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Six Fat Dutchmen - The Six Fat Dutchman: Greatest Hits

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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0087455665626
Label : Polka City
Manufacturer : Polka City
Publisher : Polka City
Release date : 2002-01-30
Title : Six Fat Dutchmen - The Six Fat Dutchman: Greatest Hits
Original release date : 1997-01-22
Studio : Polka City
Number of discs : 1

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-10-06 rating:

My fave polka band, badly recorded.
I grew up hearing the Six Fat Dutchman live and on local radio. They are the best.

That said, it is a travesty to hear a recording as bad as these. It is possibly the worse job of miking I have ever heard on a commercial product. Even high school band concert recordings are not this poorly done. Sometimes, the vocalist sounds like he is in an echo chamber, far, far away. Other times, he is just far, far away. And, the tuba is about halfway between the singer and the mike. I have always admired their tuba player, but there is too much tuba in a lot of these cuts.

Volume 2 is just as bad.

review by: rmhainlen date: 2003-04-14 rating:

The best Compact Disk Ever!
I loved the Six Fat Dutchmen. The compact disk was great because it had a beat. The songs are awesome because they combine modern items of enjoyment with things of past enjoyment. Anyone can laugh, cry, or sing along with the compact disk, even if it is another language! This compact disk gave me an enjoyment of a lifetime. After listening to it I had to buy my own copy. I would suggest this compact disk to everyone! Enjoy!

review by: Rodger E. Herbst date: 2003-03-05 rating:

going the way of the do-do bird
I was originally from Wisconsin and grew up with the great oompah bands,but i'm think they are getting to be a rare breed.The Fat Dutchmen still have that old oompah sound,reeds,brass,tuba,polkas just don't sound right played anyother way,can you imagine clarinet polka played on an accordian or a squeeze box? All the old oompah band leaders are retiring,seems there's no one to take there place,now all they seem to have is a accordian,a drum and a tuba,sometime,heaven forbid,they have thier whole family and relatives all lined up pumping away on squeeze boxes.I'm not against accordians but the should be used with descreation such as in this CD.All you polka lovers this is as good as it gets,i know this CD will warm the heart of any old oompah band lover.I think our last hope is getting the old German oompah bands in the German band section.

review by: date: 1999-12-04 rating:

six fat dutchmen greatest hits
Great songs, lousy sound quality. How come when music is moved from an lp or tape or some other source to a cd, they have such a hard time getting good quality sound?

review by: date: 1999-10-17 rating:

Really great Old-Time music
This reminded me of why I and many others considered these guys the best Old-Time band ever! You ain't heard nothin' yet until you hear Harold "The Bard of the Bass Horn"Loeffelmacher soloing on the Clarinet Polka. And the roller-rink organ on You Can't Be True Dear made me want to dig out the old skates. The sound is fine, although at times they get a little carried away with the marvels of stereophonic sound and toss the melody back and forth from right to left every few bars. The polka bands of today would have trouble getting a booking in the New Ulm of yesterday. Maybe Fezz Fritsche will surface soon?

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