Racing With the Moon

Racing With the Moon

ASIN: B00006RYIK

Track Listings

1. Racing With The Moon

2. Shadrack

3. As Long As She Needs Me

4. The Happy Trumpeter

5. Don't Go To Strangers

6. Mr. Sandman

7. How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You?)

8. Destiny's Darling

9. From This Moment On

10. Harbor Lights

11. I Left My Heart In San Francisco

12. Speak Low

13. Red Sails In The Sunset

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Possessor of one of the deepest, richest baritones in all of popular music, Vaughn Monroe also possesses some of the most loyal fans of any artist of his era, and for them we've assembled this little melodic morsel—13 tracks featuring Vaughn on valve trompone and on vocals both solo and with the Moon Maids! Includes "Racing with the Moon," "Shadrack," "As Long As She Needs Me," "The Happy Trumpeter," "Don't Go to Strangers," "Mr. Sandman," "How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You?)," "Destiny's Darling," "From This Moment On," "Harbor Lights," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "Speak Low" and "Red Sails in the Sunset." A Collectors' Choice Music exclusive!

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Average customer rating: Racing with the moon/Vaughn Monroe Vaughn Monroe still great!! Racing With the Moon Still Racing With the Moon

Racing with the Moon Vaughn Monroe Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Vaughn Monroe The Ultimate Collection I'm Yours Moonlight in Vermont There I Sing, Swing It Again ASIN: B00004U9MX Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. Racing With The Moon
2. There I Go
3. The Donkey Serenade
4. So You're The One
5. The Last Time I Saw Paris
6. Tangerine
7. My Devotion
8. When The Lights Go On Again
9. Let's Get Lost
10. The Trolley Song
11. The Very Thought Of You
12. There, I've Said It Again!
13. Rum And Coca-Cola
14. Cool Water
15. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
16. Seems Like Old Times
17. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
18. You Do
19. Ballerina
20. Someday You'll Want Me To Want You
21. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
22. Riders In The Sky
23. That Lucky Old Sun
24. Bamboo
25. Mule Train

Customer Reviews:

Racing with the moon/Vaughn Monroe.......2006-07-23

Vaughn Monroe still great!!.......2006-02-25

Racing With the Moon.......2005-08-27

Still Racing With the Moon.......2001-07-25

That said, we now have not one, but two CDs bearing the title, "Racing With the Moon" which anyone whose past 45, knows as the theme song of Vaughn Monroe. That other release, which I have previously reviewed, focuses more on the live broadcasts from the Camel Caravan radio show which Monroe headed up on Saturday nights, first over CBS and later, NBC.

This CD features strictly RCA Victor releases and includes most of the top hits of Vaughn as well as a number that reached the top five of the charts. Let's look at a few:

"Seems Like Old Times" is usually associated with Guy Lombardo but I think, and I admit a bias, this version which includes the chorous is better than Lombardo's."Rum and Coca Cola" is also a lively rendition of the song made popular by the Andrews Sisters who had a superior recording. What is interesting about "Rum" however, is that it was issued to "cover" the Andrews version but when it was turned over to the "B" side, it featured the All-Time Favorite, "There I've Said it Again"!

I especially liked the old Betty Hutton song, "I wish I din't Love You So" which is again sung with the chorous and made it to #4 on the Hit Parade. "Bamboo", a mild hit from the early 1950s displays Vaughn's vocal talents and "Mule Train" which Frankie Laine made famous was sung by Monroe in his Western, "Singing Guns"

A comment on the content. I applaud the producers of this CD for including only Vaughn Monroe on the vocals. Too many of the other CD's issued under Monroe's name in these listings give too much emphasis to novelty songs by Ziggy Talent, a girl vocalist, and several instrumentals. It occurs to me that people who buy Vaughn Monroe CD's want to hear Monroe and not other artists who otherwise would remain undistinguished.

