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This collection likely would never have been considered for U.S. release, but for the fact that in September of 2009 it topped the U.K. charts, in the face of new reissues by the Beatles et al. And to the degree that it fosters some new interest in and attention for Dame Vera Lynn (age 92 in 2009) and her music, that's great. But that's about the only thing great about this collection. It does offers a decent cross-section of her music across two decades of her career, which lasted 41 years. But this is hardly the definitive account of the singer's World War II-era recordings, which were the main focus of the coverage it received. For reasons that have never been adequately explained, since the 1990s Decca has persisted in using Lynn's 1953 re-recording of "We'll Meet Again," a career-defining song if ever there was one, rather than the 1941 original (which was available on a now out of print ASV compilation of her work). The absence of recording dates is also questionable under the circumstances. Lynn's very first record, "Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire," recorded in 1936 when she was 19, is present; and so is her classic rendition of "The White Cliffs of Dover." But most of the music here is actually from the '50s, though the CD still manages to miss some of her pop hits from that era, as well. It's difficult to argue with success on the scale this collection found upon release, or the sound quality of what is here, but it is an odd state of affairs that has Lynn's '30s sides (including her rendition of "Harbor Lights" from 1937) in release, but not, say, her rendition of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," or the original "We'll Meet Again." Perhaps they'll make an appearance on a subsequent volume, the release of which seems likely, in view of the sales success of this one. In the meantime, though one wishes it were better executed, it's best to encourage Decca by purchasing this disc.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Nat Burton, Author - WALTER KENT, Composer - Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mantovani & His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1942 Decca Music Group Limited
Eberhard Storch, ComposerLyricist - John Sexton, Author - Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Turner, Author - Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces, MainArtist - Roland Shaw, Musical Director
℗ 1952 Decca Music Group Limited
Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Charles, ComposerLyricist - Ross C. Parker, ComposerLyricist - Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces, MainArtist - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Traditional, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Alex Masters, Author - The Glen Somers Orchestra, MainArtist - Carlos Dix, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1957 Decca Music Group Limited
Herman Hupfeld, ComposerLyricist - Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Roland Shaw Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - The Roland Shaw Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited
Joan Whitney, ComposerLyricist - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Alex C. Kramer, ComposerLyricist - The Roland Shaw Orchestra and Chorus of soldiers, sailors & airmen, Orchestra
℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited
Jimmy Kennedy, Author - Vera Lynn, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Williams, Composer
℗ 1937 Decca Music Group Limited
Irving Berlin, Composer - Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Young, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Wilbur And His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1940 Decca Music Group Limited
Edith Piaf, Author - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Geoffrey Parsons, Translator - Charles Smart, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Marguerite Angèle Monnot, Composer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Jack Scott, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Harry Leon, Composer - Mark Malloy, Composer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Gonzalo Roig, Composer - Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces, MainArtist - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Augustin Rodriguez (1886-1957)/Jack Sherr, Author
℗ 1952 Decca Music Group Limited
Juventino Rosas, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Author - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - The Stargazers, MainArtist - Woolf Phillips and His Orchestra, MainArtist - Aaronson Irving, Adapter
℗ 1954 Decca Music Group Limited
Vera Lynn, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Park, Author - Harry Parr-Davies, Composer - Arthur Young, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 Decca Music Group Limited
Chilton Price, Composer - Richard Farrelly, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Pee Wee King, Composer - Redd Stewart, Composer - Curley Williams, Composer - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Reg Connelly, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Clifford Grey, Composer - Charles Smart, MainArtist
℗ 1936 Decca Music Group Limited
Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Sigmund Romberg, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Woolf Phillips and His Orchestra, MainArtist - The Clubmen, MainArtist
℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited
Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Sammy Gallop, Author - Keirn Brennan, Author - Ernest R. Ball, Composer - Joe Csida, ComposerLyricist - Pat Genaro, ComposerLyricist - Lou Levinson, ComposerLyricist - Roland Shaw & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Kurt Adams, Composer - Bill Borelli, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
John W. Kellette, Composer - Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Mike Sammes Singers, MainArtist - Jaan Kenbrovin, Composer - Eric Rogers and his Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Vera Lynn, MainArtist - Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces, Choir - Roland Shaw, Musical Director - Leslie Sturdy, Composer
℗ 1952 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
This collection likely would never have been considered for U.S. release, but for the fact that in September of 2009 it topped the U.K. charts, in the face of new reissues by the Beatles et al. And to the degree that it fosters some new interest in and attention for Dame Vera Lynn (age 92 in 2009) and her music, that's great. But that's about the only thing great about this collection. It does offers a decent cross-section of her music across two decades of her career, which lasted 41 years. But this is hardly the definitive account of the singer's World War II-era recordings, which were the main focus of the coverage it received. For reasons that have never been adequately explained, since the 1990s Decca has persisted in using Lynn's 1953 re-recording of "We'll Meet Again," a career-defining song if ever there was one, rather than the 1941 original (which was available on a now out of print ASV compilation of her work). The absence of recording dates is also questionable under the circumstances. Lynn's very first record, "Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire," recorded in 1936 when she was 19, is present; and so is her classic rendition of "The White Cliffs of Dover." But most of the music here is actually from the '50s, though the CD still manages to miss some of her pop hits from that era, as well. It's difficult to argue with success on the scale this collection found upon release, or the sound quality of what is here, but it is an odd state of affairs that has Lynn's '30s sides (including her rendition of "Harbor Lights" from 1937) in release, but not, say, her rendition of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," or the original "We'll Meet Again." Perhaps they'll make an appearance on a subsequent volume, the release of which seems likely, in view of the sales success of this one. In the meantime, though one wishes it were better executed, it's best to encourage Decca by purchasing this disc.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:53
- Main artists: Vera Lynn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
© 2009 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
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