If I were a Carpenter...

Way back in 2017 Monsieur Maurice presented his first Carpenters Compilation. Now I present to you Carpenters... again.

Tracklist :


01 Sing - Pepe Jaramillo
02 I Won't Last A Day Without You - Paul Mauriat
03 For All We Know - Joe Loss & His Orchestra
04 I Believe You  -  Raul De Souza
05  Close to You - Gabor Szabo
06 A Song For You - Blossom Dearie
07 This Masquerade - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
08 It's Going To Take Some Time - Groove Holmes
09 Only Yesterday - Ray Conniff And The Singers
10 Hurting Each Other - Percy Faith
11 Let Me Be The One - Suzanne
12 I Need To Be In Love - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
13 I Just Fall in Love Again - Dusty Springfield
14 Bless The Beasts And The Childeren - Ray Conniff And The Singers
15 Superstar - Ray Davies & Button Down Brass
16 Yesterday Once More - Billy Vaughn
17 Please Mr Postman - Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
18 Sweet Sweet Smile - Norrie Paramor & The Midland Radio Orchestra
19 Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Boots Randolph
20 Calling Occupants In Interplanetary Craft - Gro Anita Schønn
21 Solitaire - Dana Valery
22 All You Get From Love Is A Love Song - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
23 Sometimes - Peggy Lee
24 Desperado - Ann Burton

24 tracks of Carpenter gems brought to you by the cream of the crop of the Easy and Jazz universe and for you to discover in the comment section. May this compilation be the soundtrack of the first days of this new year.
Let's set off some fireworks during this one !

Want some more ??? You can also find the first MM Digs Carpenters in the comment section.

Monsieur Maurice Digs Again !

Another installment from the 'Monsieur Maurice Digs' series.
This series contains easy listening compilations paying tribute to one particular artist. Mostly artists that hold a special place in Monsieur Maurice's heart.
This installment pays tribute tot the wonderful sound of the Carpenters.
It's basically a 'Best Of' - Lounge Style.
Enjoy !

01 Yesterday Once More - Sounds Orchestral
02 Superstar - Tony Mottola
03. Rainy Days and Mondays - Dick Hyman
04 Goodbye to love - John Pineguy
05 It's going to take some time - Tony Mottola
06 I Won't Last A Day Without You - Sounds Orchestral
07 For All We Know - Tony Mottola
08 I Need To Be In Love - Shirley Bassey
09 Jambalaya (On the bayou) - Brenda Lee
10 Solitaire - John Keating
11 We've only just begun - Tony Mottola
12 (They Long To Be) Close To You - Brian Bennett
13 This Masquerade - Shoji Yokoughi Quartet
14 Top Of The World - David Snell
15 Sing - Peggy Lee
16 There's A Kind Of Hush - Kai Warner
17 Bless The Beasts And Children - The Ventures
18 Yesterday once More- Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
19 For All We Know - Floyd Cramer
20 (They long to be) Close to you - Tony Mottola
21 Top of the World - Ronnie Aldrich
22 There's a kind of hush - Franck Pourcell
23 The Rainbow Connection - Judy Collins