My other gripe about this CD as well as others, is the tendency to repeat songs that appear on all of the other issues - "Racing", "There I Go", "My Devotion" "Someday" etc. Besides not having two CDs with the same name, why not also issue future CDs which include tunes that are not on any of the current plethora. I would be happy to supply the titles. As of now, serious collectors find themselves buying CDs that might contain 18 songs but 12 of them are already in the collection. If you have no other CDs of Monroe this is a good buy because it does contain most of his major successes.

Average customer rating: Overtaking the Moon

Racing with the Moon Vaughn Monroe Manufacturer: Magic Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000042GQF Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

1. Introduction And Theme (Racing With The Moon)
2. It's A Good Day
3. Snowfall/My Melancholy Baby/Autumn Nocturne
4. You Can't See The Sun When You Are Crying
5. Moonlight On The Ganges
6. Donkey Serenade
7. Where Or When
8. All Through The Day
9. Closing Theme Racing With The Moon
10. Introduction And Theme Racing With The Moon
11. Haunted Heart
12. How High The Moon
13. How Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
14. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
15. Nature Boy
16. You Were Meant For Me
17. Racing With The Moon
18. If You Were Only Fooling (When I Was Falling In Love)
19. Buttons And Bows
20. Harlem Nocturne
21. Health Wealth And Love
22. There I Go
23. There'll Be Some Changes Made
24. Tune Town Shuffle
25. Tom Thumb
26. Red Roses For A Blue Lady
27. Ballerina
28. Racing WithThe Moon

Customer Reviews:

Overtaking the Moon.......2000-05-29

Its about time! It seems that every day more people are either discovering or re-discovering what a fine musical talent Vaughn Monroe was. In this CD, for some reason, a British quirk maybe, Vaughn's name is spelled V A U G H A N. Someone at the studio failed a quality control check!

Enough of that now into the music itself. There are a total of 28 tracks and a playing time of 72 minutes. Vaughn's theme, "Racing With the Moon" is in my opinion overplayed as it is used to open and close a number of the tracks. In every case, Monroe was in fine voice in all of the cases. In addition to some of his trade mark songs - "Red Roses", "Ballerina" and "There I Go", there are an number of sound tracks from the old Camel Caravan radio broacasts featuring Vaughn, the Moon Men and Moon Maids doing a number of the song hits of the time including "Buttons and Bows" and a very fine rendition of "Where or When", the old Rogers and Hart chestnut.

This CD also has contributions by guests such as Claude Thronhill and Ginny Powell and a fine instrumental by the band on "Harlem Nocturne".

CD producers - US or UK or anywhere, please give us more Monroe especially the tracks from the popular Camel Caravan years!

Average customer rating:

VAUGHAN MONROE / A MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION BY AMERICA'S BEST / FOR OUR ARMED FORCES OVERSEAS / 17 SONGS: THERE I GO, THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE, I WALKED IN, TIME ALONE WILL TELL, GOING MY WAY, EVELINA, LET IT SNOW - LET IT SNOW - LET IT SNOW, PAGLACCI-VESTILA GIUBBA, LILI MARJENE, THE CORPORAL TOLD THE PRIVATE, LET'S GET LOST, RACING WITH THE MOON, SOUTH SIDE, I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, ON THE ROAD TO MANDALEY, THERE I SAID IT AGAIN ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MXE0J2

Product Description

Average customer rating:

Racing With the Moon Vaughn Monroe Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006RYIK Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

1. Racing With The Moon
2. Shadrack
3. As Long As She Needs Me
4. The Happy Trumpeter
5. Don't Go To Strangers
6. Mr. Sandman
7. How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You?)
8. Destiny's Darling
9. From This Moment On
10. Harbor Lights
11. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
12. Speak Low
13. Red Sails In The Sunset

Product Description

1. Racing With The Moon
2. Shadrack
3. As Long As She Needs Me
4. Happy Trumpeter, The
5. Don't Go With Strangers
6. Mr. Sandman
7. How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You?)
8. Destiny's Darling
9. From This Moment On
10. Harbor Lights
11. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
12. Speak Low
13. Red Sails In The Sunset


Format: CD

Average customer rating:

Racing With the Moon Vaughn Monroe Manufacturer: City Hall Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002B6BWS Release Date: 1999-12-14

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