Post #479392 by OnyaBirri on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 3:17 PM

The Shearing "In A Chinese Garden" came out originally in two parts on two sides of an MGM 78. When they later issued it on an MGM LP, they transferred at the wrong speed. It is WAY slow on the LP, about 3/4 the speed, meaning it's half an octave down, at a glacial tempo, and with flabby sounding instruments. For my CD, I corrected the speed and pitch. I believe the currently available versions of the tune on CD are also at the correct pitch. But watch out for that LP version.