Chez Monsieur Maurice: 2023

15 dec 2023

Let It Snow ! (But not really...)

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

But not in our neck of the woods. It's gonna be a green & wet Christmas in Belgium (as usual).

So to evoke some Christmas Spirit, Monsieur Maurice has compiled another of his infamous Holiday Compilations. This time you can feast your ears on 25 versions of Let It Snow!

Tracks

01 Ace Cannon - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
02 Jorgen Ingmann - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
03 Blue Diamonds - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
04 John Klein - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
05 Doc Severinsen And The Tonight Show Orchestra – Let It Snow, Let It Snow
06 Randy van Horne Singers - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
07 The Mexicali Brass - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
08 Camarata - Let It Snow
09 Doris Day - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
10 Ferrante & Teicher - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
11 Wayne Newton - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
12 Ira Ironstrings - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
13 The Three Suns - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
14 Ella Fitzgerald - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
15 Rhoda Scott - Let It Snow
16 Pete Fountain - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
17 Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos - Let It Snow, Let It Snow
18 Lena Horne- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
19 Lenny Dee - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
20 The Temptations - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
21 Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
22 Wayne King And His Orchestra- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
23 Ray Charles Singers - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
24 Richmond Brass Ensemble - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
25 Les Brown - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

And as promised, the Archive will be open as from NOW!

~~The Archive is OPEN~~

Among the other Monsieur Maurice goodies, all the previous Holiday Compilations will be available there for download, so you can bring cheer to your guests (or annoy the hell out of them...) with hour upon hour of the same Christmas classic! Enjoy.

Happy Holidays to you all !

& Peace... please

1 dec 2023

Tweedle-Dee...

Tweedle-Dum

Let's take another stroll trough 70's music. Happy tunes, classic tunes, well loved tunes,... all Monsieur Maurice Style.

Tracks

01 Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dum - Caravelli
02 Laughter In The Rain - The 50 Guitars With Tommy Tedesco
03 I'll Meet You Halfway - Wayne Newton
04 Let's Stay Together - O'Donel Levy
05 I'll Be Home - Lorraine Ellison
06 If You Could Read My Mind - Berry Lipman
07 Let It Be - Dion
08 Child In Time - Helmuth Brandenburg
09 Superstar - Don Ellis
10 Everything's Alright - Bojoura
11 You're So Vain - John Keating
12 You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Armada Orchestra
13 Help Me Make It Through The Night - Vikki Carr
14 Why Can't We Live Together - Blue Marvin
15 It Must Be Love - The Button Down Brass
16 I Think I Love You - Andy Williams
17 What Is Life - Max Greger
18 Beautiful - Barbra Streisand
19 The Way We Were - Johnny Sax
20 Band On The Run - L.A. Sounds
21 Fire And Rain - James Burton
22 You're A Lady - Raymond Lefevre
23 Montego Bay - Pete Moore & His Orchestra

This is the 3th album in this series. Be sure to check out the previous postings.

MM's I Love 70's

MM's I Love 70's Vol2

Enjoy and keep on groovin'

29 okt 2023

Tis The Scary Season...

So Monsieur Maurice is a little bit early to spoil you all rotten and putrid with his Monsieur Maurice's Halloween Album.

Let yourselves be frightened and haunted with spooky tunes and devilish cacle. Voices from beyond the grave and sounds of nightmares...

Tracks

01 Merv Griffin - House of Horrors
02 The Deadly Ones - Raunchy
03 Ekseption - Dance Macabre Opus 40
04 Atilio Et Son Orchestre De Tangos - Dracula Tango
05 The Three Suns - The Creep
06 Henri Salvador - Dracula Cha-Cha
07 Dracula's Them - Hot Blood
08 The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Dracula Pt. I
09 The Moontrekkers - Night Of The Vampire
10 The Deadly Ones - There's A Creature In The Surfers Lagoon
11 France Gall - Frankenstein
12 The Ghouls - Dracula's Theme
13 The Deadly Ones - Rebel Rouser
14 The Moontrekkers - Return Of The Vampire (The Bogey Man)
15 The Daniels - Satan Boogie
16 Christine Pilzer - Dracula
17 The Vampires - The Glob
18 Theme from 'The Munsters' - Jimmy Smith
19 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Experiment In Terror Twist
20 The Ghouls - Blood And Butter
21 The Deadly Ones - The Mad Drummer (Part-1)

Enjoy, (or suffer...)

