[.ca] Night Is Young

Monroe Classics That Need To Be Heard Again:
In case you don't know it, and to be up-front, I am a big Vaughn Monroe fan. Therefore, anything that I write about him is not from an unbiased base. That said, at least I try to be objective and will never assert that Monroe always chose the most suitable material for recording or was given songs that do not deserve to be heard by anyone - even unabashed fans like myself. But it does mean that in this collection of songs, which is a follow-up to an earlier British release entitled, "The Vaughn Monroe Collection," there are some real gems that are worth listening. In this two disc album, are a number of tunes extracted from previous album collections including the old 45 rpm versions of "On The Moon Beam", "Silver Lining Songs", "The Cole Porter Songbook" and the "Rogers and Hart Songbook", and tribute to Victor Herbert, among others. Outstanding among these I would suggest are a fine rendtion of "Begin The Beguine", "What Is This Thing Called, Love", a very tender offering of "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" and a version of "Don't Fence Me In" that easily rivals Bing Crosby's hit of so many years ago. The two songs sung with Patrice Munsel, "Falling In Love With Love" and "With A Song In My Heart" will leave you humming or whistling for the rest of the day. In addition to these fine songs, there are seveal western songs which suits Monroe's singing range - I would mention "Pony Express" and the prophetic, "No Range to Ride Anymore" and a few which do not fit into any specific category but range from the romantic(The Night Is Young), to the military (Old Soldiers Never Die and Sound Off!) If I have one criticism to make of these new releases of Vaughn Monroe's recordings, it is that there is a tendency to repeat the same tunes from one CD to another. Any serious collector of Monroe's recordings will find here tunes that have appeared on other CD's including "Take It Jackson" "Shine On Harvest Moon" and "The MoonWas Yellow" to mention but a few. From the top of my head I can think of a half dozen Monroe recordings that appear on none of the CD's currently available to the public. Such fine songs as "Mexicali Trail", "Beware My Heart"- both sung incidentally by Monroe in his film appearances, "Sunny Boy" and "There She Goes", as well as "Marionette", "A Senorita's Boquet" and the "Melancholy Minstrel" among others. Oh, well, maybe some CD company will take note of these comments and release them sometime in the future. To end on a postive note - mention needs to be made of two excellent instrumentals on this CD and I refer here to "Indian Summer" and "Toyland" which very much have the Glen Miller feel in their arrangements and performance. regretfully.both are available on other CDs. Happy Listening!

• Oh Marry, Marry Me - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Loved One - Vaughn Monroe
• Who? - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Dream a While - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• Carolina Moon - Vaughn Monroe, Norton Sisters
• Gypsy Love Song - Vaughn Monroe
• Moon Was Yellow - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Dream a Little Dream of Me - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• Got Her off My Hands - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• While I'm Smoking My Last Cigarette - Vaughn Monroe
• Gonna Ride 'N Ride 'N Ride - Vaughn Monroe
• Indian Summer \oInstrumental\c - Vaughn Monroe
• Kiss Me Again - Vaughn Monroe
• Shine on Harvest Moon - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Love and Devotion - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Three Little Sisters
• I'm Falling in Love With Someone - Vaughn Monroe
• Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life - Vaughn Monroe
• What Is This Thing Called Love? - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Without a Song - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Laura Lee - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Where or When - Vaughn Monroe
• Everlasting - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Look for the Silver Lining - Vaughn Monroe
• Sound Off - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Old Soldiers Never Die - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Don't Fence Me In - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• We Knew It All the Time - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• Waltz of Memory - Vaughn Monroe
• Kiss in the Dark - Vaughn Monroe
• On Top of Old Smoky - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Whiffenpoof Song - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Charmaine - Vaughn Monroe
• You Can't Hide Your Heart Behind a Kiss - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• Rounded Up in Glory - Vaughn Monroe
• Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Vaughn Monroe
• Take It Jackson \oInstrumental\c - Vaughn Monroe
• Wonder Why - Vaughn Monroe
• Dark Is the Night (C'est Fini) - Vaughn Monroe
• Dreams Are a Dime a Dozen - Vaughn Monroe, Moon Maids
• Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful - Vaughn Monroe
• No Range to Ride Anymore - Vaughn Monroe
• Begin the Beguine - Vaughn Monroe, Chorus
• Pony Express - Vaughn Monroe
• Toyland \oInstrumental\c - Vaughn Monroe
• Falling in Love With Love - Vaughn Monroe, Patrice Munsel
• With a Song in My Heart - Vaughn Monroe, Patrice Munsel
• Shall We Dance? - Vaughn Monroe
• Red Sails in the Sunset - Vaughn Monroe
• Columbus Stockade Blues - Vaughn Monroe, The Sons of the Pioneers