Tracks: Selections From the MGM Film
1. A Shine On Your Shoes - Fred Astaire
2. By Myself - Fred Astaire
3. Dancing In The Dark - Orchestra
4. Triplets - Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray & Jack Buchanan
5. New Sun In The sky / I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan - India Adams / Fred Astaire & Jack Buchanan
6. Louisiana Hayride - Nanette Fabray
7. I Love Louisa - Fred Astaire
8. That's Entertainment - Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan & India Adams
9. The Girl Hunt Ballet - Fred Astaire
Excerpts from the original 1931 Broadway stage production
10. Overture - Orchestra
11. Introduction - Leo Reisman, Arthur Schwartz & Howard Dietz
12. Sweet Music (To Worry The Wolf Away) - Fred & Adele Astaire
13. High And Low - Orchestra
14. Hoops - Fred & Adele Astaire
15. Confession - Orchestra
16. New Sun In The Sky - Orchestra
17. I Love Louisa - Fred Astaire
18. Ballet Music - Orchestra
19. Beggars Waltz - Orchestra
20. White Heat - Fred Astaire
21. Dancing In The Dark - Orchestra
Tracks: 1. Main Title (New Sun In The Sky/I Love Louisa/High And Low) - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 2. By Myself - Fred Astaire 3. Penny Arcade (Shine On Your Shoes Intro) - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 4. A Shine On Your Shoes - Fred Astaire 5. Oedipus Bridge - Jack Buchanan 6. That's Entertainment! - Fred Astaire/Jack Buchanan/Nanette Fabray/Oscar Levant 7. Is It All A Dream (La Femme Rouge) - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 8. Sweet Music (Outtake) - Nanette Fabray/Oscar Levant 9. You Have Everything (Outtake) - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 10. Got A Bran' New Suit (Outtake) - Nanette Fabray/Fred Astaire/Oscar Levant 11. Sweet Music (Instrumental) - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 12. Medley: Carriage In The Park/High And Low - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 13. Dancing In The Dark - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra 14. Two-Faced Woman (Outtake) - India Adams/Oscar Levant 15. You And The Night And The Music - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus 16. The Egg - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus 17. Something To Remember You By - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus 18. I Love Louisa - Fred Astaire/Nanette Fabray/Oscar Levant & Company 19. New Sun In The Sky - India Adams & Chorus 20. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan - Fred Astaire/Jack Buchanan 21. Louisiana Hayride - Nanette Fabray 22. Triplets - Fred Astaire/Nanette Fabray/Jack Buchanan 23. The Girl Hunt Ballet - Fred Astaire 24. By Myself (Reprise) - Fred Astaire 25. For He's A Jolly Good Fellow - The M-G-M Studio Chorus 26. That's Entertainment! (Reprise Finale) - Fred Astaire/India Adams/Nanette Fabray/Jack Buchanan/Oscar Levant 27. Two-Faced Woman (Demo) - Roger Edens 28. That's Entertainment! (Demo) - Roger Edens/Richard Beavers
Tracks: 01. Title Music -- Orchestra
02. By Myself -- Fred Astaire
03. A Shine on Your Shoes -- Fred Astaire
04. Oedipus Rex (Cordova Conquers ...) -- Jack Buchanan & Greek Chorus
05. That's Entertainment -- Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant & Fred Astaire
06. At the Ballet (Beggar's Waltz) -- Orchestra
07. That's Entertainment (Reprise) -- Orchestra
08. Dancing in the Dark -- Orchestra
09. You And The Night And The Music -- Orchestra, Chorus & The Special Effects Team
10. Opening Night (Cordova Conquered ...) -- Orchestra & Chorus
11. I Love Louisa -- Fred Astaire with Oscar Levant & Chorus
12. A New Sun in the Sky -- India Adams & Chorus
13. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan -- Fred Astaire & Jack Buchanan
14. Louisiana Hayride -- Nanette Fabray & Chorus
15. Triplets -- Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire & Jack Buchanan
16. The Girl Hunt Ballet -- Narrated by Fred Astaire
17. That's Entertainment (Finale) -- Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Fred Astaire, India Adams & Chorus
Tracks: Side 1:
1. A Shine On Your Shoes
2. By Myself
