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Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
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World War II and
-era compilations are released almost as regularly as
albums, and the glut has caused more harm than good; it seems any good ones are quickly swallowed up by the racks full of short, ill-advised, uninformative collections. Though any single label could never do justice to the war years, with a little clever licensing the
compilation
transcends its slightly simpy title to deliver 40 great tracks of traditional
. Most of the standards of the day are included:
by
,
, and
(with
), though there's no
, except for his appearance on
. More than any other label,
captured the can-do attitude of America during the early '40s, with a spate of classic songs poised halfway between
and
, songs like
's
'
Add the great liner notes of
stands as one of the best -- and easily the best-sounding, courtesy of astonishing 24-bit remastering -- compilations of its era: just this side of definitive, but packed full of great music summoning the sound and feel of a nation at war. ~ John Bush