30 sep 2023

Monsieur 100.000 volts

Another tribute to the French chanson, this time the songs by Gilbert Bécaud.

Tracks

01 Et Maintenant - The Hotvill's And The "Dance Club" Orchestra
02 It Must Be Him (Seul Sur Son Êtoile) - Doc Severinsen
03 Je T'attends - Hildegard Knef
04 September Morn (C'est En Septembre) - Franck Pourcel
05 Love On The Rocks (L'amour Est Mort) - Paul Mauriat
06 C'était Moi - Les Riff
07 Le Petit Oiseau De Toutes Les Couleurs - Jean Paques
08 La Ballade Des Baladins - François Vermeille Et Son Orchestre
09 Mon Arbre - Christyne Chartrand
10 Let It Be Me ( Je T'appartiens) - The Melachrino Strings
11 Marie Marie - Migiani Grand Orchestre
12 Mé Qué Mé Qué - Joe Dassin
13 Je T'attends - Alain Debray
14 Si Je Pouvais Revivre Un Jour Ma Vie - Aimé Barelli Et Son Orchestre
15 Nathalie - Rod McKuen
16 It Must Be Him (Seul Sur Son Étoile) - Terry Baxter
17 On Prend Toujours Un Train Pour Quelque Part - Caravelli
18 Something Missing (L’absent) - Caterina Valente
19 Le Jour Où La Pluie Viendra - Jane Morgan
20 Les Cerisiers Sont Blancs - Les Haricots Rouges
21 Je Reviens Te Chercher - Maurice Larcange
22 Through the Livelong Day (Croquemitoufle) - Petula Clark
23 L'important Cest La Rose - Ed Maciel E Su Orquestra

As always you can find the goodies in the comments of this post.

Previous Posts in this series are :


MM Salutes Gainsbourg

MM Salutes Aznavour

Also you may have noticed that The Archive is now CLOSED. It will be updated and re-opened near the end of the year.

31 aug 2023

The little lady with the stars in her eyes...

Applause! Applause!

Monsieur Maurice pays tribute to (imo) one of the best female singer songwriters of our time. Child prodigy and outcast. A great woman in a small package. Janis Ian.

A new collection called the MM Cameo Series, dedicated to female singer songwriters.

Tracks

01 Society's Child - Bama Winds
02 Hair of Spun Gold - Deena Webster
03 At Seventeen - Daitoku Toshiyuki
04 Aftertones - Saori Minami
05 Lover's Lullaby - The Walker Brothers
06 Fly Too High - Giorgio Moroder
07 De Andere Kant Van De Maan - Conny Vandenbos
08 Love is Blind - Lucifer
09 Between The Lines - Caravelli
10 Applause - Blood Sweat & Tears
11 Will You Dance - Caravelli
12 Star - Françoise Hardy
13 Jesse - Yoshiko Goto with the Takashi Mizuhashi Quartet
14 Roses - Phil Woods
15 Light A Light - Joan Baez
16 Bright Lights And Promises - Penny Lang
17 When The Party's Over - Euson
18 The Man You Are In Me - Vicky Leandros
19 In The Winter - Dusty Springfield
20 Tea & Sympathy - Rod McKuen

As usual, you can find the goodies in the comments.

Enjoy,

16 aug 2023

Dive into the Archives

As promised there will be an annual Re-Post Extraordinaire to commemorate the 6th anniversary of Chez Monsieur Maurice 2.0

Because of the labour intense way of re-posting I've used in the past, I've conjured up a different plan. From now on it will be possible to access, periodically and temporally, the "Chez Monsieur Maurice Archives". I’ve removed the previous re-posts from the Blog to avoid confusion.

The Chez Monsieur Maurice Archive is hosted on a different site, so you'll be transferred there when you want to get access.

The Archive is basically a navigatable document where you can find all of the previous posted compilations with their download link. This Archive will be open during some periods of time, and closed during others.

Hopefully this will make your (and my!) life a bit easier.

~~WELCOME TO THE~~

~~Chez Monsieur Maurice Archives~~

If you encounter glitches or any other problems, please leave a note in the comments so I can fix the issue.

Enjoy!

1 aug 2023

Hop on the Soul Train with MM

MM's got Soul... A new compilation, filled to the brim, with lovely instrumental Soul gems. Come on over and enjoy the ride.

