If you've got to know the wonderful Mabel Mercer from the Cole Porter CD also stocked by Amazon and you grab this one as the only other CD of hers currently available you may be a little disappointed. One of the customer reviewers of the Cole Parter said that she was past her best on that disc, mostly recorded when she was in her early to middle 50s. I just wish I could hear her earlier work as I think the Cole Porter is quite wonderful. But Echoes of my Life was made when Ms Mercer was 76 - incredibly enough. It's hardly fair to say that she's past her prime perhaps - it's a miracle that she was working at all - but it's undoubtedly true. There are occasional flashes of her genius, but they are sadly isolated. It is curious, to put it mildly, that albums like this are being issued when none of her earlier work (which I understand was copiously recorded) is available.