Annotation
Four LP deluxe box set, limited edition of 1,384 copies, each hand-signed by Astaire and the artist David Stone Martin
Annotation last modified on 2019-05-08 16:39 UTC.
Tracklist
| |12" Vinyl 1 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
A1 | Isn’t This a Lovely Day
| 4:26 | |
A2 | Puttin’ On the Ritz
| 2:51 | |
A3 | I Used to Be Color Blind
| 4:14 | |
A4 | The Continental
| 3:28 | |
B1 | Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
| 4:36 | |
B2 | Change Partners
| 3:13 | |
B3 | ’s Wonderful
| 2:56 | |
B4 | Lovely to Look At
| 3:26 | |
B5 | They All Laughed
| 2:55 |
12" Vinyl 3 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
E1 | Top Hat, White Tie and Tales
| 4:00 | |
E2 | No Strings
| 2:54 | |
E3 | I Concentrate on You
| 2:43 | |
E4 | I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
| 2:54 | |
E5 | (This Is) A Fine Romance
| 3:43 | |
F1 | Night and Day
| 5:22 | |
F2 | Fascinating Rhythm
| 2:41 | |
F3 | I Love Louisa
| 2:40 | |
F4 | Slow Dances (Ad Lib)
| 2:55 | |
F5 | Medium Dances (Ad Lib)
| 2:01 |
12" Vinyl 4 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
G1 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me
| 4:22 | |
G2 | You’re Easy To (Dance With)
| 3:22 | |
G3 | A Needle in a Haystack
| 2:22 | |
G4 | So Near and Yet So Far
| 3:18 | |
G5 | A Foggy Day
| 4:00 | |
H1 | Oh, Lady Be Good
| 5:01 | |
H2 | I’m Building Up to an Awful Letdown
| 3:59 | |
H3 | Not My Girl
| 3:37 | |
H4 | Jam Session for a Dancer
| 6:34 |
Credits
Release
celesta and piano: | Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) |
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double bass: | Ray Brown (jazz bassist) |
drums (drum set): | Alvin Stoller |
guitar: | Barney Kessel |
tap dance: | Fred Astaire |
tenor saxophone: | Flip Phillips |
trumpet: | Charlie Shavers |
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/11868334 [info] |
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Release group
Wikipedia: | en: The Astaire Story [info] |
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Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000202081 [info] |
Wikidata: | Q7714739 [info] |