Brandywine Singers

Artist: Brandywine Singers
Label: Folk Era Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 045507145120
EAN: 0045507145120
ASIN: B00001ZWIF

Release Date: 1999-10-19

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Tracks:

Two Little Boys
Saturday's Child
Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen
Boom-A-Langa
Devil's Waitin' (On Bald Mountain)
Mandy
Here's To The Girls (Raspberries, Strawberries)
Summer's Come And Gone
Quit Kickin' My Dog Around
The Brandy Stream
Dry Water
Ya Me Voy

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Customer Reviews:

brandywine singers quite intoxicating.......2005-09-14

the brandywine singers were winners of the top college folk group of the year in the USA in 1964 approx. they were previously known as the tradewinds . they performed great traditional songs in a way like the highwaymen , tarriers, kingston trio, journeymen, chad mitchell trio..etc etc.
they scored two hits 1963's summers come and gone witch made #41 in pitsburgh and in 1964 they had a smash hit in Australia with two little boys an old song rom the days of cylander recording's when it had been recorded by amoungst others the Denver nightingale the great Billy Murray ..in 1969 it was #1 in Australia and England being the last #1 hit of the 60's and the 1st #1 hit of the 70's in the famous rolf harris version.
it was also recorded by rusty drapper. the brandywine singers version is on this fine c.d and is in a rollicking tradittional folk style. sadly the original master tapes are lost for this albulm so it was transfered from other sources but still the sound is quite good the original albulm cover is reproduced beautifully.the other hit summers come and gone is also included. other tracks are saturdays child, two ten six eighteen (also recorded by jimmie rodgers), Boom-a-langa, devils waiting on bald mountain, mandy (not the barry manilow classic !), heres to the girls (a song recorded by the kingston trio as raspberries , strawberries)Quit kicking my dog around , the brandy stream, dry water, ya me voy. this is a lost classic of the folk Era a must for all lovers of folk/ 60's pop hits , and beautifully sung tunes.

Some of the best folk harmonies..........2003-04-30

Harmony in folk music is pretty basic, usually. Still, the very best groups can make it something special, in a variety of ways. The New Christy Minstrels had their fuller harmonies, while the Limeliters' arrangements made three guys sound like thirty. The Highwaymen had their soaring harmonies, playing four or five different voices off each other. Then we have The Brandywine Singers.

Perhaps only the long-defunct Journeymen can rival the Brandywines for sweetness of harmony. It is such a special sound. "Two Little Boys" and "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen" best exemplify the Brandywine sound. An old, loong-time favorite of mine is "Mandy", and "Raspberries, Strawberries" takes an old French Canadian tune and works harmonious magic with it.

You don't hear about these guys much anymore (although in various permutations they've always been around) but they were (and are) something special.

Give it a listen: you'll see what I mean.

A Hidden Jewel.......2001-03-05

This is a truly excellent CD, which has quickly become one of my favorites. The Brandywine Singers are known primarily by their commendable 1993 "World-Class Folk" album, but this reproduction of their first record album in the 1960s is considerably better. Each of the tracks is well arranged and beautifully sung. The original Brandywine group is not only superior to its later version (which has two of four members in common), but compares favorably to other folk groups of the era. For example, their "Raspberries, Strawberries" is much more poignant than their 1993 version or the Kingston Trio hit. Every one of the 12 tracks is excellent, and the only factor leading me to rate this as 4-star rather than 5-star is that, apparently following the original LP format, there are only 12 tracks. The CD cover also notes that the sound is imperfect because the original masters could not be found, but to my ear this was not a problem.

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