"There's a Place"

[Frederick]

In "Man with the Golden Voice", George Martin mentions that Matt recorded one of his songs "There's a Place". I can find no listing for this anywhere. Can anybody give me any information ?

[Marian]

Just wondered if this refers to the song "Somewhere" Frederick, which begins "There's a place for us....

Marian.

[Frederick]

I don't think so Marian. George Martin refers to it as one of "his" songs and Somewhere is of course from West Side Story. Somebody must know something about it !!

[Marian]

Didn't really think it would be Frederick.

If you go to AOL Music, they list a song entitled "There's A Place" by George Martin, recorded by The Beatles, amongst other artistes.

Marian

[Frederick]

Thanks Marian, I did get some information from AOL as you suggested. This track was included in a number of Beatles recordings and in particular on the LP (and later CD) "Please Please Me". Perhaps Michele could tell us what ever happened to the recording made by Matt ?

[Richard M]

"There's a Place" by the Beatles is a Lennon & McCartney song only Produced by George Martin.

Michele would be the only one able to answer if her Dad recorded a song of that title. George Martin did compose alot of things (many of which have never been released) and a previously unreleased Demo of a song:

"Two Matt Monro songs which were co-written by George Martin: 'Can This Be Love' and an unreleased demo version of 'No One Will Ever Know'. (1961)"

appeared on a CD with George's Autobiography published by Genesis Publications as a limited edition called "Playback". I would love to have had a copy myself (being a bit of a George Martin freak - Once found myself in the same room as him but did not feel worthy to speak to him!) but at £375 per copy was a bit out of my league! (it's sold out now anyway!)

http://www.genesis-publications.com/books/playback/

Richard

[ROBERT M.]

£375 for an Autobiography yet someone had the money to buy it, as it is now sold out. But the deluxe edition cost £475 and that sold out too

[Michele Monro]

This track has been released on two CD's

"Love is the Same Anywhere"
"My Kind of Girl"

also on the LP's of the same name as well as "Softly as I Leave You"

December's update will see a new list added of where you can find every song that has been released. I am only including LP & CD. Eventuall Murph will link it up to a direct order site for the ones still available. That should make it easier for everybody.

[Frederick]

I've looked on the LPs/CDs mentioned and I still can't see "There's a Place". Maybe I should lie down in case I'm finally going mad !

[Michele Monro]

I was talking about the song mentioned in the previous post as "unreleased" - No one will ever Know

To the best of my knowledge dad never recorded "There's a Place"

[Frederick]

Thanks Michele. Could you also tell me when the feature in Hello magazine will appear or have I missed it.

[Rmoore]

Apparently the "playback" version of "No One WIll Ever Know" is a demo!

Of course having never haerdit who knows?

Richard