Let's welcome the Summer ...

 'Cause Monsieur Maurice is dancing The Mambo ! Creating his own personal heatwave with these Latin rhythms... So put on your dancing shoes and start to sway.

Tracks

01 Mambo (from West Side Story) - Enoch Light
02 Mambo Baby - Ruth Brown
03 Mambo in old Lisbon - Joe Loss
04 Mambo Parisienne - Henry Mancini
05 Mambo Jambo - The Frank Barber Percussion Ensemble
06 Mambo De Paris - Eartha Kitt
07 Auto Horn Mambo - Hector Pellot and his Aces of Ritmo
08 Mambo no 5 - Nico Gomez & His Orchestra
09 Sir Julian's Mambo - Sir Julian
10 Papa Loves Mambo - Nat King Cole
11 La Cucaracha Mambo - Woody Herman
12 Mambo Inn - Grant Green
13 Mambo Mania - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra
14 Mambo Bacan - Sophia Loren
15 Ragtime Mambo - George Siravo
16 Mambo For Latin Lovers - Ido Martin
17 The Anything can happen Mambo - Mel Thormé
18 Mambo Jambo Version2 - Billy Vaughn
19 Five Bottles Mambo - Yma Sumac
20 Cool Mambo - Francis Bay
21 Mambo Italiano - Alma Cogan
22 Riviera Mambo - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
23 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mambo - Joe Cain

If you fancy more Latin Fever, you can check out these previous Monsieur Maurice compilations. (New Mega Links)

Belgium Goes Latin V1

Belgium Goes Latin V2

Enjoy!

MM

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Ain't no sunshine...

 Only rain in Belgium... When will there be some sun ?!?

To oppress the doom and gloom, Monsieur Maurice presents the 3th volume of MM's Got Soul!

 20 delightful instrumental soul-tunes to brighten up your day.

Tracks

01 Respect / (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - The Sound Symposium
02 Groovin' - Dick Hyman and The Group
03 Up On The Roof - 101 Strings Orchestra
04 After The Love Has Gone - John Gregory & His Cascading Strings
05 Ain't No Sunshine - Nick Ingman
06 It’s A Man’s Man’s World - Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd
07 If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right - Washrag
08 At Last - Johnny Lytle
09 Get Ready - Living Marimabas
10 Ain't That Peculiar  The George Benson Quartet
11 Oh Girl - Terry Baxter
12 Ain't No Way  - Arif Mardin
13 A Change Is Gonna Come - Arlen Roth
14 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Garry Blake Orchestra
15 The Love I Lost - Peter Dean
16 Treat Her Like A Lady - Monk Higgins
17 SinceYou've Been Gone - The Soulful Strings
18 I Never Loved A Man - Paul Mauriat
19 You Make Me Feel Brand New - Brian Dee
20 Check-Out Your Mind - T. Honda & His Orchestra

Be sure to check out the previous MM's Got Soul compilations for prolonged listening enjoyment!

 

MM's Got Soul V1

MM's Got Soul V2

Let's get Groovin'

MM

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You can't always get what you want...

 But you sure can get what you need... And this has to be the next compilation in the series of Ladies Sing...

This time they sing the songs of the Rolling Stones.

It was not an easy feat. The pickings on female covers of Stones songs are scarce, but Monsieur Maurice managed to compile a beautiful selection for you all. 

Tracks

01 Sympathy For The Devil - Sandie Shaw
02 Gimme Shelter - Merry Clayton
03 Happy - The Pointer Sisters
04 Beast Of Burden - Bette Midler
05 The Salt Of The Earth - Joan Baez
06 Angie - Lady Jane Medley - Tommi
07 Back Street Girl - Bojoura
08 Let's Spend The Night Together - Claudine Longet
09 Out Of Time - Margie Miller
10 Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt
11 Jumpin' Jack Flash - Thelma Houston
12 You Can't Always Get What You Want - PP Arnold
13 Wild Horses -Labelle
14 Ruby Tuesday - Melanie
15 No Expectations - Odetta
16 I Am Waiting - Jennifer Warnes
17 As Tears Go By - Naomi & The Boys
18 The Last Time - Lulu
19 Paint It Black - Jackie Carter
20 Under My Thumb - Beverly Johnson
21 Honky Tonk Women - Mieko Hirota
22 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Phyllis Diller

I hope you all will enjoy this new compilation as much as I enjoyed making it. You know what to do... Check out the 'Comments' for the goodies, and leave a little word behind...

