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Arthur Schwartz, Russ Case & His Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres
Inside U.S.A. / The Band Wagon
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Inside U.S.A.
2. Come, Oh Come
3. Blue Grass
4. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
5. Haunted Heart
6. First Prize At The Fair
7. At The Mardi Gras
8. My Gal Is Mine Once More
9. Atlanta
10. Protect Me
11. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
12. Haunted Heart
13. First Prize At The Fair
14. My Gal Is Mine Once More
15. The Overture / Sweet Music / High And Low
16. The Hoops / Confession / New Sun In The Sky / I Love Lo
17. The Ballet Music / Beggar's Waltz
18. The White Heat / Dancing In The Dark
19. The Dancing In The Dark
20. The High And Low
21. The I Love Louisa
22. The New Sun In The Sky
23. The That's Entertainment
24. The Triplets
25. The Louisiana Hayride

Features songs from two hit Broadway shows by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz starring Fred Astaire, Perry Como and more. Inside U.S.A. was recorded before the show was fully cast in order to beat the 1948 ASCAP strike, w... more »

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All Artists: Arthur Schwartz, Russ Case & His Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres, Russ Chase, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch, Russ Case and His Orchestra, Irving Miller Orchestra, Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, MGM Studio Symphony Orchestra, Beatrice Lillie, Buddy Clark, Perry Como, Billy Williams, Pearl Bailey, Sr. Jack Haley, Adele Astaire
Title: Inside U.S.A. / The Band Wagon
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sepia Recordings
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 9/12/2005
Album Type: Cast Recording, Import
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5055122110569

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Great material on both scores

John Ellis | New York, NY United States | 09/15/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Inside U.S.A." was a huge hit revue with the unique Bea Lillie, Jack Haley of "The Wizard of Oz" and such future names as Carl Reiner (not on the recordings). "Atlanta" was apparently cut as it doesn't appear in any programs of the show, and it is revue material with topical references so younger Broadway fans may wonder what the hell Bea is singing about (Atlanta was known for it's federal prison, imagine her in a neat striped suit and matching pillbox hat with a ball and chain to twirl), but her spirit was perhaps as well captured on these tracks as it ever was in a studio recording. "The Bandwagon" is also wonderful, Fred Astaire at his stage height just before he went Hollywood (with his sister Adele, a bigger star then), and a pioneer recording that was LP length before that existed. All the material by Dietz and Schwartz in it is classic and showed up in the very different film 25 years later. But these recordings may be better, and the sound is brilliant for the time. So, a bargain and let's hope the trove of theater recordings continues to be mined - how about all the Decca recordings of Bea, including the unreleased 60s recordings as well as the two lps from her legendary "Evening with Beatrice Lillie"? (See the Joyce Grenfell "Requests" recent CD for a handfull of the Decca material, beautifully remastered as bonus cuts)."