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Sincerely

“Sincerely,” or any of our CD’s can be ordered by mail by send a check for $18 (postage included) to the following address:

The Harvard Callbacks

c/o Christopher Heller, President

241 Quincy Mail Center

Cambridge, MA 02138

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If you have any questions, please contact us.

“Sincerely”

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…and three wishes (2006)
andthreewishes(big)This highly anticipated release was the Callbacks’ first offering since the award-winning 9 to 5: The Late Sessions. Its amazing tracks cover the musical spectrum from Dru Hill’s 5 Steps to the techno hit Song for Holly by Esthero. Track Listing:

1. Ain’t No Sunshine (Lighthouse Family)

2. Don’t Change Your Plans (Ben Folds Five)

3. Song for Holly (Esthero)

4. Change the World (Eric Clapton and Babyface)

5. Game of Love (Santana ft. Michelle Branch)

6. Air (Ben Folds Five)

7. Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish)

8. Sunday Morning (Maroon 5)

9. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me

(Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations)

10. 1000 Miles (Vanessa Carlton)

11. 5 Steps (Dru Hill)

9 to 5: The Late Sessions (2003)
The disc features a variety of songs showcasing the best of the Callbacks’ repertoire, including upbeat hip-hop hits, angsty female rock tracks, and two original tunes by members of the group. 9 to 5 has also been nominated for two Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards and features a track which has been selected for the compilation CD Best of College A Cappella 2003!

What the critics are saying:

Two steps ahead of the rest, and well on the way to a cappella stardom…

– Jonathan Sears

To put it bluntly, I was amazed by this album…

– Thomas Czerwinski

 Track Listing:

1. Where the Party At (Jagged Edge)

2. 6 Underground (Sneaker Pimps)

3. You Don’t Even Know (Ben Jackson ’03)

4. Princes Familiar (Alanis Morrisette)

5. Gone (‘N Sync)

6. St. Teresa (Joan Osborne)

7. Fastlove (George Michael)

8. Get Gone (Fiona Apple)

9. Poor Furious Lover (Matt Thompson ’02)

10. Gone ‘Til November (Wyclef Jean)

11. Breaking the Girl (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

12. As (Stevie Wonder)

Don’t Look Down (2000)
This album bears the amazing diversity of repertoire and sound that has come to be our trademark. It also showcases some of our best tracks, arrangements and performances from 1999-2000, including “Like a Prayer,” which won Best Arrangement in NCCA quarterfinal competition, and “Two Points for Honesty,” Best Arrangement in semifinal competition. The sixteen tracks that finally made it onto Don’t Look Down were carefully selected from a list of almost twenty-five tracks we performed in 1999-2000. The result is a wonderfully eclectic mix of genres, including pop, jazz, R&B, country, and techno. Track Listing:

1. Turn Back Time (Aqua)

2. Good Things (BoDeans)

3. Because the Night (10,000 Maniacs)

4. Some Fantastic (Barenaked Ladies)

5. Ex Factor (Lauryn Hill)

6. Black Balloon (Goo Goo Dolls)

7. Independent Love Song (Scarlet)

8. Jump in the Line (Harry Belafonte)

9. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Harry Connick, Jr.)

10. Take On Me (A-Ha)

11. Wide Open Spaces (Dixie Chicks)

12. Female of the Species (Space)

13. The Roof (Mariah Carey)

14. Two Points for Honesty (Guster)

15. Angel (Sarah McLachlan)

16. Like a Prayer (Madonna)

Diving With the Mayans (1998)
Released in the summer of ’98, Diving is representative of the musical diversity that characterizes the Callbacks. Ben Folds Five, Duran Duran, U2, Cake, Aretha Franklin, and Paul Simon all rub shoulders on this album. Several of Diving’s offerings have garnered honors from the Contemporary A Cappella Society. The Callbacks have maintained their musical diversity with offerings as varied as the folk sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, the R+B harmonies of En Vogue, and the driving punk of the group Cake. Diving also features “Rio”, arranged by James Lozada ’99 and judged Best Arrangement at the 1997 CARA competition, as well as “Tempted,” for which soloist Mike Rizzo ’99′s musical stylings won him the Best Soloist award in the 1998 CARA competition. Track Listing:

1. Like a Prayer (Madonna)

2. Fall From Grace (Amanda Marshall)

3. Brick (Ben Folds Five)

4. Silent All These Years (Tori Amos)

5. Rio (Duran Duran)

6. Still Haven’t Found (What I’m Looking For) (U2)

7. Foolish Games (Jewel)

8. The Distance (Cake)

9. Benatar 2000 (Pat Benatar)

10. Shape of My Heart (Sting)

11. The House That Jack Built (Aretha Franklin)

12. Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Simon & Garfunkel)

13. Don’t Let Go (Love) (En Vogue)

14. Tempted (Squeeze)

Ninety Miles and Hour (1997)
Ninety can be considered the Callbacks’ breakout CD, a transition from the straight arrangement style that even today lingers in college a cappella to a riskier sound, daring to take on Pearl Jam and Alanis Morissette. “On Your Shore,” performed by the NCCA-nominated Best Soloist Nicole Green, is featured on the third volume of the Best of College A Cappella series. Track Listing:

1. Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet)

2. As I Lay Me Down (Sophie B. Hawkins)

3. I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues (Elton John)

4. Late In the Evening (Paul Simon)

5. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Alter / De Lange)

6. If I Had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies)

7. Straight to My Heart (Sting)

8. Damn (I Wish I Was Your Lover) (Sophie B. Hawkins)

9. Kiss From a Rose (Seal)

10. The Letter (Joe Cocker)

11. Old Irish Blessing (Traditional)

12. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) (Billy Joel)

13. On Your Shore (Enya)

14. Cherokee (R. Noble)

15. Round of Blues (Shawn Colvin)

16. Better Man (Pearl Jam)

17. Take It to the Limit (Eagles)

18. Touch Me (The Doors)

19. Your House (Alanis Morissette)

20. I’ve Got a Mother That’s Waiting For Me (Traditional)

Kaleidoscope (1994)
1994′s Kaleidoscope, our sophomore recording effort, is reflective of the shift to the contemporary that had begun to show itself in college a cappella at this time. The album’s progressiveness, fully on display in the spectacular rendition of Paul Simon’s “Homeless,” is balanced by a great sense of humor and fun. Kaleidoscope, the Callbacks’ first compact disc, is a very fun album as well as a solid a cappella performance. Callback-ian humor is fully on display in our ever-so-old-school “Callbacks’ Rap,” “Sara Lee,” and the “TV Medley.” Musically, however, Kaleidoscope is rife with goodness, including The Letter, which still remains our signature song to this day, and a stirring reprise of “Homeless,” which debuted on Off the Record, our first (cassette) recording! ….. Track Listing:

1. Orange-Colored Sky (Natalie Cole)

2. Wild World (Cat Stevens)

3. Drift Away (Doobie Brothers)

4. Mystery (Anita Baker)

5. Good Enough For Now (Weird Al Yankovic)

6. Centerfold (J. Geils Band)

7. Honey Pie (The Beatles)

8. Blackwater (Doobie Brothers)

9. TV Medley (Assorted Artists)

10. Only One (James Taylor)

11. Galileo (Indigo Girls)

12. Circle Game (Joni Mitchell)

13. Sara Lee

14. Homeless (live) (Simon and Garfunkel)

15. Freedom (live) (George Michael)

16. I Need You (live) (Paul Carrack)

17. The Callbacks’ Rap

18. The Letter (Joe Cocker)

19. Old Man