Tracks

01 The Tracks Of My Tears / I Second That Emotion - Paul Nero Sounds
02 In The Midnight Hour - Mongo Santamaria
03 Rainy Night In Georgia - Larry Page Orchestra
04 Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time - David T. Walker
05 Get Ready - Living Jazz
06 My Girl - Jiro Inagaki & The All-Stars, Norio Maeda
07 Stoned Soul Picnic - Roy Ayers
08 Lovely Day - Wilbert Longmire
09 I Wish It Would Rain - The Sounds of Our Times
10 Just My Imagination - Houston Person
11 Kiss and Say Goodbye - Caravelli
12 You Can't Hurry Love - Enoch Light
13 Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Don Costa
14 Baby I Need Your Loving - Choker Campbell Band
15 Stop In The Name Of Love - Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd
16 Stand By Me - The Longines Symphonette
17 La-La Means (I Love You) - Trombones Unlimited
18 You Send Me - Ace Cannon
19 If You Don't Know Me By Now - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
20 Easy - Grant Green
21 Lean On Me - Shirley Scott
22 Midnight Train to Georgia - Willie Lindo

Later this month, there will be the annual Repost Extraordinaire. I'm going to overhaul the process though... So keep an eye on this page and you'll be welcomed into the 'Monsieur Maurice Archives' mid August.

As always, more in the comments...

Enjoy,

1 jul 2023

Let's Cruise Down Laurel Canyon!

A bunch of creative, crazy, beautiful and genius people lived and loved on Laurel Canyon. This compilation is a taste of the music that was made by the residents of this evocative place.

Tracks

01 Suzanne - All I Want
02 Maynard Ferguson - Country Road
03 The Rebels - Creeque Alley
04 The Corporation - Daydream Believer
05 Caterina Valente - So Happy Together
06 Tony Mimms - Marrakesh Express
07 Mary Travers - Doctor My Eyes
08 James Moore - No More Mr Nice Guy
09 Sandy Denny - Easy to Slip
10 Mike Curb & The Waterfall - Love Street
11 Kerrie Biddell - You've Got A Friend
12 Kevin Roth - Nightingale
13 Tamiko Jones - Blossom
14 Continental uptight band - Cody cody
15 Gabor Szabo, The California Dreamers - Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)
16 Rita Coolidge - Love Has No Pride
17 Linda Ronstadt - Simple Man, Simple Dream
18 Robb Strandlund - Hot Burrito #1
19 Victor Bacchetta - Been To Canaan
20 Buffy Sainte-Marie - For Free

If you want to hear all these people 'playing real good for free'... just go down to the comments.

Enjoy,

31 mei 2023

For All The Young Dudes !

One is as old as one feels... so a shout-out to all the young dudes and dudettes who fancy a trip down 70's memory lane.

Tracks

01 Listen To The Music - Doris Troy
02 Mother And Child Reunion - The New Golden Trumpet Orchestra
03 The Man Who Sold The World - The Wally Brothers
04 Oh Girl - Young Holt Unlimited
05 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Harry Roche Constellation
06 Signed Sealed Delivered (Im Yours) - Gwen McCrae
07 I Feel The Earth Move - Enoch Light & The Light Brigade
08 Long Train Runnin' - Merl Saunders
09 If You Could Read My Mind - Vikki Carr
10 Rikki, Don't Lose That Number - Botticelli & His Orchestra
11 Indian Reservation - Harry´s Party Band
12 A Horse With No Name - Jiro Inagaki / Grand Spaceship Orchestra
13 Goodbye Again - Olivia Newton-John
14 I Need You - Ray Conniff & The Singers
15 And I Love You So - Alan Caddy
16 Down By The Lazy River - Frank Valdor And His Dimension-Singers
17 Hocus Pocus - Sandy Nelson
18 Move Over - Maynard Ferguson
19 Lay Down - Vicky Leandros
20 Angie - Kai Warner
21 All The Young Dudes - The Chanter Sisters
22 If - Johnny Pearson & his Orchestra
23 One Bad Apple - Jimmy Smith

For more 70's vibes you can also check out Vol.1 of this series. It's still available.

MM's I Love 70's Vol.1

Enjoy!

1 mei 2023

Lowland ScreenThemes

The Lowlands are in this case the Netherlands and the upper part of Belgium. They share the same language and co-produced a lot of Movie projects. It was common to see Dutch an Flemish actors playing side by side. Have Dutch directors in Flemish movies and vice versa...

Monsieur Maurice made a compilation with themes from the big and the small screen for you all to enjoy.

