Drifting and Dreaming (album)

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Drifting and Dreaming
Compilation album by
Bing Crosby
Released1947 (original 78rpm album)
1949 (original LP album)
1950 (original 45rpm album)
1956 (re-release LP album)
Recorded1940, 1942, 1945, 1947
GenrePopular
Length24:18 (original release)
35:41 (re-release)
LabelDecca
Bing Crosby chronology
The Man Without a Country
(1947) 		Drifting and Dreaming
(1947) 		Blue of the Night
(1948)

Drifting and Dreaming is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby with a South Sea Islands flavour. It is one of less than 10 Bing Crosby albums to be featured on all three speeds (LP, 45 rpm and 78 rpm).

Track listing[edit]

Original release[edit]

These songs were featured on a four-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-578.

Disc 1 (25185):
A. "Drifting and Dreaming"
B. "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
Disc 2 (25186):
A. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
B. "The Waltz You Saved for Me"
Disc 3 (25187):
A. "When You're a Long, Long Way from Home"
B. "When I Lost You"
Disc 4 (25188):
A. "I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland"
B. "The Singing Sands of Alamosa"

Other releases[edit]

The album was also issued as a 10" vinyl LP in 1949 with the catalogue number DL 5119.

In 1950, the album was issued as a set of four 7" vinyl 45rpm discs (catalogue No. 9-113).

A further LP release took place in 1956 when a 12" album was released with the title "Drifting and Dreaming" (DL 8268). This took the original eight sides and added four more.

Track listing of 12" LP[edit]

Recording dates follow song titles.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Performed withLength
1."Drifting and Dreaming" (February 13, 1947)Haven Gillespie, Loyal Curtis, Edwin R Schmidt, Egbert van AlstyneLes Paul and his Trio2:57
2."It's Been a Long, Long Time" (July 12, 1945)Jule Styne, Sammy CahnLes Paul and his Trio2:54
3."Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (July 20, 1940)Roy Turk, Fred E Ahlert, Bing CrosbyThe Paradise Island Trio2:59
4."The Waltz You Saved for Me" (July 20, 1940)Wayne King, Emil Flindt, Gus KahnThe Paradise Island Trio3:16
5."When You're a Long, Long Way from Home" (July 20, 1940)George W. Meyer, Sam M. LewisThe Paradise Island Trio3:08
6."When I Lost You" (July 20, 1940)Irving BerlinThe Paradise Island Trio3:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Performed withLength
1."Beyond the Reef" (September 5, 1950)Jack PitmanLyn Murray and His Orchestra2:54
2."Here Ends the Rainbow (I Found My Love)" (February 9, 1951)Charles E. King, Johnny BurkeBetty Mullin and Lyn Murray and His Orchestra2:51
3."Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" (September 11, 1937)Percy Wenrich, Harry TobiasLani McIntire and His Hawaiians2:44
4."My Isle of Golden Dreams" (June 13, 1939)Walter Blaufuss, Gus KahnDick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians2:54
5."The Singing Sands of Alamosa" (January 19, 1942)Bert Reisfeld, Kim GannonDick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians3:08
6."I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland" (January 19, 1942)Charles F. Harrison, Jack Sadler, Florence CharlesworthDick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians2:47

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