The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag: The Singles Collection Vol. 1 1931-47 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mills Brothers - The Singles Collection Vol. 2 1947-60 - It's a representative overview of the second era of their career and is a fine showcase for their highly distinctive style of vocal harmonies. - FThe Mills Brothers were a pioneering vocal quartet, who performed in a jazz-flavoured barbershop style and were forerunners of the doowop groups of later years- they broke new ground as the first African-American group to have their own network radio show in the USA. In the course of their long career they made more than 2,000 recordings and had around 60 US chart entries. So prolific were that we have chosen to present their releases on 78s and 45s in two 4-CD sets, of which this is the second (Vol. 1 is ACQCD7185). This 108-track 4-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on the Decca and Dot labels from 1947 through to 1960, with just about every represented by at least one side. It features 27 chart hits, including the No. 1 InchGlow WormInch, and the Top 10 entries InchAcross The Alley From The AlamoInch, InchI Love You So Much It HurtsInch, InchI've Got My Love To Keep Me WarmInch, InchSomeday (You'll Want Me To Want You)Inch, InchDaddy's Little GirlInch, InchNeverthelessInch and InchBe My Life's CompanionInch. It features recordings with Al Jolson, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee, and with the orchestras of Sy Oliver, Hal McIntyre and Owen Bradley. It's a representative overview of the second era of their career and is a fine showcase for their highly distinctive style of vocal harmonies.

While Duster went into hibernation in the year 2000, Clay Parton's four-track never stopped rolling. Recorded alone at home over several years, Birds To The Ground is an album of 30-something, post-9/11 malaise.

The Carter Family are among the most important artists in the entire history of popular music. They were pioneers in writing and recording folk and country music for the commercial market, and their huge output of songs and recordings has become a major influence on music that has come after them in bluegrass, country, gospel, folk, skiffle, pop and rock. Acrobat has recognised their importance by creating two 6-CD sets to present the primary element of their recorded output - those recordings between 1927 and 1941 featuring the original incarnation of the group, A.P. Carter, his wife Sara Carter, and his sister in-law Maybelle Carter. This first of the sets addresses the years from 1927 to 1934, in a 125-track 6-CD collection comprising just about all their releases from this era on the Victor, Montgomery Ward and Bluebird labels. It features their famous hits from these years, including InchBury Me Under The Weeping WillowInch, Keep On the Sunny SideInch, Wildwood FlowerInch, InchI'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue EyesInch, InchLittle Darling Pal of MineInch, InchWorried Man BluesInch, and InchLonesome ValleyInch along with other classics like InchMy Clinch Mountain HomeInch, InchFoggy Mountain TopInch, InchJohn HardyInch and InchJimmie Brown The NewsboyInch. These two highly significant releases will give enthusiasts the chance to have a comprehensive collection of the first era Carter Family recordings, complete with Acrobat's usual substantial booklet with comprehensive discographical information and detailed narrative.