Oh David, this is fabulous! What a wonderfully joyous arrangement and incredibly preserved/restored sound. It has such a wonderful "bounce" (oh, I'm such a musicologist!) to it and freshness, despite it being (yikes!) the best part of nearly a hundred years old. Bing's twenty five year old "Vocal Refrain" is of course flawless.

May I ask, is there a particular "Bing" CD this has been sourced from? I note those in the online Discography but just wondered if there's one available, featuring this particular recording and specific re- mastering?

Finally, I appreciate as previously stated, you don't always notice your Private Messages on here and I've sent you one to this effect (5/5/2022  9.34pm). I know you've been more than busy but once you let me know if your DVD players spin or prefer either DVD-R discs or DVD+R discs (the "plus" ones are not as versatile but in my experience they tend to play smoother), I'll then get my promised list of "extras" to you. No rush from this end - I just don't want you to to think I'm reneging on my previous "Fred" promise.

Last edited by Ian Kerstein (12/5/2022 3:34 pm)

I kind of like Bing's 1928 version for what it was in 1928. It had a great sound for the time, but I do like Bing's 1944 radio version as more of a ballad.