The Vaughn Monroe Collection

Vaughn Monroe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Flare UK
• ASIN: B00004SYFK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #499,679 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Whatever Happened to You

2. Under Your Window

3. Rquestfully Yours

4. Vesti la Giubba (Put on Your Clown's Smock)

5. Just a Blue Serge Suit

6. Thumbs Up

7. Fishin' for the Moon

8. Down in Chi-Chi Hotcha Watchee

9. Like We Used to Do

10. The Chocolate Choo-Choo

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Is It Love Is It Conscription?

2. Hawaiian Sunset

3. Moonlight Masquerade

4. THW Window Washer Man

5. Be Brave, Beloved

6. Something Sentimental

7. Daddy

8. All at Once

9. So-O-O-O-O in Love

10. No More Toujours l'Amour

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars VM Redux, November 28, 2000

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Daniel Mugan (Little Neck, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vaughn Monroe Collection (Audio CD)

This recently released CD is yet another product from the UK that should prove of interest to serious Vaughn Monroe fans. It is a two disc collection which includes many of the songs recorded by Monroe when he was first at "Blue Bird" records and later, RCA Victor. What makes this collection different from those that are generally available is that it does not feature Vaughn's widely known hits such as "Racing With the Moon", "Ghost Riders", "Let It Snow!" and so forth. It does include "Ballerina". It does cover the range of Monroe's recording years by including such early releases such as "Under your Window" and "Whatever Happened to You" which are from 1940, to "Violins From Nowhere" and "Phantom Stage Coach" dated 1953.

The attraction of this two disc collection is its feature of tunes that probably have not been heard for some forty years or more and contains some real gems such as "Because" and "Just a Memory". The collection is rounded out by including some of Vaughn's side- kicks like Ziggy Talent, who performs the classic, "Sam You Made the Pants Too Long"and Marilyn Duke's version of "Daddy". The CD is accompanied by extensive and knowledgable liner notes along with the historical dates of the recordings themselves.

5.0 out of 5 stars Obscure Monroe selections well worth hearing, October 23, 2008

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Michael Plaskett "Mike Plaskett" (WDUQ Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vaughn Monroe Collection (Audio CD)

Vaughn Monroe used to be referred to as "the man with muscles in his voice". He was a good instrumentalist (trumpet), handsome and personable front man, and a guy who carried a tune quite well.

Was Monroe a better singer than Dick Todd or Bing's brother Bob Crosby? About on a par. But, whoa, Monroe was POPULAR! Girlies loved him, and still do, among women of a certain age.

And Monroe's band sold a lot, a lot of records, especially with hits like Riders In The Sky (find this title on other Monroe collections). A couple of his big-selling numbers, Ballerina and Mule Train, are on this two disc set. So are a lot of obscurities, a number of nice numbers very well played but totally unremembered, and some attempts to make a hit out of dross, like "Chocolate Choo-Choo". Boy, they wrote a lot of really dumb songs in the mid-1940s, and Vaughn Monroe recorded many of them.

But even if dull these are songs you'll hear nowhere else, played by a competent band: Sometimes a huge aggregation with strings & harps & everything. Sometimes a swing band that I wouldn't quite put on a par with Larry Clinton's, but in that category.

Two CDs with selections from 1941 to about '48, really nice 78 rpm transfers as this label is wont to do, and if you are a student of bands or of pop music, despite Monroe's big-selling stuff, you'll find this selection valuable for listening and illuminative of why the big bands petered out while vocalists took over. It's a good thing they put this out and if you are deep into the band era this will fill in some blank spaces in your listening program.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, April 30, 2008

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Buster49 (Utica, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vaughn Monroe Collection (Audio CD)

Out of the 50 songs, I found about 7 that were very enjoyable. These were mainly the bouncy swing tunes like "Requestfully Yours." The majority of songs had a sappy quality about them and insipid arrangements. The melodys are tired and Vaughn Monroe, though a likably guy, is a lackluster singer. Why did many otherwise great bands often record banal things like "O Promise Me" featured in this collection? I was very disappointed.