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09-08-2016, 05:41 PM
There has never been anything quite like the delicious musicals that Warner Bros. served up during the 1930s. To begin with, they served to take folks' minds off the Great Depression, and in themselves they are wonderful works of art. They are still loads of fun, and this two-disc set serves as a fitting reminder of the heights that the American movie musical once achieved.
The focal point of the pieces on here is that most of them originally received elaborate stagings by that master of dance direction, Busby Berkeley. Within the context of the films, most of them were intended as stage pieces, although there was no stage on earth capable of presenting these pieces. And the stagings are more than just empty-headed presentations on which the melodies can hang: we are confronted with the suffering of war veterans in "Remember My Forgotten Man," violence in "42nd Street" and sudden death in "Lullaby of Broadway."
We have here for the first time Ginger Rogers' outtake of "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (the song is alluded to in the opening moments of that film). We also get to hear Benny Goodman sing in a part of "Hooray for Hollywood" from Hollywood Hotel that was left on the cutting room floor. On the minus side, the producers chose to omit a bit of "Remember My Forgotten Man" because of the distortion in that section caused by the action onscreen.
TRACKS :
Disc 1:
1. Young and Healthy
2. Shuffle off to Buffalo
3. 42nd Street
4. We're in the Money (The Gold Diggers Song)
5. I've Got to Sing a Torch Song - (outtake)
6. Shadow Waltz
7. Remember My Forgotten Man
8. Honeymoon Hotel
9. By a Waterfall
10. Shanghai Lil
11. Don't Say Goodnight
Disc 2:
1. Spin a Little Web of Dreams
2. The Girl at the Ironing Board
3. I Only Have Eyes for You
4. Dames
5. The Words Are in My Heart
6. Lullaby of Broadway
7. The Lady in Red
8. All's Fair in Love and War
9. Hooray for Hollywood - (Extended Version)
PLAYTIME : 151 min.
DOWNLOAD (MP3 192kbps) : links dead
View full Cover Art HERE (
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Enjoy !
The focal point of the pieces on here is that most of them originally received elaborate stagings by that master of dance direction, Busby Berkeley. Within the context of the films, most of them were intended as stage pieces, although there was no stage on earth capable of presenting these pieces. And the stagings are more than just empty-headed presentations on which the melodies can hang: we are confronted with the suffering of war veterans in "Remember My Forgotten Man," violence in "42nd Street" and sudden death in "Lullaby of Broadway."
We have here for the first time Ginger Rogers' outtake of "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (the song is alluded to in the opening moments of that film). We also get to hear Benny Goodman sing in a part of "Hooray for Hollywood" from Hollywood Hotel that was left on the cutting room floor. On the minus side, the producers chose to omit a bit of "Remember My Forgotten Man" because of the distortion in that section caused by the action onscreen.
TRACKS :
Disc 1:
1. Young and Healthy
2. Shuffle off to Buffalo
3. 42nd Street
4. We're in the Money (The Gold Diggers Song)
5. I've Got to Sing a Torch Song - (outtake)
6. Shadow Waltz
7. Remember My Forgotten Man
8. Honeymoon Hotel
9. By a Waterfall
10. Shanghai Lil
11. Don't Say Goodnight
Disc 2:
1. Spin a Little Web of Dreams
2. The Girl at the Ironing Board
3. I Only Have Eyes for You
4. Dames
5. The Words Are in My Heart
6. Lullaby of Broadway
7. The Lady in Red
8. All's Fair in Love and War
9. Hooray for Hollywood - (Extended Version)
PLAYTIME : 151 min.
DOWNLOAD (MP3 192kbps) : links dead
View full Cover Art HERE (
) !Enjoy !
