The Astaire Story

[2] Some later LP and CD re-issues add two versions of Oscar Peterson's instrumental "The Astaire Blues."

Ray Brown lost his bracelet, Alvin Stoller's was stolen, but Peterson wore his for the rest of his life.

[5] In addition to the limited-edition boxed set, each of the four LPs was released individually, and the tracks were also issued on nine EPs.

Verve has also released several single-disc compilations of selected tracks from this 1952 session – Mr. Top Hat; The Irving Berlin Songbook; Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings.

In the EU, after the original recording's performers'/producers' rights expired, additional European releases appeared under different names, e.g. Jazz Time (Proper) 2003; Oscar Peterson and Fred Astaire: Complete Norman Granz Sessions (Jazz Factory) 2005.