When Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, recently moved out of the family home – the house in Ditchling, East Sussex, where Dame Vera Lynn had lived with her husband, the saxophonist and clarinettist Harry Lewis, for nearly 40 years – she donated the entire collection of her mother’s records to The British Library.Archivists have been sorting through the extensive collection of discs and tapes with a fine-tooth comb ever since.Amongst these records, a set of three silver-coloured aluminium master discs were discovered.Two of the discs are labelled by hand with the song titles, ‘What a Difference a Day Makes’ and ‘Spring Don’t Mean a Thing to Me’ and the other is unlabelled.Using specialist equipment, musicology experts at the British Library were able to listen to these masters and identify them as audition tapes, confirming that these are the first recordings in existence of a voice that went on to become one of the most recognisable, reassuring and beloved voices in the history of music.The new discoveries have been compiled together with a selection of Dame Vera Lynn’s greatest hits, rarities, duets and new mixes of beloved classics in a 3CD collection.
Tracks:
Disc 1Track nameArtist1.We'll Meet AgainVera Lynn2.There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of DoverVera Lynn3.What a Difference a Day MakesVera Lynn4.Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me GoodbyeVera Lynn5.Auf Weiderseh'n SweetheartVera Lynn6.As Time Goes ByVera Lynn7.When You Wish Upon a StarVera Lynn8.A Nightingale Sang in Berkley SquareVera Lynn9.SailingVera Lynn10.From the Time You Say GoodbyeVera Lynn11.DreamVera Lynn12.Wishing (Will Make It So)Vera Lynn13.Travellin' HomeVera Lynn14.Harbour LightsVera Lynn15.When I Grow Too Old to DreamVera Lynn16.How Green Was My ValleyVera Lynn17.Home Sweet HomeVera LynnDisc 2Track nameArtist1.It's HomeVera Lynn2.Spring Don't Mean a ThingVera Lynn3.I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean to You)Vera Lynn4.It's a Lovely Day, TomorrowVera Lynn5.When the Lights Go On AgainVera Lynn6.You'll Never KnowVera Lynn7.Faraway PlacesVera Lynn8.YoursVera Lynn9.I'll Pray for YouVera Lynn10.The Bell's of St Mary'sVera Lynn11.Close to YouVera Lynn12.Goodnight Children, EverywhereVera Lynn13.I Hear a DreamVera Lynn14.Shine On Harvest MoonVera Lynn15.The Woodpecker SongVera Lynn16.Someone's Rocking My DreamboatVera Lynn17.White ChristmasVera LynnDisc 3Track nameArtist1.What a Difference a Day Makes (Original)Vera Lynn2.Vera Lynn Selected (Original)Vera Lynn3.Home (Original)Vera Lynn4.Spring Don't Mean a Thing (Original)Vera Lynn5.I Hate Myself (For Being So Mean to You) [original]Vera Lynn6.When You Wish Upon a Star (Feat. Cynthia Erivo)Vera Lynn7.(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover (Feat. Alexander Armstrong)Vera Lynn8.Auf Weiderseh'n Sweetheart (2017 Version)Vera Lynn9.I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (2017 Version)Vera Lynn
