Audio CD review:
Bobby Darin - If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out

Bobby Darin - If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out

Band: Bobby Darin Title: If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out Rating: Release Date: 09 July, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: If I Were a Carpenter 2: Reason to Believe 3: (Sittin' Here) Lovin' You 4: Misty Roses 5: Until It's Time for You to Go 6: For Baby 7: Girl Who Stood Beside Me 8: Red Balloon 9: Amy 10: Don't Make Promises 11: Daydream 12: Lady Came from Baltimore 13: Darling Be Home Soon 14: Bes' Friends 15: I Am 16: Me About You 17: I Think It's Gonna Rain Today 18: Whatever Happened to Happy 19: Black Sheep Boy 20: Hello Sunshine 21: Lady Fingers 22: Back Street Girl 23: Easy Rider [*] 24: Everywhere I Go [*] 25: I'm Going to Love You [*] 26: Long Time Movin' [*] 27: My Baby Needs Me [*]

Customer Review Unfocused song choices, poor recording quality In fact, I would much rather hear these songs on a vinyl record, since deep vinyl grooves produced a more robust sound than you get here. While this is the product to get if you are looking for the original Darin recordings of "Lady Came From Baltimore" and "If I Were a Carpenter," the recording quality is very murky, not cleaned up noticably from the original analog recordings. Bobby Darin was, of course, a great singer of pop and early rock'n'roll (Dream Lover, Mac the Knife, etc. ) whose heyday was the early 60's. This material was recorded in the "Death of Pop" mid-60's era when the British Invasion was firmly on shore, and psychedelia was around the corner. The record company was trying to market Bobby as a folk singer, but they seemed unsure of themselves, and the choice of songs reflects that. For example, a couple of Lovin' Spoonful covers, blended with some pop standards, some vaudeville (!) and a little folk. The album covers, as you can see, were straight pop in their appearance. This musical schizophrenia produced two LP's which were murky both in recording quality and song selection. Enough good material to be worth 3 stars, but that's about it. . You can see a complete list of all Bobby Darin discography, or go back to the Bobby Darin tabs