Let's Face the Music and Dance, Centenary Issue

Fred Astaire | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (May 24, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000001HHN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Berlin, Gershwin, Kern (et al) as interpreted by Frederick Austerlitz, July 21, 2009

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This review is from: Let's Face the Music and Dance, Centenary Issue (Audio CD)

A two-page essay within ASV's LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE is primarily an admiration of the Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire film canon. The CD itself is sectioned by composer. AAD transfers of motion picture soundtracks are generally decent. Some reveal a bit of background noise or faint whooshing. Edit fade-ins or outs are rare. Light filtering is used but not on most tracks.


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PROGRAM--

IRVING BERLIN
[2:28] Let's Face the Music and Dance
[2:49] I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
[3:20] Cheek to Cheek
[2:35] No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
[2:34] Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
[3:01] I Used to Be Color Blind
[2:40] The Yam
[3:08] Change Partners
GEORGE GERSHWIN
[2:47] They All Laughed
[2:51] A Foggy Day
[2:44] Nice Work If You Can Get It
[3:06] They Can't Take That Away from Me
[3:12] Things Are Looking Up
[3:12] Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
[2:34] Shall We Dance?
[2:25] I Can't Be Bothered Now
[2:56] Slap That Bass
[2:52] (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
JEROME KERN
[3:07] The Way You Look Tonight
[2:58] Pick Yourself Up
[3:13] Never Gonna Dance
[2:50] A Fine Romance
[2:36] Dearly Beloved
[2:43] You Were Never Lovelier
[2:25] I'm Old Fashioned
BERNARD HANIGHEN
[2:39] Poor Mr. Chisholm
COLE PORTER
[2:56] Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 77:52