UPC: 888837928120
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Nov 18, 2013
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It was a different era, a time when big movie musicals could break a song across the pop and publishing charts, and really, not that much different than what a video of a song gone viral does for an artist in the 21st century. This two-disc set collects 37 of Fred Astaire's big song performances for the RKO movie studios in the 1930s, including now classic songs from the likes of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, and others, plus rare alternate takes of a few numbers and a pair of bonus performances by Astaire's beloved dance and song partner Ginger Rogers. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Music Makes Me
2 - Flying Down to Rio
3 - Night and Day
4 - No Strings
5 - Isn't This a Lovely Day
6 - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
7 - Cheek to Cheek
8 - Piccolino
9 - We Saw the Sea
10 - Let Yourself Go
11 - I'd Rather Lead a Band
12 - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
13 - Let's Face the Music and Dance
14 - Pick Yourself Up
15 - Way You Look Tonight
16 - Fine Romance
17 - Bojangles of Harlem
18 - Never Gonna Dance
19 - Fine Romance [Alternate Take]
20 - Waltz in Swing Time [Alternate Take]
Disc 2:
1 - (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
2 - Slap That Bass
3 - They All Laughed
4 - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
5 - They Can't Take That Away from Me
6 - Shall We Dance
7 - I Can't Be Bothered Now
8 - Things Are Looking Up
9 - Foggy Day
10 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
11 - I Used to Be Color Blind
12 - Yam
13 - Change Partners
14 - They Can't Take That Away from Me [Alternate Take]
15 - Yam Steps [Explained by Fred Astaire]
16 - Yam
17 - I Used to Be Color Blind
1 - Music Makes Me
2 - Flying Down to Rio
3 - Night and Day
4 - No Strings
5 - Isn't This a Lovely Day
6 - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
7 - Cheek to Cheek
8 - Piccolino
9 - We Saw the Sea
10 - Let Yourself Go
11 - I'd Rather Lead a Band
12 - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
13 - Let's Face the Music and Dance
14 - Pick Yourself Up
15 - Way You Look Tonight
16 - Fine Romance
17 - Bojangles of Harlem
18 - Never Gonna Dance
19 - Fine Romance [Alternate Take]
20 - Waltz in Swing Time [Alternate Take]
Disc 2:
1 - (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
2 - Slap That Bass
3 - They All Laughed
4 - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
5 - They Can't Take That Away from Me
6 - Shall We Dance
7 - I Can't Be Bothered Now
8 - Things Are Looking Up
9 - Foggy Day
10 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
11 - I Used to Be Color Blind
12 - Yam
13 - Change Partners
14 - They Can't Take That Away from Me [Alternate Take]
15 - Yam Steps [Explained by Fred Astaire]
16 - Yam
17 - I Used to Be Color Blind