to be the
case even today within compact disc compilations. While some RCA Camden
compilations can be very good, as were a number of Perry's original Camden
albums, it is an unusual occurrence.
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