Tracks

01 Ann Christy - Een Woord Van Liefde
02 Jaap Dekker - Waarheen
03 Otto Ketting - Main Title (Dr. Pulder Zaait Papavers)
04 Liesbeth List - Zonder Jou
05 Rogier van Otterloo - Help!
06 Barry Rodgers Orchestra - Hurry Scurry
07 Roger Mores - Het Verloren Paradijs (Instrumental)
08 Tonny Eyk Orchestra Chanson Pour Milan
09 Rogier Van Otterloo - Rosa Turbinata
10 Monique van de Ven - Als Je Weet Wat Liefde is
11 Laurens Van Rooyen - Martha
12 Marian Carriga - If That’s All That Love Is (Instrumental)
13 Laurens Van Rooyen - Intro Brandende Liefde
14 Julius Steffaro - Tune I
15 Pim Koopman - Doctor Vlimmen Theme
16 Ruud Bos Orchestra - Killy The Kid
17 Erik van der Wurff - Roomservice
18 Kayak - Lost Blue Of Chartres
19 Margriet Eshuijs - Liliane
20 Jaap Dekker - Weet Je Dat II

Let yourself be surprised !

31 mrt 2023

Ladies keep singing...

This time they sing these fabulous tunes made famous by Simon and Garfunkel.

Tracks

01 The Sound of Silence - Peaches & Herb
02 You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - Dana Valery
03 Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall - Anita Kerr Singers
04 Wherever I May Find Him - Lani Hall
05 Scarborough Fair - Sandie Shaw
06 The Boxer - Emmylou Harris
07 Why Don't You Write Me - Olivia Newton-John
08 Punky's Dilemma - Lois Lane
09 Dangling Conversation - Catherine Mckinnon
10 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Merry Clayton
11 At The Zoo - Margaret Singana
12 Keep The Customer Satisfied - Colleen Hewett
13 Mrs Robinson - Sylvia
14 El Condor Pasa - Virginia Lee
15 Homeward Bound - Petula Clark
16 A Most Peculiar Man - Ruth Veldon
17 Cloudy - Libby Titus
18 I Am A Rock - The Chicks
19 The 59th Street Bridge Song - Morgana King
20 My Little Town - Rosemary Clooney
21 The Sound of Silence - Anita Kerr
22 Fennario (Peggy-O) - Liz Getz
23 Bye Bye Love - Irene Petrie
24 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream - The Carolyn Hestor Coalition
25 Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Barbara Mason

Be sure to check out the previous Simon & Garfunkel compilation by Monsieur Maurice. Its available again.

MM Digs Simon & Garfunkel

And if you like the 'Ladies Sing' series, here are the previous compilations made by Monsieur Maurice.

Ladies Sing The Beatles D1 & D2

Ladies Sing The Beatles II D1 & D2

Ladies Sing Elvis D1 & D2

Ladies Sing Dylan D1 & D2

Announcement :

As you all know I've always used Zippyshare as my 'Go To' file-host. Now they announced they are pulling the plug. I've used many file host sites in the past (when Chez Monsieur Maurice still presented ripped original albums), but was constantly haunted down by the Internet Police and my accounts kept on being banned. This was never a problem with Zippyshare.

So now I'm going to try again. Maybe they won't zoom in on home-made compilations...

This also will mean that the links won't expire any more... That's a plus !

If there are issues with the new file-host, please leave a notice in the comments so I can handle it.

Thanks and Enjoy !

P.S. After 24 hours of consideration I will be changing to yet another file-host, that is (hopefully...) a bit more 'user friendly'. So as from the 1th of April all the links in the 2023 posts are renewed. The older ones will be renewed in the future during the Annuals Re-Post Extravaganza !

27 feb 2023

What's at number 54 ???

Yeah... right... The house with the bamboo door... bamboo roof, bamboo walls...

They even got a bamboo floor!

Let's Mambo Jambo with the second volume of Belgium Goes Latin.

Cha Cha Be Bop this way and enjoy these tropical rhythms!

