Edith Piaf - Fine Tune

Just bought this CD from Barnes & Noble. They are selling The Gold Collection which are a lot of old artists. The quality is pretty good for the price charged ($5.99). Apparently, Edith Piaf was a famous French singer. I am listening to this CD now and am having a hard time evaluating the music because she is singing in French. I find it hard to listen objectively to french singing. This may harken back to the time when France detonated atomic bombs in the Pacific atolls. The French definitely follow the nimby rules and it really got me mad!

The front of the CD advertised a 16 page booklet with rare photographs...6 photographs, 5 quotes, a listing of the songs and the copyright information...hmm, not a booklet by my definition. Here's a quote:

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears., Edith Piaf

She must have performed in the days when Torch Singers were popular. Some of her songs sound like she is singing her heart out, or wrenching her guts out. I shall listen to her CD a few more times. It takes a little adjustment to listen to songs from such a long time ago. I wonder if this batch is from copyrights expiring. This is what I bought:

The Miracles........................14 songs
Sarah Vaughan....................14 songs
Encyclopedia of Jazz............14 songs
Gershwin Singbook...............12 songs
Cole Porter Songbook...........11 songs
Luciano Pavarotti..................14 songs
Encyclo of Rock & Roll.........14 songs

Am still trying to get the hang of formating on this Blog. Anyway, since Pavarotti is there, I would guess this is not about expiring copyrights.