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Jack Haley, Sr / Beatrice Lillie - Inside U.S.A. / The Band Wagon Soundtrack CD
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In Europe, copyrights on recordings expire after 50 years, which allows record labels to press up their own unlicensed versions of vintage material, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. (Although nominally not available in the U.S., where copyrights last longer, such recordings usually are not difficult for Americans to obtain.) Here's a case of the copyright limit producing a valuable release. Britain's Sepia Records specializes in show music, and this album compiles tracks from numerous recordings of music written by composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist Howard Dietz from a period of more than 20 years, much of it long out of print. The team's 1948 musical revue Inside U.S.A. was commemorated with a 78 rpm album released by RCA Victor Records featuring the show's principals, Beatrice Lillie and Jack Haley, as well as performances by non-cast member Billy Williams and Perry Como's hit recording of "Haunted Heart." This album was never reissued in the LP era, and the eight tracks surface here for the first time in more than half a century. But that's only the beginning. Pearl Bailey and Buddy Clark cut a 10" LP of the show's songs for Columbia Records, and its six tracks are also included. Schwartz and Dietz's 1931 revue The Band Wagon led to some RCA recordings featuring its stars, Fred and Adele Astaire, including a 12" 78 containing two medleys and an experimental 33-1/3 rpm record (17 years before the LP was introduced formally), and those tracks are here, too. In 1953, MGM released a movie adaptation of The Band Wagon starring Fred Astaire and featuring interpolations from other Schwartz-Dietz shows as well as the newly written "That's Entertainment." An MGM Records soundtrack LP appeared, and a few of those songs are included. The arrival of the film inspired RCA to record a studio cast album (also including songs from Schwartz and Dietz's The Little Show revues) featuring George Britton, Harold Lang, and Edith Adams, and four tracks come from that. The result is a 25-track, 78-minute Schwartz-Dietz compilation of rarities that should delight collectors of show music. ~ William Ruhlmann
Lyricists: Howard Dietz; Arthur Schwartz.
Personnel: Beatrice Lillie (vocals); Jack Haley, Sr. (vocals); Fred Astaire (vocals, accordion); India Adams, Billy Williams & Choir, Harold Lang, Howard Dietz, Jack Buchanan, Adele Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Pearl Bailey, Perry Como, Edith Adams, George Britton (vocals); Arthur Schwartz (piano).
Audio Remasterer: L.K. Lee.
Liner Note Author: Rexton S. Bunnett.
Recording information: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY.
Inside U.S.A. / The Band Wagon Soundtrack Music
Jack Haley, Sr / Beatrice Lillie - Inside U.S.A. / The Band Wagon Soundtrack Songs
| 1 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Inside U.S.A. | | | |
| 2 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Come, Oh Come | | | |
| 3 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Blue Grass | | | |
| 4 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Rhode Island is famous for you | | | |
| 5 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Haunted Heart | | | |
| 6 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: First Prize At The Fair | | | |
| 7 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: At The Mardi Gras | | | |
| 8 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: My Gal Is Mine Once More | | | |
| 9 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Atlanta | | | |
| 10 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Protect Me | | | |
| 11 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Rhode Island is famous for you | | | |
| 12 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: Haunted Heart | | | |
| 13 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: First Prize At The Fair | | | |
| 14 | Inside U.S.A., musical play: My Gal Is Mine Once More | | | |
| 15 | Band Wagon, musical: Overture / Sweet Music / High And Low | | | |
| 16 | Band Wagon, musical: Hoops / Confession / New Sun In The Sky / I Love Louisa | | | |
| 17 | Band Wagon, musical: Ballet Music / Beggar's Waltz | | | |
| 18 | Band Wagon, musical: White Heat / Dancing In The Dark | | | |
| 19 | Band Wagon, musical: Dancing in the Dark | | | |
| 20 | Band Wagon, musical: High and Low | | | |
| 21 | Band Wagon, musical: I Love Louisa | | | |
| 22 | Band Wagon, musical: New Sun In The Sky | | | |
| 23 | Band Wagon, film score: That's Entertainment | | | |
| 24 | Band Wagon, film score: Triplets | | | |
| 25 | Band Wagon, film score: Louisiana Hayride | | | |
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