This is the definitive double-CD selection of the very best of the fabulous Boswells, the hottest jazz vocal group of all time.

Connie (later 'Connee' 1907-1976), Martha (1908-1958) and Helvetia ('Vet') Boswell (1909-1988) constituted the most popular female vocal group before The Andrews Sisters, and created some of the most exciting recordings of the early 30s – still sounding amazing today. They enjoyed 20 hits before breaking up, when the remarkable, wheelchair-bound Connee continued a great solo career, influencing a generation of singers such as Ella Fitzgerald. But as a trio, the Sisters were never matched.

Shout, Sister, Shout! was their signature tune, and now the title of Retrospective’s 52-track selection of their very best recordings. 11 of them were Top Ten hits, including their first success, the incredible When I Take My Sugar To Tea, and Dinah, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, Roll On Mississippi Roll On, Rock And Roll, It’s The Girl and the chart-topping The Object Of My Affection – each one a tour de force.

The Sisters’ jazz flair was invariably enhanced by the accompaniment of some of the top musicians in jazz, and fine solos by such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman, Manny Klein, Artie Shaw, and Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang all add to the enjoyment.

2014 sees the publication of a Boswell Sisters biography by Vet’s granddaughter, Kyla Titus, a major new film documentary from Joshua Tree, and a large-scale exhibition 'Shout, Sister, Shout! – The Boswell Sisters of New Orleans'.

Contents:
CD 1 (1931-1932)
1. Shout, Sister, Shout!
2. Wha’dja Do To Me?
3. When I Take My Sugar To Tea
4. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
5. Sing A Little Jingle
6. I Found A Million Dollar Baby
7. It’s The Girl
8. It’s You!
9. Making Faces At The Man In The Moon
10. I Can’t Write The Words
11. Shine On, Harvest Moon
12. Heebie Jeebies
13. River, Stay ’Way From My Door
14. An Evening In Caroline
15. Nothing Is Sweeter Than You
16. I Thank You, Mister Moon
17. Was That The Human Thing To Do?
18. Put That Sun Back In The Sky
19. Everybody Loves My Baby
20. There’ll Be Some Changes Made
21. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
22. If It Ain’t Love
23. Doggone, I’ve Done It!
24. Hand Me Down My Walkin’ Cane
25. We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye
26. Down Among The Sheltering Palms

CD 2 (1932-1936)
1. Charlie Two-Step
2. I Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing!
3. Louisiana Hayride
4. Crazy People
5. Mood Indigo
6. Forty-Second Street
7. Shuffle Off To Buffalo
8. That’s How Rhythm Was Born
9. Coffee In The Morning, Kisses In The Night
10. You Oughta Be In Pictures
11. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
12. The Darktown Strutters’ Ball
13. Don’t Let Your Love Go Wrong
14. Rock And Roll
15. If I Had A Million Dollars
16. The Object Of My Affection
17. Dinah
18. Saint Louis Blues
19. Fare Thee Well, Annabelle
20. Lullaby Of Broadway
21. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
22. Cheek To Cheek
23. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
24. The Music Goes ’Round And Around
25. Let Yourself Go
26. I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket