Tracklist
| Disc One "FASCINATING RHYTHM" The early sessions - 1923 to 1933 | |||
| 1-1 | The Whichness Of The Whatness | 2:52 | |
| 1-2 | Oh, Gee! Oh, Gosh! | 3:05 | |
| 1-3 | Hang On To Me | 2:50 | |
| 1-4 | Fascinating Rhythm | 2:26 | |
| 1-5 | The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues | 2:51 | |
| 1-6 | I'd Rather Charleston | 2:55 | |
| 1-7 | Swiss Miss | 2:52 | |
| 1-8 | Funny Face | 3:04 | |
| 1-9 | The Babbit And The Bromide | 3:05 | |
| 1-10 | High Hat | 2:33 | |
| 1-11 | My One And Only | 3:00 | |
| 1-12 | Not My Girl | 2:26 | |
| 1-13 | Louisiana | 2:52 | |
| 1-14 | Puttin' On The Ritz | 2:34 | |
| 1-15 | Crazy Feet | 2:52 | |
| 1-16 | After You, Who? | 3:15 | |
| 1-17 | Night And Day | 3:12 | |
| 1-18 | Flying Down To Rio | 2:45 | |
| 1-19 | Music Makes Me | 2:28 | |
| Disc Two "TOP HAT, WHITE TIE AND TAILS" London Revisited - '70s style | |||
| 2-1 | Top Hat, White Tie And Tails | 2:34 | |
| 2-2 | A Fine Romance | 2:33 | |
| 2-3 | You Worry Me | 2:39 | |
| 2-4 | A Foggy Day | 3:28 | |
| 2-5 | City Of The Angels | 3:21 | |
| 2-6 | My Eyes Adored You | 3:20 | |
| 2-7 | Dance In The Old Fashioned Way | 3:47 | |
| 2-8 | Isn't This A Lovely Day | 3:23 | |
| 2-9 | I'm Building Up To An Awful Let Down | 3:17 | |
| 2-10 | The Wailing Of The Willow | 3:13 | |
| 2-11 | Easy To Remember | 3:10 | |
| 2-12 | Not My Girl | 2:33 | |
| 2-13 | I Love Everybody But You | 3:24 | |
| 2-14 | One For My Baby | 3:33 | |
| 2-15 | That Face | 2:45 | |
| 2-16 | Something's Gotta Give | 3:51 | |
| 2-17 | I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man | 3:03 | |
| 2-18 | Night And Day | 3:00 | |
| 2-19 | They All Laughed | 2:31 | |
| Disc Three "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" Something Old, Something New and a Re-union with an Old Friend | |||
| 3-1 | Cheek To Cheek | 3:45 | |
| 3-2 | Life Is Beautiful | 3:14 | |
| 3-3 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | 3:29 | |
| 3-4 | Attitude Dancing | 3:50 | |
| 3-5 | Wonderful Baby | 1:59 | |
| 3-6 | Session Sound Bites - Part One | 1:44 | |
| 3-7 | A Couple Of Song And Dance Men | 2:56 | |
| 3-8 | Top Billing | 3:18 | |
| 3-9 | Roxie | 2:51 | |
| 3-10 | Spring, Spring, Spring | 4:03 | |
| 3-11 | How Lucky Can You Get | 4:22 | |
| 3-12 | Mr. Keyboard Man | 2:49 | |
| 3-13 | In The Cool, Cool Cool Of The Evening | 3:26 | |
| 3-14 | I've A Shooting Box In Scotland | 3:24 | |
| 3-15 | Sing | 2:45 | |
| 3-16 | Pick Yourself Up | 5:07 | |
| 3-17 | Top Billing - Reprise | 1:49 | |
| 3-18 | Session Sound Bites- Part Two | 3:40 | |
| 3-19 | That's Entertainment | 2:39 |
Companies, etc.
- Marketed By – EMI
- Distributed By – EMI
- Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – CTS Studios
- Remixed At – Gemini Recording Studios
- Glass Mastered At – EMI Swindon
Credits
- Arranged By, Conductor – Pete Moore (tracks: 2-1:2-19, 3-1:3-19)
- Backing Vocals – The Johnny Evans Singers (tracks: 2-1:2-19, 3-1:3-19)
- Coordinator [Re-Issue] – Steve Woof
- Cover [Front] – Superstock
- Design [Booklet], Layout [Booklet] – Chris Herbert (4)
- Engineer – Richard Lewzey* (tracks: 2-1:3-19)
- Engineer [Analogue To Digital Re-mixes] – Pat Grueber (2)
- Mastered By, Remastered By [Audio Restauration] – Peter J. Reynolds Mastering*
- Producer – Ken Barnes
- Research [Dicographical] – Laurence Zwisohn
- Written By – Razaf* (tracks: 1-13), J. Raposo* (tracks: 3-15)
- Written-By – A. Astaire* (tracks: 2-13), Kasha* (tracks: 2-7), Bergman* (tracks: 2-15), Gottier* (tracks: 1-15), A. Schwartz* (tracks: 3-19), Crewe* (tracks: 2-6), Schafer* (tracks: 1-13), Simon* (tracks: 3-4), Aznavour* (tracks: 2-7), Cole Porter (tracks: 1-16, 1-17, 2-18), C. Porter* (tracks: 3-14), Conrad* (tracks: 1-15), D. Carter* (tracks: 1-12, 2-12), Don McLean (tracks: 3-5), Fields* (tracks: 2-2, 3-16), Eliscu* (tracks: 1-18, 1-19), F. Astaire* (tracks: 1-12, 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13, 3-2), G. De Paul* (tracks: 3-10), G. & I. Gershwin* (tracks: 1-3:1-11, 2-4, 2-19, 3-3), Garverntz* (tracks: 2-7), Kahn* (tracks: 1-18, 1-19), H. Arlen* (tracks: 2-14), H. Nilsson* (tracks: 2-10), H. Warren* (tracks: 2-17), H. Carmichael* (tracks: 3-13), H. Dietz* (tracks: 3-19), Freebairn-Smith* (tracks: 2-10), Irving Berlin (tracks: 1-14, 2-1, 2-8. 3-1, 3-7), Johnson* (tracks: 1-13), Brockman* (tracks: 3-4), Kern* (tracks: 2-2, 3-16), Hirschhorn* (tracks: 2-7), Johnny Mercer (tracks: 2-16), J. Mercer* (tracks: 2-9, 2-14, 2-17, 3-10, 3-13), E. Kander* (tracks: 3-9, 3-11), K. Barnes* (tracks: 3-8, 3-12, 3-17), Nolan* (tracks: 2-6), Spence* (tracks: 2-15), Hart* (tracks: 2-11), Lanin* (tracks: 1-1,1-2), P. Moore* (tracks: 3-8, 3-12, 3-17), Rodgers* (tracks: 2-11), Mitchell* (tracks: 1-15), T.L Riggs* (tracks: 3-14), T. Wolf* (tracks: 2-5), Youmans* (tracks: 1-18, 1-19), Daly* (tracks: 1-1,1-2)
Notes
Comes with a 20 page booklet with recording information and liner notes.
Disc One (Mono) compiled from Original 78rpm pressings (EMI Archives)
Disc Two & Three (Stereo).
All booklet photographs supplied by kind permission of Ken Barnes, London Features & Redferns.
Disc One (Mono) compiled from Original 78rpm pressings (EMI Archives)
Disc Two & Three (Stereo).
All booklet photographs supplied by kind permission of Ken Barnes, London Features & Redferns.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 7 24352 00452 2
- Rights Society: Bel BIEM
- Label Code: 0542
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 520046 2 .1 EMI SWINDON
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 1-1-1-NL
- Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI L042
- Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 1501
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2): 520047 2 .2 EMI SWINDON
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2): 1-1-1-NL
- Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI L042
- Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 1502
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3): 520048 2 .1 EMI SWINDON
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3): 010102-NL
- Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI L042
- Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 1580
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