Matt Monro Forum

Hi guys.

I have the Ultimate Peformer DVD and just giving it a watch. Was the Jimmy Tarbuck show Matt's last live performance? He sang All Of A Sudden. The reason I ask is because he sounded in such fine voice I find it hard to believe he sadly passed away three months later?

It's a fine DVD I didn't realise there was so much footage

Cheers,
Alex.

Yes that was the very last one.

His last BIG concert (although there were a few smaller gigs afterwards) at the Barbican was when he was quite ill, but nobody in the audience would have known. That show was apparently one of the greatest he ever did and both Michele and I wish it had been recorded!

It does surprise me that EMI never recorded him 'Live' nearly everyone of his contemporaries at least one, if not several live albums.

Back to the DVD. Michele and I have searched archives all over the world and we have discovered a number of other performances, but the market for DVD's is in a slump and some companies (yes I'm talking about you SOFA Entertainment) want $2000 per minute which makes the prospect of a further release unlikely at the moment.

Hopefully thing will change!

I remember Matt's last tv apperance on Tarby & Friends and agree his voice was fantastic but he looked thin. Matt was always a robust figure and I didn't like seeing him that way.