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The imposible dream

Post by guest » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:39 pm

Hi i hope some learned fan can settle a dispute i have .
was The impossible Dream first sang by Matt monro or Jack Jones ? i know Jack Jones sang it in 1966 on an album of the same name.

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Post by Lee Wilkins » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:05 am

If Jack Jones sang the song in 1966, then he sang it before Matt. Matt's version was released as a 45 in December 1968 on the Capitol label (cat no. CL15573). The 'b' side was Come Back to Me.
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Post by dottie » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:23 pm

Does anyone know the title of the CD Album containing The Impossible Dream?

I've only just started re-building my collection of Matt Monroes music...

Was this song used in the advert for I believe a Honda car of some sort?
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Post by dottie » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:24 pm

Does anyone know the title of the CD Album containing The Impossible Dream?

I've only just started re-building my collection of Matt Monroes music...

Was this song used in the advert for I believe a Honda car of some sort?
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Post by ROBERT M. » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:35 pm

Hello dottie and all. First of all dottie, the best CD album to buy with "The Impossible Dream" on, is Matts Very Best of album, a top seller on the -music for pleasure - label, which contain's 20 of Matts greatest and most famous recording's. The Impossible Dream is on other Matt album's though, including Matt Monro sing's The Standard's.

Secondly, a few people have asked if it was Matt singing on the Honda advertisement, but that singer is Andy Williams.
"My Tears Will Fall Now That You're Gone,
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On" :(
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Post by dottie » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:07 am

thanks Robert for all that information.........

HMV here I come....... :)
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Post by paul jh » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:51 pm

I'm glad you've brought up The Impossible Dream. I have it on two CD compilations: the one Robert is referring to (in the previous version) and Hollywood and Broadway. Of course, the singing is excellent, but the transfer to CD sounds poor. It sounds like I'm listening to a 45 rpm record that was played too many times. It sounds like this on both CDs. The violins sound really bad at the end of the song and even the vocal isn't clear.

Has anyone else experienced this poor sound? Is there a CD where it's more clear? I love the song and the recording, but it's almost unlistenable at the end.
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