Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Nearness Of You
2. Stardust
3. Let's Face The Music And Dance
4. Small Fry
5. Gone With The Wind
6. Rockin' Chair
7. I Cried For You
8. Cheek To Cheek
9. Memories Of You
10. Memphis In June
11. Love Walked In
12. I Should Care
13. One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else, The
14. I'm A Prisoner Of Love
15. How Little We Know
16. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
17. One Morning In May
18. Skylark
19. Cottage For Sale, A
20. My Kind Of Girl
21. Georgia On My Mind
22. I'm A Fool To Want You
23. Blue Orchids
24. Garden Of Eden
25. That Old Feeling
26. I Get Along With You Very Well
27. Something's Gotta Give
28. How Do You Do
29. As Long As I'm Singing
30. It's Alright With Me

Disc 2:

1. Born Free
2. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
3. Walk Away
4. And You Smiled
5. From Russia With Love
6. Yesterday
7. Born Free
8. We're Gonna Change The World
9. Maria
10. Softly As I Leave You
11. Born Free/Walk Away/Portrait Of My Love
12. Interview With Bob Langley
13. If I Never Sing Another Song
14. Crowther Monro And Black
15. Curiouser And Curiouser
16. Thanks To The Lord

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9866 in Music
• Released on: 2009-05-04
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

CD Description
This double disc set features an audio CD the bulk of which was recorded as a transcription tape in 1961 featuring the Ted Heath Orchestra. This tape was never broadcast in the UK and so this release see's these recordings coming to light for the very first time in this country.

The second part of this set is a DVD of some of Matt's finest BBC television performances. Firstly the inclusion of Matt's own television show Matt Sings Monro, a thirty-minute 1974 special, highlighting many of Matt's classics including the massive hits Born Free, Portrait of My Love and Walk Away.

Saturday Night at the Mill gives us nearly twenty minutes of Matt at his best and as well as a plethora of song it allows us access to an in-depth interview showcasing Matt's warm gentle manner and keen sense of humour highlighting what made him such a popular return guest across all media formats.

The inclusion of an extract from the Cilla Black Show in 1972 gives us a rare opportunity of seeing Matt perform Curiouser and Curiouser from the film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Another guest on the show, Leslie Crowther, joins together with Cilla and Matt to entertain us with a rendition of the specially written skit Crowther, Monro and Black.

Rounding off this fantastic collection is an appearance from a 1971 Morecambe and Wise Show, which includes the track Thanks. Fans across the world have constantly asked where this is available but Matt never recorded the song. Other than this DVD performance the only other rendition Matt did features in the finale of LWT's Whittaker's World of Music but not as a solo.

This set is a very valuable addition to EMI catalogue of Matt Monro repertoire.

Customer Reviews

First time on CD & DVD
First off, the songs with Ted Heath & his music (1961 & 1963) are superb providing 11 Hoagy Carmichael songs which are not the same arrangements and a whole lot more too. Plus 3 1964 & 1966 tracks with Johnnie Spence. Sound quality is very good considering that the source was not in excellent order and many hours of studio time have produced an admirable end result (mono). My favourites are track 3 "Lets face the music and dance" and track 27 "Something's gotta give". DVD wise the shows are from 1971-1978, no problems and the Matt Sings Monro show from 1974 is a must. Likewise Saturday Night at the Pebble Mill (1978) includes an interview and 2 lots of vocals. All round a super set and all new material as well.

Beyond Criticism
The CD has a most generous collection of radio gems from the early years, with interesting variations on the more familiar arrangements we know from the LPs/CDs. Fascinating to read the liner notes about the BBC's transcription service that was available around the world.

Having had for years a "seventh copy of a seventh copy" of the 1974 TV show "Matt Sings Monro", I'm delighted to see this come up on DVD in an as-new transfer.

Any other comments are superfluous. Buy this set whilst you can to add to your collection of the world's greatest singer.