Mint CD

his is a very good 16-track selection of the whole collection issued the previous year in a 3CD/DVD box set, comprising of 10 songs in the studio and 6 in concert. These recordings are very similar to her demos, simply performed with just vocal with piano or acoustic guitar, although there are two studio songs with a band. Some of these performances are better than their proper album versions as Sandy's voice isn't competing with a lot of other instruments. There are comments here regarding the sound quality - I can't imagine what these "reviewers" are listening to this with - they must have dreadful speakers. It's well known that one of the most difficult instruments to record is a grand piano, as it's sound is huge and since these songs were originally very quickly recorded for basically a once only playback on radio broadcast, don't expect Pink Floydian HDCD, SACD, DVD-A quality or any of that. However, overall the sound restoration is remarkably good and sounds excellent through my floor standing Bowers & Wilkins. From this 16-track selection there is just one that was preserved from off-air by a fan's home tape recorder - good on you that person - so there is nothing to complain about whatsoever. Essential purchase for anyone interested in the wonderful canon of artists that recorded for the Island label in the 1970's.