Festivalitis

No music festivals this summer...
Damn You Covid-19!
To soften the blow Monsieur Maurice presents you the second volume of Peace, Love & Music. An impression of the music festivals in the late 60's, early seventies Monsieur Maurice Style.

Tracklist

Disk 1

01 Albatross - Wout Steenhuis
02 American Woman - Birds & Brass
03 Going Up The Country - Sandy Nelson
04 Get Together - Anne Murray
05 Lady Jane - Steve Race
06 Baby Please Don't Go - Dion
07 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Incredible Bongo Band
08 Spinning Wheel - Mongo Santamaria
09 Incense And Peppermints - Martin Denny
10 Instant Karma - Larry Page Orchestra
11 Let It Be - Living Guitars
12 Atlantis - The Red Devils
13 Crystal Ship - Mike Curb And The Waterfall
14 Nights In White Satin - Deodato
15 Der Wind Ruft Mary - Bill Ramsey
16 The House Of The Rising Sun - Living Guitars
17 Spirit In The Sky - Hardy Kingston
18 What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Claudine Longet
19 Turn! Turn! Turn! - Bud Shank (feat Chet Baker)
20 Woodstock - Ronnie Aldrich & His Two Piano's
21 People Are Strange - Tiny Tim

Disk 2
01 Samba Pa Ti - Antony Ventura & His Orchestra
02 She's Not There - Santana
03 Down On Me - Phoenix Authority
04 California Dreamin' - The Free Design
05 Aquarius~Let the Sunshine In - Charlie Byrd
06 Hotel California - Shoji Yokoughi Quartet
07 Lay Lady Lay - Melanie
08 Green Onions - Claus Ogerman Orchestra
09 Bourree - Ekseption
10 Motherless Child - The Les Humphries Singers
11 Wight Is Wight - Sandie Shaw
12 Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me - The Shadows
13 On The Road Again - Santo & Johnny
14 Everyday People - James Last
15 Touch Me - Enoch Light
16 With A Little Help From My Friends - Arthur Lyman
17 Good Morning Starshine - Chris Clark
18 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - David McCallum
19 I Can Hear Music - Mark Wirtz Orchestra & Chorus
20 Me And Bobby McGee - Thelma Houston
21 While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Jimmy Ponder
22 Put Your Hand In The Hand - Andre Kostelanetz

43 tracks for you to freak out on!
You know where to go !
MM

Feelin' mighty fine !

More ladies singing the songs of Liverpool's fabulous foursome. Some solo ventures scattered among them... but all mighty fine songs, sung by mighty fine singers.

Tracklist

 01 Across the Universe - Cilla Black

02 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - Dianne Steinberg & Stargard
03 Norwegian Wood - Helen Merrill
04 Hey Jude - Dionne Warwick
05 Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
06 In My Life - Astrud Gilberto
07 Goodbye - Mary Hopkin
08 Got To Get You Into My Life - Ann Burton
09 And I Love Him - Shirley Horn
10 If I Fell - Helen Merrill
11 Eight Days A Week - Alma Cogan
12 Help - Clara Ward
13 You Can't Do That - The Supremes
14 Don't Let Me Down - Phoebe Snow
15 She's Leaving Home - Syreeta
16 Michelle - Mina
17 The Long And Winding Road - Cher
18 Jealous Guy/Don't Let Me Down - Claudine Longet
19 Things We Said Today - Mary McCaslin
20 Yesterday - La Lupe & Tito Puente

 Mp3's @ various kbps
Get your Ticket To Ride in the comment section!

Can't get enough of the Fab Four? Check out this earlier MM Compilation of the album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

MM Digs Sgt. Peppers

I'm pleased to tell you that I seem to have conquered Covid-19. after almost a month I can presume work again in a few days. So please folks, take care of yourselves and take care of the others!
Virtual Hugs,
MM

Day Trippin' Ladies

Lovely Ladies and Classy Dames take on the songs of the Fab Four. The first of a  'two part' compilation for you all to discover and (hopefully) enjoy.

 Tracklist
01 Day Tripper - Nancy Sinatra
02 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Supremes
03 Strawberry Fields Forever - Terri Hollowell
04 Lady Madonna - Helen Merrill
05 Tomorrow Never Knows - Morgana King
06 Here Comes the Sun - Nina Simone
07 Let It Be - Gladys Knight & The Pips
08 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Ike  And Tina Turner
09 Hey Jude - Ella Fitzgerald
10 Eleanor Rigby - PP Arnold
11 We Can Work It Out - Valerie Simpson
12 Savoy Truffle - Ella Fitzgerald
13 Nowhere Man - Chris Connor
14 He Loves You - Mary Wells
15 Can't Buy Me Love - Keely Smith
16 Love Me Do - Sandie Shaw
17 Here There And Everywhere - Bobbie Gentry
18 The Fool on the Hill - Astrud Gilberto
19 In My Life - Miriam Makeba
20 When I'm Sixty-Four - Claudine Longet

MP3 @ various kbps
You can find this in the comment section.


Covid-19 has made that there is no Eurovision Song Contest this year... but fret not ! Especially for you... Here is a re-post of the 3 Eurovision compilations Monsieur Maurice style !
Enjoy and stay healty

Eurovision

Eurovision 3

Eurovision 2

Kinky Tunes

In this crazy world of today, Monsieur Maurice presents to you a compilation of covers from The Kinks. Hoping to bring a bit of cheer now that this virus is wreaking havoc in everybody's life.

