Very Best Of - Matt Monro LP

Recently I watched "The Italian Job," the one with Michael Caine, and the intro song was sung by Matt Monro, the same man who sang From Russia With Love for the Bond film of the same name. Not only was the opening sequence brilliant, but Monro's singing made it spectacular. This guy could sing! He had breath control that Sinatra envied. And an unforgetable voice and impeccable diction. Terrific music. If anybody out there loves music that has a melody and voices which can hold a note on pitch and the wonderful freedom of the music that is the mark of a unique singer, this is it.

Matt Monro never received the accolades he should have received here in the States. That's unfortunate. He was truly an excellent singer who had a knack for choosing excellent material and using his fine voice to do every song justice.

Heard the song Portraits of My Love on PBS series Call the Midwife. I remembered the song from so many years back and it was such a beautiful song. Entire CD is excellent. How nice to hear music that is so relaxing and the songs are so meaningful.

I have always loved Mat Monroe, as I listened to his songs over BBC radio. His voice is very smooth and some of his songs are my very favorite, like Walk Away, Portrait of My love, etc. To me the recording sound was not the best and that is the reason for four stars. The album took me back to the days of radio when you were just so focused on every bit of the song.

Great voice. Great songs!

I heard Matt Monro singing in Born Free. Now I have the CD. The whole process of ordering and getting the CD was simply unsurpassed! I would use this vendor again. Happy listening will be yours!

There are so many great songs on this CD! If you love Matt Monro as much as I do, this is a must-have CD!

The track, "Walk away", which I first heard 25 years ago and which experience made an indelible impression on me then, was what I needed to hear once again. The experience conjured up, once again, very pleasant cuing memories as vividly as if they had only happened yesterday. Oh what a voice!