Track Listing

1. Main Title
2. Happy Easter
3. Drum Crazy
4. It Only Happens When I Dance With You
5. Happy Easter (Reprise #1)
6. Everybody's Doin' It Now
7. I Want to Go Back to Michigan
8. Happy Easter (Reprise #2)
9. Making Faces
10. Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes
11. This Is the Life (Dog Act)
12. Along Came Ruth
13. Call Me up Some Rainy Afternoon
14. Fella With an Umbrella
15. I Love a Piano
16. Snookey Ookums
17. Ragtime Violin
18. When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'
19. Mixed Greens
20. That International Rag (Fanfare and Montag-Ziegfield Follies)
21. Shaking the Blues Away
22. It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Reprise)
23. Fanfare and Montage-Globe Theatre
24. Steppin' Out With My Baby
25. Mr. Monotony
26. Couple of Swells
27. Roof Garden (Drum Crazy Reprise)
28. Girl on the Magazine Cover
29. New Amsterdam Roof (It Only Happens When I Dance With You Reprise)
30. Better Luck Next Time
31. Easter Parade (End Title)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89410 in Music
• Released on: 1995-05-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

The great American musical
Reservations about the recording quality are inevitable, and of course when Astaire was involved the songs are always better when you can watch him dance and hear his tapping, but that said, there is no greater American musical in my opinion than this one. The title song, simple as it is, is so evocative of New York and the 40s and the hope of a new season that I almost cry every time I hear it. To me, it is the best song Berlin ever wrote and one of the very few best American songs ever written. The rest of the disc is one great number after another, with Judy Garland in top form and Fred Astaire constantly revealing that it is phrasing and timing more than a great voice that make a great singer, which he undoubtedly is. Indispensible music.

Perfect for any season
This is one of the first MGM films to receive the full soundtrack treatment from Turner/Rhino. All of the songs and underscoring are included, plus two outtakes and an extended version of one track. The results are wonderful and with the exception of a couple of tracks the sound is very good. Unfortunately the original multi-miked recordings did not survive, resulting in the inablility to mix the music to true stereo as has been done with so many of the subsequent MGM soundtrack releases. The only surviving recordings are the monaural mix down tracks of the orchestral parts and a separate vocal track. Fortunately these tracks do not include the dialogue, tapping, and foley of the final film soundtrack elements. There is a noticable lack of fidelity on "A Couple of Swells" due to the fact that a recording disc was all that survived. No version of "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" could be found, so the version heard here is straight from the film soundtrack and includes the applause at the end of the song. No dialogue or other distractions were used in the sequence, thank goodness, so the result is fine. "Mr. Monotony" and the extended "Better Luck Next Time" will thrill the Garland fans out there.

A Wonderful Treat for Astaire/Garland Fans
Easter Parade, one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) musical ever produced, has it all! The wonderful songs of the inimitable Irving Berlin and of course, the classic performances of its stars, the great Fred Astaire and the enchanting Judy Garland. The music continues to thrill and entertain audiences decades later. The songs are as fresh as when the film made its debut. Everyone knows that Fred Astaire is synonymous with dance, but this was the first time I had the opportunity to actually really listen to his singing, and I was impressed. You'll enjoy this soundtrack.