1999
Label: MCA Records - MCAD2-19978 • Format: 2x, CD Compilation • Country: US • Genre: Pop • Style: Vocal
The first significant reissue of the McGuire Sisters ' classic recordings features 50 songs, covering the years the latter from their final ABC-Paramount album , remastered in the late s and, at times, very impressive.
Producer Bob Thiele , who was responsible for guiding most of the recordings contained here, was the founder of the Signature Jazz label, among other top-flight independent jazz imprints, and he didn't slouch on getting the McGuires the best players. So even on numbers like "Heart," which is pure pop, the playing has an edge that, coupled with their harmonies, makes the work compelling. Additionally, the quality of the masters brings out the Andrews Sisters -based edge in their singing: the McGuires come off like three trumpets, exactly like the Andrews Sisters only "played" with a bit more restraint.
The overall sound is '50s pop, but with lingering traces in spots of the bounce and swing of '40s big-band. There is absolutely pure pop here, to be sure, such as "He," but the surrounding numbers add bite to the contents where none is expected. The notes are very thorough, and the illustrations, recreating publicity photos and magazine appearances, are also impressive. Disc one is all mono, and disc two, covering the later part of their career, is largely stereo.
AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Tommy Dorsey. I'll Be Seeing You. Jo Stafford. Shangri-La Digital Remaster. The Lettermen. Don't Get Around Much Anymore. Duke Ellington. Go Away Little Girl.
The Happenings. Johnny Mercer. Sweet Song of India. Buddy Kaye. Jack Richards. Mississippi Mud. Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me. All by Myself. Irving Berlin. Do You Remember When? Bill Katz. Every Day of My Life. Weary Blues. Artie Matthews. Delilah Jones. Goodnight My Love Pleasant Dreams.
Love Is Here to Stay. Track Listing - Disc 2. Tuesday 22 September Wednesday 23 September Thursday 24 September Friday 25 September Saturday 26 September Sunday 27 September Monday 28 September Tuesday 29 September Wednesday 30 September Thursday 1 October Friday 2 October Saturday 3 October Sunday 4 October Monday 5 October Tuesday 6 October Wednesday 7 October Thursday 8 October Friday 9 October Saturday 10 October Sunday 11 October Monday 12 October Tuesday 13 October Wednesday 14 October Thursday 15 October Friday 16 October Saturday 17 October Sunday 18 October Monday 19 October Tuesday 20 October Wednesday 21 October Thursday 22 October Friday 23 October Saturday 24 October Sunday 25 October Monday 26 October Tuesday 27 October Wednesday 28 October Thursday 29 October Monday 2 November Tuesday 3 November Wednesday 4 November Thursday 5 November Friday 6 November Red River Valley True Love Always Love And Marriage The Blue Room Makin' Whoopee Just For Old Time's Sake Wouldnt' It be Lovely Teach Me Tonight Bye Bye Blackbird The Birth Of The Blues
Mueven Al Ritmo (Solanas / Baund Remix), Floating (Radio) - Megan Rochell - Floating (Vinyl), Without Me - Linie 3 - Den Komplette DVD Boks (DVD), Thornblues - Vandoorn* Featuring Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson (2) - The Question Is Me (CD, Album), Grandad And Lion Lives, Reich - Sonic Jesus - Reich (Vinyl), Κήρυκες - Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος - Αχαρνής / Ο Αριστοφάνης Που Γύρισε Από Τα Θυμαράκια (CD, Album), Sins of Mine (Apoptygma Berzerk Extended Version) - Mortiis - The Great Corrupter (CD, Album), 3T - I Need You (CD), React I - Conspiration (Dis)hordes - Sobota (3), Posthuman Tantra - Nanobods Remixed: Dna-Sylicon-Me, Start From The Start - VXN (2) - VXN (Vinyl), Jugar A La Guerra, Heart - Alone (Vinyl) Untitled
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