Tracks

01 Benny Welton Orch - House Of Bamboo
02 The Jokers - El Cumbachero
03 Nico Gomez And His Orchestra - El Señor Ping Pong
04 Los Albinos - Voulez-Vous Cha Cha
05 David Bee And His Orchestra - When Polka Goes Samba
06 Francis Bay - Mambo Jambo
07 Will Ferdy - Mambo Italiano
08 John Evans - Mambo Inn
09 Tohama Et Son Orchestre - Chaque Fois
10 Jack Say Et Son Orchestre - Ci-Ciu-Ci
11 Ray Franky - Ritmo Chacha
12 Ruben Calzado - Manzanillo
13 Nico Gomez And His Orchestra - Basta
14 Wim Van De Velde - Patricia
15 Les Chakachas - Venus
16 Los Albinos - Cha Cha Be Bop
17 Willy Albimoor - Chick-A-Chick-A-Chick
18 Fud Leclerc Feat Herry Frekin Et Son Orchestre - Maladie D'amour
19 Les Chakachas - Eso Es El Amor
20 Francis Bay - Topaz
21 Theo Mertens - Adios Pampa Mia
22 Los Bingos - Cha Cha Sabena

Al always you can find the new link in the comment section.

Enjoy.

Be sure to check out Vol. 1 of Belgium Goes Latin. It is still available.

Belgium Goes Latin V1

And if you need more tropical and exotic vibes from Belgium, here's a repost of the fabulous 'Exotique Belgique '

Exotique Belgique V1

Exotique Belgique V2

31 jan 2023

The 'Bad Boy' Of French Chanson

The second instalment in the 'MM Stereo Salutes' Series is a tribute to the Bad Boy of the French Chanson.

A Provocateur, a Lover, a Drunk, a Genius...

Tracks

01 Harley Davidson - Aladdin Band
02 Laisse Tomber Les Filles - Roland Vincent Et Son Orchestre
03 Ex Fan Des Sixties - Mario Cavalerro & Son Orchestre Et Chanteurs
04 Medley_ Marylou Sous La Neige - Ballade de Johnny-Jane - Paul Mauriat
05 Accordeon - Alexandra
06 Les Sucettes - The London Sound Dance Orchestra
07 La Décadanse - Ray Cool Orchestra
08 En Relisant Ta Lettre - Jean-Claude Pascal
09 Cha-Cha-Cha Du Loup - Christian Di Maccio Et Ses Musiciens
10 Los Cigarillos - Los Jorge Nova Bossa's
11 Le Poinconneur Des Lilas - Jean-Claude Pascal
12 La Chanson De Prévert - Isabelle Aubret
13 Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son - The London Sound Dance Orchestra
14 Ô Ô Sheriff - Petula Clark
15 Sous Le Soleil Exactement - Michel Colombier Orchestre
16 L' Anamour - Liesbeth List
17 Scéne De Bal 1 (Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus) - Michel Colombier Orchestre
18 La Javanaise - Juliette Gréco
19 Les Goémons - Les Riff
20 Black Trombone - Catherine Sauvage
21 Comic Strip - Jean Morlier
22 Ne Dis Rien - Michèle Arnaud
23 L’Anamour - Jean-Pierre Sabar
24 Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus - The Traces

If you crave for more French Chanson, take a look at these previous posts :

MM Stereo Salutes Aznavour

Attention Violons II D1 & D2

Attention Violons! D1 & D2

As always, you can find the new link in the comments.

Salut et portez vous bien!

1 jan 2023

A New Start...

A New Year!

To keep the party going, Monsieur Maurice compiled some sweet 70's vibes.

Tracks

01 Here's To You - Caravelli
02 Lady Eleanor - Top of the Pops (Tony Rivers)
03 Wigwam - Al Shapiro And His Orchestra
04 It's Too Late - Ed Maciel
05 A Woman Left Lonely - Ella Brown
06 Never Can Say Goodbye - Johnny Hammond
07 Do It Again - Herbie Mann
08 What's Going On - David T. Walker
09 The Long And Winding Road - The Mike Curb Congregation
10 I Am, I Said - Kurt Edelhagen
11 Sylvia's Mother - Cliff Carpenter & His Orchestra
12 United We Stand - The Mike Curb Congregation
13 Power To The People - James Last
14 Samba Pa Ti - Kiyoshi Sugimoto
15 Help Me Make It Through The Night - Skeeter Davis
16 I Just Can't Help Believing - Button Down Brass
17 Mouldy Old Dough - Werner Müller & His Orchestra
18 Up Around The Bend - Ed Maciel
19 The Air That I Breathe - IL Guardiano del Faro
20 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 101 Strings Orchestra
21 Vincent - Nathan Williams & His Orchestra
22 I Don't Know How To Love Him - Peter Matz
23 The Morning After - Roy Orbison
24 Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma - Ray Conniff

Monsieur Maurice sends you all the best for 2023!

Love, Peace and Happiness.

Enjoy!