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This Is The Life/Here's To My Lady [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Matt Monro | Format: Audio CD
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Matt Monro was born Terry Parsons in north London in 1930, to Alice and Frederick. He had three brothers, Arthur, Reg and Harry and a sister, Alice. It was a tough childhood, his father died when he was three and after his mother became ill, he was fostered out for two years. Leaving school at 14, he tried a succession of jobs without sticking at any of them for very long, before National Service… Read more in Amazon's Matt Monro Store

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  • Audio CD (20 Jan 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI 100
  • ASIN: B000005RRV
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,970 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. I'm Glad There Is You 2:42£0.89
Listen  2. This Is The Life 2:20£0.89
Listen  3. You're Gonna Hear From Me 2:32£0.89
Listen  4. I'll Take Romance 2:06£0.89
Listen  5. Strangers In The Night 2:27£0.89
Listen  6. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 1:50£0.89
Listen  7. Sweet Lorraine 2:38£0.89
Listen  8. My Best Girl 2:01£0.89
Listen  9. On A Wonderful Day Like Today 2:03£0.89
Listen10. Merci Cherie 2:47£0.89
Listen11. Honey On The Vine 2:14£0.89
Listen12. When Joanna Loved Me 2:21£0.89
Listen13. Real Live Girl 2:07£0.89
Listen14. When Sunny Gets Blue 2:26£0.89
Listen15. Laura 2:25£0.89
Listen16. People (Funny Girl) 2:36£0.89
Listen17. Here's To My Lady 2:37£0.89
Listen18. The Good Life 2:21£0.89
Listen19. You've Got Possibilities 2:05£0.89
Listen20. Rain Sometimes 2:06£0.89
Listen21. Sweet Talkin' Hannah 2:04£0.89
Listen22. Nina Never Knew 2:10£0.89

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5.0 out of 5 stars Two great albums from 1966 and 1967, 3 April 2009
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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is The Life/Here's To My Lady (Audio CD)
Matt Monro was Britain's best balladeer of his generation. Comparisons with other singers, particularly Frank Sinatra, are inevitable, but Matt carved out his own niche and his music remains popular more than twenty years after his death. The two albums presented here are the first two that he recorded after switching labels from Parlophone to Capitol, although both of those labels are part of EMI so the distinction is academic now, even if it wasn't at the time.

Following a string of hits in the UK charts, Matt re-located to America and he had only one further UK hit single thereafter, and that was a minor hit in 1973. So you won't find any of his own hits here, but I'm not sure if any of the tracks were released as singles. In the sixties, it was quite common for tracks to be released either on singles or on albums but not both. People didn't have so much money for music then and if they could afford an album, they certainly didn't want it to contain music they'd already bought as singles. These two albums therefore contain a selection of love songs, mainly slow ballads, but with the occasional up-tempo song to provide variety.

The first album, This is the life, features several songs that were oldies even in the sixties, while the second album, Here's to my lady, is generally more contemporary, but the two albums sit comfortably together and if you don't know when each song was written, you won't be able to tell from listening to them (though you might from reading the composer credits). One of the most famous songs here is Strangers in the night, a cover of one of Frank Sinatra's classic songs. In some ways, it was brave of Matt to record it, because there were those who accused him of being a Sinatra copyist. He wasn't, but if you buy this or one of Matt's compilations containing Strangers in the night, you can compare his version with Frank's. Yes, there are similarities, but Matt was not Frank's clone. Other great songs, which Matt sings in his own way, include People, You've got possibilities, I'll take romance, On a clear day and On a wonderful day like today, to name a few.

There are plenty of great songs here, some famous, some obscure, but if you like Matt's music and you've already got a hits compilation, you'll love this twofer.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Life/Here's To My Lady - Classic Matt Munro, 2 Mar 2011
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This review is from: This Is The Life/Here's To My Lady (Audio CD)
This CD really is a blast from the past, it conjurs up everthing about the 1960s and no mistake. Some of the lyrics seem a bit lame in todays eyes, but that does not detract from the wonderfully rich tones of Matt Munro. The CD is a mix of some familiar and some unfamiliar songs - the latter are a very nice surprise (especially the title track 'This is the Life'). Although the CD is in Mono, the sound quality is excellent, and worth adding to your Classic Matt Munro collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars matt monro, 25 July 2011
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what a voice . I play his songs over and over . So sad he died so young. beats frank sinatra
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