Drifting and Dreaming (album)


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.

Track listing

Original release

These songs were featured on a four-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-578.
Disc 1 :
A. "Drifting and Dreaming"
B. "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
Disc 2 :
A. "Where the Blue of the Night
B. "The Waltz You Saved for Me"
Disc 3 :
A. "When You're a Long, Long Way from Home"
B. "When I Lost You"
Disc 4 :
A. "I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland"
B. "The Singing Sands of Alamosa"

Other releases

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

Track listing of 12" LP

Recording dates follow song titles.