Boswell Sisters

There are plenty of CDs to get your Boz going with...

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Welcome to our new Boz Buys Page!

Our Boz Buys section now includes direct links to items available on Amazon.com, including Boswell Sisters CDs, Connee Boswell CDs, and even Boz MP3 Downloads! You can browse some of our favorites here. Boz Buys make great gifts, or additions to your own Bozzies collection. For any purchases made through Boz Buys, a small percentage of the sales will go to helping to keep the Bozzies.com website up!

Basic Boz:

Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store

Nothing Was Sweeter Than

Audio CD: 2006
Label:El Records
This recent import features an interesting mix of the Bozzies most popular fare along with some of their older and rarer matetrial. Their very early style kicks off the CD with "Highway to Heaven" and "That's What I Like About You." Then we get a sampling of the Sisters through the years with emphasis placed on their Brunswick hits. A nice purchase for those who do not have the Nostalgia Arts series to round out your collection. Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

Shout, Sisters, Shout

Audio CD: 2004
Label:Jaz
Nicely remastered collection with excellent liner notes by Scott Yanow. A great first CD for folks who want to get to know the Boswell Sisters music. See bozzies.com review. Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

Shout, Sister, Shout

Audio CD: 2003
Label:ASV Living Era
A bouncy compilation that include some of the Boswell’s hottest numbers. This CD features many of the top tunes the Sisters cut with the Dorsey Brothers including their breakout single "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," all the way through to their masterful arrangement of "Shuffle Off to Buffalo." Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

That’s How Rhythm Was Born

Audio CD: August 15, 1995
Label: Sony
Whether it’s the Dietz and Schwartz’ Louisiana Hayride, the Koehler and Arlen’s Minnie the Moochers Wedding Day, or Hoagy Carmichael’s Charlie Two-Step, the joi du swing simply bursts from this CD. Benefiting from the Brunswick masters now owned by Sony and good liner notes from Roy Hemming and David Hajdu this is a Bozzie basic your collection must have. Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

Shine On Harvest Moon

Audio CD: September 22, 2005
Label: Pegasus
A German release with a selection of songs that is well tuned to the contemporary ear. Includes great numbers like Puttin’ It On, You Oughta Be in Pictures, The Music Goes Round and Round, and Goin’ Home, which makes it a nice piece despite a somewhat uneven remastering. Available at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

Brunswick Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Audio CD: November 14, 2000
Label: Collectables
Many believe the Brunswick years were the Sisters best. These two CDs give you a full sampling of the 1931-1934 cuts. Get Brunswick Vol. 1 and Get Brunswick Vol. 2 at the Bozzies.com Amazon Store.

Bozzola:

Storyville/Nostalgia Arts Vols. 1-5

Hard to find, especially Vols 1 and 5, and often expensive, this collection is a Must Have for the truly Bozzed. There are some weird things about this collection: several songs are repeated with no apparent difference in the tracks. But once you get beyond that wee problem you have got the nearly complete recordings of the Bozzies stretching from their Victor cuts from 1925 through 1936’s swan song I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket. The liner notes that begin in Vol. 2 and run through Vol. 5 are from the Wizard of Boz himself, David McCain. They alone are worth the investment to a true Bozophile. Find 'em, buy 'em, slip on those headphones and enter the nirvana of Boz.

Hardcore Boz:

Airshots and Rarities

Audio CD: June 24, 1997
Label: Challenge
This CD is coolness in a Boz suit. It contains a number of the Continental Broadcast transcriptions that the Sisters made for broadcast in Hawaii in 1930. The Boswell Sound is alive and kicking in these recordings, but you hear much more of Martha on solos and piano. The liner notes include fascinating comments by Vet Boswell Minnerly, daughter of Vet Boswell, and Richard Sudhalter. You can get the Airshots and Rarities import version here.

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Okay, America! Alternate Takes and Rarities

Audio CD: January 22, 1993
Label: Jass
So ya wanna hear it all? Then you need to find this great collection of alternate takes. Many of these songs were included in the Jass vinyl by the same name, but immaculate mastering make this a digital must have. It mixes Connie’s solos with the Sisters songs and features the unforgettable masterpiece Washboard Blues. The creativity of the Sisters is never more evident than when you compare takes of Was That the Human Thing to Do. Once you’ve reached this stage in your trip to Boz, you have what the Wizard calls, the gene!