Son of Sea: 1997 20 Barbershop Quartets

Yesteryear/Fred/Bank Street | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Intersound Records
• ASIN: B000005Z7N
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,552 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Indiana - Yesteryear

2. Son of the Sea - Yesteryear

3. F-R-E-D (L-O-V-E Parody) - Fred

4. We kinda' Miss THose Good, Ol' Sings (Parody) - Fred

5. Everybody's Crazy Over Dixie - Standing Room Only

6. Banjo's Back in Town/ When Uncle Joe - Standing Room Only

7. Firefly/ Glow Worm - Bank Street

8. Paper Doll - Bank Street

9. Birth of the Blues - BSQ

10. Mississippi Mud - BSQ

11. Eve Wasn't Modest/ Little Bit of Good Medley - Backbeat

12. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along - Excalibur

13. Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine - Michigan Jake

14. Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee - Revival

15. The LIttle Boy - Power Play

16. Goody, Goody - Uptown Sound

17. The Story of the Rose - Great Stage Robbery

18. Old Man Time - Premiere

19. Rock-a-Bye Baby Medley: Rock-a-Bye Baby Days/ Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody - Rumors

20. Midnight Rose - Genuine Craft

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

25 selections from the 1997 Top-20 Barbershop Quartets

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1997 was an excellent year, August 13, 2005

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David A. Beamer (Clawson, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Son of Sea: 1997 20 Barbershop Quartets (Audio CD)

This is the recording put out from the 1997 Quartet Competition at the annual SPEBSQSA convention. It was one of the best competitions in the last decade or so, so this is an excellent introduction to genuine close-harmony, a capella Barbershop singing.

Although the group Yesteryear took the Gold (and sang extremely well), you can tell that the Silver Medalist group, FRED, was the audience favorite. This is due to the fact that FRED is not only an extremely talented tight-knit quartet with marvelous singing, they are also a "comedy quartet". This sub-genre of Barbershop groups sings the same tunes, with largely the same arrangements as the other quartets, but the words are parodied into something that almost makes this another art form. (With a little slapstick nonsense thrown in for good measure.) FRED was so good, indeed, that they went on to take the Gold two years later. If you can find a copy of that 1999 competition, GET IT. It's already a collector's item.

Some of the best good ol' Barbershop standards are here, done exceedingly well, include "Mississippi Mud", "They're Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine", and "Lulu's Back in Town". The last cut, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", is the also from a comedy quartet, and it's hilarious: "You want to sing right with 'em / but they don't have any rhythm"... you get the idea.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST!, August 10, 2003

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Rebecca (Redlands, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Son of Sea: 1997 20 Barbershop Quartets (Audio CD)

THIS C.D. IS WORTH BUYING IF ONLY FOR YESTERYEAR'S "SON OF THE SEA." IT GIVES ME CHILLS EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR IT. IT'S ALSO A KICK TO HEAR FRED'S SONG ABOUT ALL OF THEIR COMPETITORS. THIS C.D. IS FULL OF FABULOUS GROUPS AND GREAT SONGS, AND IS WELL WORTH ADDING TO YOUR COLLECTION.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Recordings - Great Year of, July 15, 2004

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Thomas A Kentish "Bowler At Large" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Son of Sea: 1997 20 Barbershop Quartets (Audio CD)

For the best of the SPEBSQSA barbershop quartets from this year -- be sure to get this album. Also be sure to check out SPEBSQSA . c o m for more information on how you can take part in this great hobby of barbershop quartet singing.

Once you start -- you'll never quit!

Be sure to lookup a local chapter near you to experience the lifeblood of organized barbershop quartet singing!