Heart of the Man

Finding lost recordings from a great singer is always a cause for celebrations, but never more so than when that singer is Matt Monro. These exciting broadcast tapes from 1959-1964 lay forgotten for forty years, and have now been restored and released on record for the first time.

A Message From Michele Monro:

When I first heard these wonderful recordings last year, I was amazed that they had survived, undiscovered , for over 40 years. My reaction was one of tremendous excitement, to hear my father singing fresh material after all this time, but, on reflection, the songs are even more significant since they represent a range of missing broadcast material from that era, songs that I thought had been destroyed. This is what makes this particular album for intimate and historically important. I was particularly touched to hear on the raw masters, my father dedicate "The Heart of a Man", recorded 20th June 1959, to myself and my mother in celebration of my birth.

A second rarity on this assignment is the fascinating interview that accompanies the album. Like the sings, it lay forgotten and unpublished for decades. Noted journalist and author, Stan Britt, who interviewed dad on several occasions throughout his career, had the professional foresight to preserve his achieved recordings and I am very grateful that he has allowed us to transcrbe those interviews and share a portion of them with you.

I hope that you enjoy this long overdue album of rarities that provide a unique glimpse into my father's early broadcast recording history at a time when he was on the brink of world fame.

God Bless.

Michele