This three-CD set is very attractive in some obvious ways -- listing for barely $11.00 and containing 75 songs, it s the most generously programmed Andrews Sisters compilation that one can buy, even outstripping the Readers Digest collection from the 90s. That s more than three hours of music, and it s hard to complain about the programming, all drawn from the trio s Decca recordings (though one wishes the makers had found room for The House of Blue Lights ). It doesn t get a higher rating than this, however, because none of the material is assembled in any discernible order whatsoever (except, perhaps, to maximize the variety and entertainment value at any given point on any of the discs); there would also seem to be better masters of several of the songs that do appear here. Additionally, there is not a single word of annotation, not that one would expect much at this price. On the plus side, there are quite a few numbers here that haven t made it onto MCA s major compilations of the group s work, including oddities from Don Raye such as Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat, Rumors Are Flying. The result is an uneven collection that will satisfy and even delight casual listeners, but make more interested listeners thirst ever more for a Bear Family box devoted to the Andrews Sisters.



Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Rhumboogie 2:33
02. Schub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat 2:36
03. (I ve Got A Guy) In Kalamazoo 2:52
04. Rumours Are Flying 2:55
05. South America, Take It Away 3:06
06. Cuanto Le Gusta 3:06
07. South American Way 2:42
08. I Want My Mama 2:38
09. Pagan Love Song 2:28
10. Let s Have Another One 2:54
11. Chattanooga Choo Choo 2:53
12. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:53
13. Ti-Pi-Tin 2:39
14. How Lucky Are You 2:46
15. Too Fat Polka (She s Too Fat For Me) 2:26
16. The Wedding Samba 3:01
17. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 3:19
18. When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam 2:44
19. Lullaby Of Broadway 2:46
20. Billy Boy 3:14
21. Short nin Bread 2:52
22. One-Two-Three O Leary 2:55
23. Straighten Up And Fly Right 2:29
24. Is You Is Or Is You Ain t My Baby 3:02
25. Love Is Where You Find It 2:43
26. Alexander s Ragtime Band 3:00

CD 2:
01. There s No Business Like Show Business 2:53
02. You Call Everybody Darling 2:24
03. Pistol Packin Mama 3:02
04. That Old Piano Roll Blues 3:05
05. I See, I See 2:47
06. Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella 2:38
07. Hit The Road 2:32
08. Strip Polka (Take It Off, Take It Off) 2:52
09. Why Talk About Love 2:55
10. Yodelin Jive 3:00
11. Anything You Can Do 3:02
12. The Matador 3:21
13. Near You 3:00
14. Sha-Sha 2:54
15. Just A Simple Melody 2:42
16. The Jumpin Jive 2:45
17. Says My Heart 2:47
18. Lullaby To A Jitterbug 3:01
19. Well All Right 3:09
20. Begin The Beguine 2:46
21. Elmar s Tune 2:28
22. Eown By The O-hio 2:57
23. There s A Fella Waiting In Poughkeepsie 2:49
24. Along The Navajo Trail 2:47
25. I Wanna Be Loved 3:14
26. I Can Dream, Can t I 2:40

CD 3:
01. Bei mir bist du schon 3:07
02. Hold tight, hold tight 3:14
03. (I ll be with you) In apple blossom time 2:59
04. Ciribiribin 3:04
05. Boogie woogie bugle boy 2:41
06. Oh! Ma-Ma 2:27
07. Say Si, Si (Para vigo me voy) 2:30
08. Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! 2:44
09. Don t sit under the apple tree 2:58
10. Beat me daddy, eight to the bar 2:49
11. Chico s love song 3:02
12. Civilization (Bongo, bongo, bongo) 3:03
13. Don t fence me in 3:08
14. Teresa 2:57
15. Beer barrel polka 2:54
16. Joseph, Joseph 2:46
17. Pennsylvania polka 2:49
18. Ferryboat serenade 3:04
19. The woodpecker song 2:57
20. Pennsylvania 6-5000 3:05
21. Shoo-shoo baby 2:51
22. Rum and coca-cola 3:10
23. The Woody Woodpecker song 2:11
24. Blue tail fly 2:45
25. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive 2:45