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The first significant reissue of the McGuire Sisters' classic recordings features 50 songs, covering the years 1952-1965 (the latter from their final ABC-Paramount album), remastered in the late 1990s and, at times, very impressive. Their music can be an acquired taste, evocative as it is of a pre-rock & roll environment and, indeed, competing at the time with R&B acts on the same songs, such as "Goodnight My Love" and "Sincerely." On the other hand, their singing is so radiant, that it's hard to find fault with too much of it. 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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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CHARLES TOBIAS, ComposerLyricist - Harry Tobias, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Geffen Records
Art Lund, FeaturedArtist - Bob Merrill, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Reg Connelly, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Carter, ComposerLyricist - Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - James Hudson, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Geffen Records
RAY GILBERT, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor - Kid Ory, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Alan Freed, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Camarata, ComposerLyricist - Sidney Keith Bob Russell, ComposerLyricist - Dux De John, ComposerLyricist - Julie De John, ComposerLyricist - Leo J. De John, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Geffen Records
Tom Glazer, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Hans Engelmann, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Jacobs, Conductor - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Richard Adler , ComposerLyricist - JERRY ROSS, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Stanley Clayton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Richards, ComposerLyricist - Richard Mullan, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Producer - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - James Cavanaugh, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Harry Barris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
AL DUBIN, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - JOE BURKE, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ruth Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - Bill Katz, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Crane, ComposerLyricist - Al Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Artie Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Geffen Records
Elmer Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Fine, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Allen, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Orchestra - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - George Duning, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
John Marascalco, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - George Motola, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ARTHUR FREED, ComposerLyricist - NACIO HERB BROWN, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Dick Jones, Musical Director
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Lawrence, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - WALTER GROSS, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jones, Musical Director
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Will Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Dick Jones, Musical Director
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Jacobs, Musical Director - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Neal Hefti, Producer - Charlie Phillips, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Odis Echols, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Dorcas Cochran, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Rae Seymour, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
KENNY JACOBSON, ComposerLyricist - RHODA ROBERTS, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Francesco Migliacci, ComposerLyricist - Domenico Modugno, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Markes, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Conductor - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Dick Charles, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Lou Knox, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Walter Donaldson, ComposerLyricist - Gus Kahn, Author - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Dick Jacobs, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Jerry Paul Keller, ComposerLyricist - Murray Kane, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Robertson, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Howard E.R. Barnes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mort Dixon, Author - Ray Henderson, Composer - Dick Jacobs, Conductor - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Lew Brown, ComposerLyricist - Buddy DeSylva, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Dick Jacobs & Orchestra, Orchestra - Murray Kane, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
Walter Donaldson, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
E.Y. HARBURG, ComposerLyricist - Burton Lane, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Adolph Green, ComposerLyricist - Betty Comden, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bert Kalmar, ComposerLyricist - Harry Ruby, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - The Mcguire Sisters, MainArtist - Percy Faith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Geffen Records
Album review
The first significant reissue of the McGuire Sisters' classic recordings features 50 songs, covering the years 1952-1965 (the latter from their final ABC-Paramount album), remastered in the late 1990s and, at times, very impressive. Their music can be an acquired taste, evocative as it is of a pre-rock & roll environment and, indeed, competing at the time with R&B acts on the same songs, such as "Goodnight My Love" and "Sincerely." On the other hand, their singing is so radiant, that it's hard to find fault with too much of it. 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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 02:11:36
- Main artists: The Mcguire Sisters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1999 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 1999 Geffen Records
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