A1 | Fred Astaire | Isn't This A Lovely Day | Irving Berlin | Rate |
A2 | Fred Astaire | Puttin' On The Ritz | Irving Berlin | Rate |
A3 | Fred Astaire | I Used To Be Color Blind | Irving Berlin | Rate |
A4 | Fred Astaire | The Continental | Con Conrad, Herb Magidson | Rate |
A5 | Fred Astaire | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
A6 | Fred Astaire | Change Partners | Irving Berlin | Rate |
B1 | Fred Astaire | 'S Wonderful | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
B2 | Fred Astaire | Lovely To Look At | Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | Rate |
B3 | Fred Astaire | They All Laughed | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
B4 | Fred Astaire | Cheek To Cheek | Irving Berlin | Rate |
B5 | Fred Astaire | Steppin' Out With My Baby | Irving Berlin | Rate |
B6 | Fred Astaire | The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Ker, Dorothy Fields | Rate |
B7 | Fred Astaire | I've Got My Eyes On You | Cole Porter | Rate |
C1 | Fred Astaire | Dancing In The Dark | Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | Rate |
C2 | Fred Astaire | The Carioca | Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn | Rate |
C3 | Fred Astaire | Nice Work If You Can Get It | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
C4 | Fred Astaire | New Sun In The Sky | Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | Rate |
C5 | Fred Astaire | I Won't Dance | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach | Rate |
C6 | Fred Astaire | (Ad Lib) Fast Dances (Instrumental) | | Rate |
C7 | Fred Astaire | Top Hat, White Tie And Tails | Irving Berlin | Rate |
D1 | Fred Astaire | No Strings | Irving Berlin | Rate |
D2 | Fred Astaire | I Concentrate On You | Cole Porter | Rate |
D3 | Fred Astaire | I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket | Irving Berlin | Rate |
D4 | Fred Astaire | (This Is) A Fine Romance | Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields | Rate |
D5 | Fred Astaire | Night And Day | Cole Porter | Rate |
D6 | Fred Astaire | Fascinating Rhythm | Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin | Rate |
D7 | Fred Astaire | I Love Louisa | Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | Rate |
D8 | Fred Astaire | (Ad Lib) Slow Dances (Instrumental) | | Rate |
D9 | Fred Astaire | (Ad Lib) Medium Dances (Instrumental) | | Rate |
E1 | Fred Astaire | They Can't Take That Away From Me | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
E2 | Fred Astaire | You're Easy To Dance With | Irving Berlin | Rate |
E3 | Fred Astaire | A Needle In A Haystack | Con Conrad, Herb Magidson | Rate |
E4 | Fred Astaire | So Near And Yet So Far | Cole Porter | Rate |
E5 | Fred Astaire | A Foggy Day | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
E6 | Fred Astaire | Oh! Lady Be Good | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Rate |
E7 | Fred Astaire | I'm Building Up To An Awful Let-Down | Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer | Rate |
E8 | Fred Astaire | Not My Girl | Fred Astaire, Van Phillips, Desmond Carter | Rate |
F1 | Fred Astaire | Jam Session For A Dancer (Instrumental) | | Rate |
F2 | Fred Astaire | The Astaire Blues (Instrumental) [take 1] | | Rate |
F3 | Fred Astaire | The Second Astaire Blues (Instrumental) [take 2] | | Rate |
With Oscar Peterson, p/celeste; Barney Kessel, g; Charlie Shavers, tp; Flip Phillips, ts; Ray Brown, b; Alvin Stoller, d.
Recorded and mixed at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, December 1952.
Original production supervised by Norman Granz.
Sound restoration: Art Shifrin.
Cover drawing: David Stone Martin.
Produced for this series by Hugh Fordin.
Including illustrated 16 page booklet.
Liner notes: Fred Astaire, Norman Granz.
Photos: Gjon Mili, Paul Nodler.