THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY – Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers – Expanded MGM soundtrack

This is an extended remastering of the Harry Warren, George & Ira Gershwin sound track score from the 1949 MGM film, THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers’ final film together and their only one in colour. This version has all of the musical numbers in the film including the four featured on the original MGM 2 disc 78 album but in extended versions. There are two edits of "They Can’t Take That Away from Me"; track 6 is the version as mixed for the album with Fred Astaire’s vocal refrain but with extended dance music cut from the album, probably because it was too long to fit on a single 10 inch 78 side. Track 8 is the version as used in the film. The album was assembled from a combination of the MGM Records sound track album & acetate playback discs transferred by studio technicians to � inch audio tape in the 1950s.

Music from the Sound Track of the MGM Technicolor Musical
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
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Tracks:
1. Swing Trot [original extended version] (Chorus)
2. You’d be Hard to Replace (Fred Astaire)
3. Bouncin’ the Blues [original version] (Orchestra with taps by Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
4. My One and Only Highland Fling (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
5. A Weekend in the Country (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers & Oscar Levant)
6. Shoes with Wings On (Fred Astaire)
7. They Can’t Take That Away from Me (Fred Astaire)
8. Finale: Manhattan Downbeat & Swing Trot reprise (Fred Astaire & Chorus)
BONUS TRACKS:
9. SOURCE CUE: Khachaturian – Sabre Dance (Oscar Levant, piano)
10. SOURCE CUE: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 excerpt (Oscar Levant, piano)
11. Main Title – Swing Trot [abbreviated film version] (Chorus)
12. Bouncin’ the Blues [final film version] (Orchestra with taps by Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
13. They Can’t Take That Away from Me [film version] (Fred Astaire)

MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Lennie Hayton
Music by: Harry Warren (except "They Can’t Take That Away from Me" by George Gershwin)
Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
Orchestration: Conrad Salinger
Vocal Arrangements: Robert Tucker
MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Lennie Hayton

Sabre Dance anyone?
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Thanks a lot for sharing! MGM musical soundtracks are always a joy to listen to. 🙂

Thank you once again, Stevie.

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Excellent! Thank you very much!

Good to have a "complete" Barkleys at last! Many thanks.

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