Fred Astaire - Great Recordings From 1926-1941

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Music Review: My favorite CD of this year
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD has Astaire favorites from several of his RKO pictures (sans Ginger), songs recorded with Benny Goodman in the '40's, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin--too many great numbers to mention. Most amazingly, though, it has three songs recorded in the 1920's with his sister Adele; one from their vaudeville act and two from "Lady Be Good!" As an added bonus, George Gershwin is playing the accompanyment on the "Lady Be Good!" numbers! I was and still am in Astaire heaven and can listen to this CD every day. Fred taps on several numbers, by the way, which is an extra treat. I am almost appeased at not finding the Smithsonian recordings.

The recorded quality of the songs is not perfect--they are not digitally remastered--but there's a certain charm about this and a feeling of live performance that allows you to listen to the words and music and not the recording equipment. I love it.

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