The unfortunate problem with this recording and with her other recordings I have heard is the voice is all there is. She was saddled with some mediocre musicians. The recordings are sometimes muddy and off-balance. There are technical problems in the engineering and these tapes would never have been allowed out of the studio under more professional guidance. There is also an unbalance in the material presented. Most recordings have some common thread or style that allows the music to flow from the first track through to the end. The flow here is not smooth.

Yes, I know the CD's are composed of the archive of material Ms Cassidy recorded prior to her death and that means there will be limitations. But this recording and, with the exception of "Songbird", the others I have heard have so many limitations, it's hard to consider them as anything but a mined archive that ultimately disappoints those interested in good music. "Songbird" sounds better and, because it is a sampler, flows better.

As much as Ms Cassidy's untimely death saddens me, the loss of the possibility of ever hearing her outstanding voice with the respectful recording and professional backing it deserved is even more depressing.