The Italian Job - On days like these

[terlingo]

Writing from Montgomery Alabama, I love Matt Monro's sound. I grew up with James Bond films and my favorite song was always "from Russia with Love". Monro had such a way of phrasing and saying certain words, that his voice/sound was so smooth.

I didn't realize they used this song in the Italian Job, so it seems as his songs and his life keep on living.

From across "The Big Pond" I thank this site and the songs of Matt Monro.

one question: are there certain CD sets that seem to have a better quality of his music than others? I would like to buy some CD sets, but don't want to buy the poorer soundtracks.

take care all...Curt

[grandpajan]

I would recommend the 4 CD set "The Singer's Singer". This has all of Matt's hits plus some of the other wonderful songs Matt recorded through the years.

[pierresoko]

It's true that Matt Monro seems to exist almost entirely in a world of anthology (except for the EMI twofers that are hard to find in the states). The anthologies are very uneven.

I highly recommend "The Essential Matt Monro" on EMI and "Spotlight On Matt Monro" on Capitol.

"Essential" stays in the early 60s with outstanding arrangements. Every track is a winner.

"Spotlight" has a cross section of breath-taking ballads which are the hallmark of MM's art.

Cheers,

Peter