Complete Emi Recordings 1971-1984

When Matt Monro finished his late-60’s Capitol stint for EMI in America, he went home and resumed recording for the conglomerate's UK labels. There he started a difficult decade for easy-listening artists, producing four albums with lousy cover art, mish-mashed track lineups (including vocals from ten years before), and even occasionally careless engineering. Nevertheless, they (along with his non-album singles) included some of the most exquisitely beautiful recordings of the century, as the remastering here by Richard Moore further attests. As with any “complete” collection, there are some misjudged and purposely unreleased tunes that add a bit of chaff, but the sheer perfection of the vast majority of the tracks bestows a euphoria rarely experienced.

This is an excellent cd set of Matt Monro's recordings for EMI between 1971 and 1984, well remastered by Richard Moore, my only criticism is that Matt's final album "If I Never Sang Another Song" from 1979 has three Christmas songs on it, (it was originally released in March 1979), and sounds it was cobbled together from various sessions probably due to Matt's health issues, (reminds me of Elvis Presley's later albums where they sometimes had to put older recordings on a new album),also the arrangements were a bit cheesy on this album, still good to finally have this album and "The Long And Winding Road" album on CD at last, which is the reason why i purchased this set.