3. Dancing In The Dark -- Instrumental
4. Triplets
5. New Sun In The Sky / I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
6. Louisiana Hayride
7. I Love Louisa
Side 2:
1. That's Entertainment
2. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 1
3. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 2
4. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 3
5. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 4
Tracks: Side 1:
1. A Shine On Your Shoes
2. By Myself
3. Dancing In The Dark -- Instrumental
4. Triplets
5. New Sun In The Sky / I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
6. Louisiana Hayride
7. I Love Louisa
Side 2:
1. That's Entertainment
2. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 1
3. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 2
4. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 3
5. The Girl Hunt Ballet Part 4
Tracks: THE BANDWAGON
1. That's Entertainment (Part One)
2. By Myself
3. Triplets
4. I Love Louisa
5. A New Sun in the Sky/I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
6. Dancing in teh Dark
7. A Shine on your Shoes
8. Louisiana Hayride
9. The Girl Hunt Ballet
10.That's Entertainment (conclusion)
KISS ME KATE:
1. Too Darn Hot
2. So In Love
3. Why Can't You Behave
4. Wunderbar
5. We Open In Venice
6. Tom, Dick Or Harry
7. I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua
8. I Hate Men
9. Were Thine That Special Face
10.Where Is The Life That Late I Led
11.Always True To You In My Fashion
12. Brush Up Your Shakespeare
13. From This Moment On
14. Kiss Me Kate
Notes: MGM Records originally planned this release as a 10" LP containing just the eight main songs (but not The Girl Hunt Ballet) and assigned the catalogue number E 207. The 10" version was never released (the catalogue number never used) and this was the label's first 12" LP movie soundtrack album.
Tracks: 1. A Shine on Your Shoes
2. By Myself
3. Dancing in the Dark
4. Triplets
5. A new Sun in the Sky / I guess I'll Have to Change my Plan
6. Louisiana Hayride
7. I Love Louisa
8. The Girl Hunt
9. That's Entertainment
Tracks: 1. A Shine On Your Shoes
2. By Myself
3. Dancing In The Dark
4. TRiplets
5. New Sun In The Sky - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
6. Louisiana Hayride
7. I Love Louisa
8. That's Entertainment
9. The Girl Hunt Ballet - Narrated by Fred Astaire.
Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48: Amazon.com Editoral Review:The Band Wagon (1953) marked the culmination of a series of near-autobiographical pictures Fred Astaire made for MGM following his return from premature retirement in the late '40s. Astaire plays Tony Hunter, a fading film star (his big hit: Flying Down to Panama) who decides to return to his former glory, the Broadway stage. (In 1931, Astaire had starred on Broadway with sister Adele in The Band Wagon, a revue that lent some of its songs to this film.) His playwright-songwriter friends (Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant) hook him up with Broadway's hottest director, Jeffrey Cordova (a nicely hammy Jack Buchanan), who proves that the "new" theater traditions can be an awkward fit with the old. Hunter also finds himself at odds with his prima ballerina leading lady (Cyd Charisse), one of his chief worries being that she seems a little tall. Along the way, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli, choreographer Michael Kidd, and songwriters Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz treat us to some quintessential MGM numbers: Astaire's solo ode "By Myself," the flashy arcade romp "A Shine on Your Shoes," Astaire and Charisse's romantic duet "Dancing in the Dark," the faux-German drinking song "I Love Louisa," the manic trio "Triplets" (with Astaire, Fabray, and Buchanan in matching baby outfits), the Mickey Spillane-esque "Girl Hunt Ballet," and the classic show-biz anthem "That's Entertainment." Even if its ending and obligatory romance fall a little flat, The Band Wagon is one of the classic backstage musicals, a grandiose MGM spectacle that also manages to poke some fun at how grandiose MGM pictures had become. --David Horiuchi
