The Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Box set, Original recording remastered, Import]

The Andrews Sisters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B0000799IF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Bei Mir Bist Du Shon

2. Tu-Li-Tulip Time

3. Lullaby To A Little Jitterbug

4. Hold Tight, Hold Tight

5. The Beer Barrel Polka

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Rum And Coca-Cola

2. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (w. Bing Crosby)

3. The Three Caballeros (w. Bing Crosby)

4. Along The Navajo Trail (w. Bing Crosby)

5. The Blond Sailor

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Tuxedo Junction

2. Lily Belle

3. Tica-ti, Tica-ta

4. A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal)

5. You're A Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith'

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Run, Run, Run

2. Great Day (w. Dick Haymes)

3. Them That Has, Gets

4. Old Don Juan

5. The Money Song

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The Andrews Sisters came on the scene in 1938 with Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, and closed out their era (early fifties) with the dreamy balled, I Can Dream Can't I? and the monster smashes in between with Rum and Coca-Cola and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy to name just a few. Their blissful passion shines on through in this 4 disc collection of some of their most popular tunes. Disc One and Two are all their Top Ten hits in chronological order. Disc three and four are full of rare tunes that are also quite enjoyable. You can't listen to these tracks and not tap your feet and sing along. The Andrews Sisters recorded every kind of song imaginable and it's amazing how well it all holds up after all these years. The sisters musicianship and blend was truly amazing and the Vic Shoen orchestra was brilliant in styling accompaniments which actually let the Sisters perform a capella with only bass and drums underneath them, with instrumental inflections between vocals lines. The sound quality is AMAZING. This Andrews Sisters collection serves as a good introduction to an amazing body of work unsurpassed and still thoroughly enjoyable in the 21st century. See also: JASCD387 - Now Is The Time - Hidden Gems From The Vaults JASCD684 (Patti Andrews) Dynamic Lead Singer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These recordings sparkle!, February 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

The Andrews Sisters came on the scene in 1938 with Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, and closed out their era (early fifties) with the dreamy balled, I Can Dream Can't I? and the monster smashes in between with Rum and Coca-Cola and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy to name just a few. Their blissful passion shines on through in this 4 disc collection of some of their most popular tunes. Disc One and Two are all their Top Ten hits in chronological order. Disc three and four are full of rare tunes that are also quite enjoyable. You can't listen to these tracks and not tap your feet and sing along. The Andrews Sisters recorded every kind of song imaginable and it's amazing how well it all holds up after all these years. The sisters musicianship and blend was truly amazing and the Vic Shoen orchestra was brilliant in styling accompaniments which actually let the Sisters perform a capella with only bass and drums underneath them, with instrumental inflections between vocals lines. The sound quality is AMAZING and I am a picky guy when it comes to sound quality. Great jog by the folks at the JASMINE label.
The Andrews Sisters vocal harmonies are clearly on top of the heap over the likes of the Supremes and Destiny's Child.
This Andrews Sisters collection serves as a good introduction to an amazing body of work unsurpassed and still thoroughly enjoyable in the 21st century.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most complete collection you will find!, August 5, 2004

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mbflute "mbflute" (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

I've searched high and low trying to find the most complete collection of Andrews Sisters songs available. This set contains four CDs with 101 tracks. These songs are the original studio recordings (many of their best with Bing Crosby are included) and they sparkle with clarity. For any true Andrews Sisters fan, I would recommend this collection together with "Now is the Time" which is the "sister" collection to "Golden Age," a 2 disc set containing all of the recordings not found on "Golden Age." If you are an Andrews Sisters fan, you must buy these two collections from Jasmine Records!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every top ten hit plus many rarities, October 14, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

This sensational 4-CD set contains all the Andrews sisters' American top ten hits (British record charts didn't exist then) on the first two CD's including their duets. The third and fourth CD's are dominated by rarities though some of the titles may be familiar to you, especially the last track. So this is not the definitive hits collection because those hits that didn't make the top ten are missing except for a few that show up among the rarities. I was particularly pleased to see the inclusion of Coax me a little bit and The wedding of Lily Marlene, two minor hits that are also rarities but there's still a few minor hits that haven't appeared on CD as far as I know.

The first two CD's contain almost all the songs that the Andrews sisters are remembered for, the exception being Don't sit under the apple tree, which was only a minor hit for them (Glenn Miller's version topped the charts) and is to be found at the end of CD 4.

There are plenty of duets with Bing Crosby here, among them being Pistol packing Mama, A hot time in the town of Berlin, Don't fence me in and Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive.

Other classic songs to be found here are Bei mir bist du schoen, Hold tight hold tight, Beer barrel polka (better known as Roll out the barrel), Ferryboat serenade, Beat me Daddy eight to the bar, I'll be with you in apple blossom time, Shoo-shoo baby, Rum and Coca-cola, Christmas Island, Near you, I can dream can't I and I wanna be loved.

When I first found out about this set, I was hoping it would make a lot of my other Andrews sisters compilations redundant. It doesn't because it includes other rarities not available elsewhere. In that sense, it's even better. Jasmine records (the label responsible for this release) have also released a double CD (Now is the time) containing even more rarities. Between the six CD's, they contain much for Andrews sisters fans to get excited about, but there are a few tracks not released by Jasmine that are available on other CD's.