Tracklist :

01 All Day & All Of The Night - Larry Page Orchestra
02 Waterloo Sunset - Norman Percival
03 I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Sacred Mushroom
04 Sunny Afternoon - Brian Bennett
05 Tired Of Waiting For You - Stu Phillips
06 Days - Petula Clark
07 Ape Man - James Last
08 Lola - The Kinks
09 You Really Got Me - The Boss Guitars
10 Who'll Be the Next in Line - Françoise Hardy
11 Sunny Afternoon - Les Haricots Rouges
12 Dandy - Trombones Unlimited
13 Got My Feet On The Ground - Larry Page Orchestra
14 Un Figlio Dei Fiori Non Pensa Al Domani (Death Of A Clown) - I Nomadi
15 I Go To Sleep - Peggy Lee
16 Celluloid Heroes - Reg Livermore
17 Something Better Beginning - Larry Page Orchestra
18 Un Jeune Homme Bien - Petula Clark
19 Dandy - Les Haricots Rouges
20 Revenge - Ray McVay Sound

MP3 @ various kbps
You can find this in the comment section.

Take care everybody. Be careful and protect others from getting sick. Together we can beat this thing.
Bless you,
MM

The Voice of His Generation

Keeping up the vibe of 'Peace' and 'Protest', Monsieur Maurice presents to you his third Dylan compilation. A collection of tracks chosen from the man's vast repertoire and expertly covered by his peers.

Tracklist

01 Pat Garret And Billy The Kid (Knocking on Heavens Door) - Geoff Love
02 Like A Rolling Stone - Living Voices
03 I Threw It All Away - Cher
04 With God On Our Side - The Golden Gate Strings
05 I Shall Be Released - The Brothers And Sisters
06 Wigwam - Sounds Orchestra
07 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Goldie Hawn
08 Just Like A Woman - Richie Havens
09 Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word - Joan Baez
10 Peggy Day - The Sound Symposium
11 It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Dion
12 It Ain't Me babe - Billy Strange
13 Corrina , Corrina - Hugues Aufray
14 Maggie's Farm - Booker T & Priscilla
15 She Belongs To Me - Epsilon
16 All Along The Watchtower - The Alan Brown
17 Masters Of War - Odetta
18 The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Nina Simone
19 The Man In Me - Al Kooper
20 It Ain't Me Babe - Hugo Montenegro
21 Rainy Day Woman 12-35 -  The Baroque Inevitable

Mp3's @ various bitrates can be found in the Comment Section.

For this occasion I've re-uploaded the previous Dylan comps again. You can find those here :

MM Digs Dylan

MM Digs Mo' Dylan

Be Safe
Be Healty
Be Kind
Peace
MM

Peace, Love & Music

Think Woodstock, think the Isle of Wight...
Think San Francisco, think Flower Children, think VW vans painted in psychedelic patterns...
Think Peace Activism, think Protest Songs...
MM gives you 2 discs of all that... Monsieur Maurice style.

Tracklist
Disk 1
01 Society's Child - The Sounds Of Our Times
02 Eve Of Destruction - James Last
03 Peace Will Come According To Plan - Claudine Longet
04 San Francisco (Flowers In Your Hair) - The John Schroeder Orchestra
05 Teach Your Children - The Miami
06 Universal Soldier - Lobo
07 Lay Down - Lee Patterson Singers
08 Blue - Paul Horn
09 A Woman Left Lonely - Rita Coolidge
10 Purple Haze - Dion
11 For What It's Worth - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
12 California Dreamin' -  Jose Feliciano
13 White Rabbit - Gabor Szabo
14 Riders On The Storm - Horst Jankowski
15 Black Magic Woman - Hugo Strasser Und Sein Tanzorchester
16 Simple Song Of Freedom - Della Reese
17 Move Over - Doc Severinsen
18 Foxy Lady - Booker T & The MG’s
19 Light My Fire - Erma Franklin
20 Chelsea Morning - Paul Horn
21 Somebody To Love - The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus
22 Universal Soldier - Living Voices

Disk 2
01 Have You Ever Seen The Rain - The Mike Curb Congregation
02 Let's go to San Francisco - John Cameron Orchestra
03 Green Tambourine - The Lovers
04 Big Yellow Taxi - Monty Alexander
05 For What It's Worth - King Curtis & The Kingpins
06 Brand New Key - Ray Conniff And The Singers
07 Blowin' In The Wind - James Last
08 With A Little Help From My Friends - Patti Miller
09 We Shall Overcome - Paul Winter
10 Bird On The Wire - Tim Hardin
11 Leftover Wine - Della Reese
12 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Herbie Mann
13 Woodstock - Alan Tew
14 Society's Child - Don Costa
15 Beautiful People - The Tokens
16 Fire And Rain - Enoch Light & The Light Brigade
17 Marrakesh Express - Stan Getz
18 Hello I Love You - Touch Me - The Lettermen
19 San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) - Merrilee Rush
20 Hush - Rune Öfwerman & Funky Strings
21 White Room - Jimmy Takeuchi
22 Mellow Yellow - The Johnny Arthey Orchestra
23 Brand New Key - Ray McVay Orchestra

You know what to do... just be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...
Peace Out
MM

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.