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Barbershop Harmony Time

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The Buffalo Bills and the Chordettes are two of the all-time great barbershop quartets. If you like barbershop harmony, and who doesn't, you'll love this CD. The harmony is close and tight. Sweet Adeline is presented with Arthur Godfrey singing lead and the Chordettes singing backup. Great!!

The Buffalo Bills are arguably the best barbershop quartet of all time. Unfortunately, this CD does not offer much to support the above assertion. Because it is less than a half hour in length and of mediocre sound quality, "Barbershop Harmony Time" does not do justice to the impressive sounds of either the Buffalo Bills or the Chordettes. For better performances from the Buffalo Bills, you may want to consider the soundtrack from the 1962 version of "The Music Man". For better performances from the Chordettes, you should definitely check out their "25 All-Time Greatest Recordings".

This CD compromises great fast and slow numbers from the two most popular barbershop quartets (or is it quartettes?) of all time. I feel that this Cd shows the sheer power of a cappella voices and sweet, sweet harmony. The songs stick in your head ( a good thing). Down AMong the SHeltering Palms is absolutely "breath-taking"

I recently discovered how much I liked barbershop music and decided to add some barbershop CD to my collection. One of the first names I had recommended to me was the Buffalo Bills. So I got this CD featuring them and The Chordettes.

From what I know of barbershop, this contains several standards of the genre. Unfortunately, I didn't like the version of "Down by the Old Mill Stream" presented here.

The other tracks are wonderful, however ranging from the upbeat "Angry" to the slower "I Believe." The Buffalo Bills are joined by instruments on "If I could be with You One Hour Tonight" and "Fit as a Fiddle." And I love their rendition of "As Time Goes By."

The other drawback to this CD is that it's only 24 minutes long. As a result, it's quite easy to wear it out after a few listens. Still, it was money well spent and a good introduction to two giants in the barbershop genre from days gone by.

This is a trade-off between two barbershop harmony groups of noteriety. Buffalo Bills were featured in The Music Man". I am not aware if the Chordetts were in any movies, but they were featured on television from time to time. It's a bummer that their CD's are not available. This just whets the appetite for more. The harmonies! The phrasings! OH, it is a joy for the ears. Unabashedly charming. The singing arrangements are more straightforward (not that avant-garde is a bad thing-it's what you like) than the a cappella singing going on these days. Buy it!