Golden Greats [Import]

Vera Lynn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: Disky Records
• ASIN: B00005USE9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #415,880 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. There's A New World Over The Skyline

2. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time

3. Coming Home

4. It's Easy To Remember

5. I'm Beginning To See The Light

6. Do You Ever Dream Of Tomorrow

7. The Happiest New Year Of All

8. It's Like Old Times

9. Close To You

10. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fore

11. There'll Come Another Day

12. You'll Never Know

13. For Sweethearts Everwhere

14. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)

15. More And More

16. Again

17. I Could Never Tell

18. I'm Sending My Blessings

19. My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time

20. Really And Truly

See all 68 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three CD's of wonderful music, July 6, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Greats (Audio CD)

This European budget release of Vera's music is a real pleasure to listen to from start to finish. The sound quality is brilliant, but there is no booklet, so - along with the very plain cover - that is how they kept the price down. Personally, I would have been happy to pay full price for this music with appropriate booklet and cover, but by releasing it at a budget price, a lot more of Vera's fans will be able to afford it - and it's better to cut costs on packaging rather than sound quality.

Vera was the first British female singer to have an American number one single (in 1952) - the second would be Petula with Downtown more than twelve years later - but that hit, Auf wiedersehein sweetheart, is not here. This set appears to concentrate on the early part of Vera's career, which is also what she will be remembered for, despite that hit and others on both sides of the Atlantic in the fifties.

All the wartime classics are here including White cliffs of Dover, A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square and (of course) We'll meet again.

For those unfamiliar with Vera's music, her diction is perfect with every note exactly in place, and her voice is crisp and clear. Such technical perfection can have one disadvantage - a lack of emotion or passion. In Vera's case, while she couldn't be described as an emotional or passionate singer, somehow it doesn't seem to matter. Perhaps it's because she has such a distinctive style and accent, or perhaps it's because the songs suit her so well.

In any case, this is an absolutely magnificent collection from Vera. In common with so many singers of the past, she was a feature of the times in which she recorded these songs and there will never be another like her. At the time of this review, she was still alive and (as far as I know) well, now with the well-deserved title Dame Vera Lynn. Long may she continue.

Even if (like me) you weren't born then, you can enjoy her music. If you remember these songs from when they were new, I can imagine that listening to Vera will bring back all sorts of memories.