Various Artists - Destination Moon 50 Years: First Man On Moon (CD)

The 34 tracks, some of which are extremely hard to get, reflect the adventurous, sometimes almost naive approach to the theme of the moon landing, against the background of the competition between the USA and the USSR from the 1950s onwards! It contains interesting audio documents, like the announcement of US President John F. Kennedy in September 1962, as well as the famous words by astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969! Extremely rare recordings can be heard, like Rocket To The Moon by Johnny Kay from Belgium, or Glenn Willings' Race To Space! Also included are famous songs that take up the theme rather smilingly, such as Anita O'Day's Fly Me To The Moon, and The Rocket Man with the Russian melody from the Spotnicks! In addition there are some orchestral recordings that express the feeling of a flight to the moon, like the orchestra of Les Baxter with Lunar Rhapsody! The first man on the moon We have created our own compilation for the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing. And even if some conspiracy theorists doubt it, the theme is simply too beautiful, too exciting. Special songs from the preparation time for the moon landing during the Cold War, from the '50s to the early '60s, are meticulously compiled here. Moon-O-Rama Let this CD take you on a great journey into space and on to the moon! Rare songs and great hits combined, carefully remastered and of course there are liner notes to every single song, as well as many illustrations in the 28-page booklet!

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Dinah Washington - Destination Moon
2. John F. Kennedy - We Choose to Go to the Moon: September 12
3. Narvel Felts - Rocket Ride
4. Monte Meade - Cape Canaveral
5. Tommy Danton ; the Echoes - Rocket to the Moon
6. Lindsey Powers ; His Combo - Sky Rocket
7. Joe Bennet ; the Sparkletones - Rocket
8. Glenn Willings - Race to Space
9. Deacon ; the Rock 'N' Rollers - Rockin' on the Moon
10. Chuck Dallis - Moon Twist
11. Lynn Vernon - Moon Rocket
12. Chris Kenner - Rocket to the Moon
13. The Chaperones - Cruise to the Moon
14. Pat Reader - Cha Cha on the Moon
15. Chuck Daniels ; the Downbeats - Saturday Nite on the Moon
16. Ray Ellis ; His Orchestra and Chorus - the First Man Into Space
17. Eddie Hill - Monkey Business
18. Buck Griffin - First Man to Stand on the Moon
19. Sam Lazar Trio - Space Flight
20. Lenny Welch - Rocket to the Moon
21. The Spotnicks - the Rocket Man
22. Johnny Kay - Rocket to the Moon
23. Rusty Wellington - Rockin' Chair on the Moon
24. Jesse Stone - the Rocket
25. Jimmy Stewart - Rock on the Moon
26. Les Vogt - Moon Rocketin'
27. Kid Burbank - Madison Rocket
28. Neil Alan ; the Cosmos - Light My Rockets and Send You to the
29. Trade Martin - We'll Be Dancin' on the Moon
30. Jackie Lowell with Duane Diamond ; the Astronauts - Rocket Ship
31. Bob Roubian - Rocket to the Moon
32. Les Baxter - Lunar Rhapsody
33. Neil Armstrong - 'One Smal Step'
34. Anita O'Day ; the Three Sounds - in Other Words (Fly Me to the