See you later !

MM

Don't forget to check out these previous albums in the Ladies Sing Series :

MM’s Ladies Sing
The Beatles I
LINK D1 - D2

MM’s Ladies Sing
The Beatles II
LINK D1 - D2

MM’s Ladies Sing
Elvis
LINK D1 - D2

MM’s Ladies Sing
Bob Dylan
  LINK D1 - D2

MM’s Ladies Sing
Simon & Garfunkel
LINK

Not an April Fool's Joke...

 Oh no, this one's for real... the 4th volume of the very popular MM's I Love 70's compilations.

Tracks

01 Paranoid - Hugo Strasser Und Sein Tanzorchester
02 Freddie’s Dead - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
03 Saturday In The Park - Jacksonians
04 Baby I'm A Want You - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
05 Laughter In The Rain - Inger Lise Rypdal
06 Dancin' In The Moonlight - Johnny Rivers
07 Killing Me Softly With His Song - IL Guardiano del Faro
08 He's Got A Way - Suzanne Lynch
09 Morning Has Broken - Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra
10 Gypsys Tramps and Thieves - Cilla Black
11 Blue Sky - Joan Baez
12 I Write The Songs - The Fifty Guitars
13 Hello in There - Bette Midler
14 Hello Its Me - Lani Hall
15 Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
16 I Saw The Light - Dave Snell
17 Money - Mario Cavallero Son Orchestre Et Ses Chanteurs
18 Us And Them - Fausto Papetti
19 Half Breed - Jack McDuff
20 Midnight Rider  - Maynard Parker
21 I Don't Want to Talk About It - Tracy
22 Get Down - Pete Moore's Solid Rockin' Brass

22 glorious tracks, starting off with an easy listening version of  Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'. Who woulda thunk that ?

So, go directly to the comments and get this thing asap. You know you need it...

Enjoy,

MM

For you're convenience, here are the previous volumes from this series.

MM's I Love 70's Vol 1

MM's I Love 70's Vol3

MM's I Love 70's Vol 2

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The Many Faces Of Em(m)anuelle

 Monsieur Maurice created another one of his infamous SleazeBox Collections. A compilation of beautiful, funky, grooving, mesmerizing tracks from the  world of sleazy movies. This time it's a tribute tot the phenomenon 'Emmanuelle'. A beautiful woman celebrating love and freedom... (who doesn't want that ?)

Tracks

01 Emanuelle Nera - Emanuelles Theme - Nico Fidenco
02 Emanuelle, Perché violenza alle donne? - A Picture Of Love (Instrumentale) - Nico Fidenco
03 Velluto Nero - Velluto Nero - Dario & Alberto Baldan Bembo
04 Emanuelle In America - Emanuelle in America - Nico Fidenco
05 Emanuelle Nera - Orient Reportage - Arabian Evasion Theme - Nico Fidenco
06 Io, Emmanuelle - Emmanuelle - Gianni Ferrio
07 Emmanuelle - Emmanuelle In Thailand - Pierre Bachelet
08 Emanuelle Nera nº 2 - Emanuell’s In Love (Vers. B) - Don Powell
09 Emmanuelle 4 - L’extase d'Emmanuelle - Michel Magne
10 Velluto Nero - Love Scene - Dario & Alberto Baldan Bembo
11 Emanuelle e gli Ultimi Cannibali - Make Love On The Wing (Vocal Version) - Nico Fidenco
12 Goodbye Emmanuelle - Goodbye Emmanuelle (Version instrumentale) - Serge Gainsbourg
13 Emmanuelle 2 - Emmanuelle 2 -  Francis Lai
14 Tokyo Emmanuelle - Mrs. Tokyo Emmanuelle (Pt1) - Eddy And Orient Express
15 Amore Libero - Janine - Fabio Frizzi
16 Emanuelle e gli Ultimi Cannibali - Wild Nightmare - Nico Fidenco
17 Emanuelle in America - Rhubarb (#2) - Nico Fidenco
18 Emanuelle, Perché violenza alle donne? - My Boundless - Nico Fidenco
19 Laure - Laure - Franco Micalizzi
20 Emanuelle Nera,  Orient Reportage - Sweet's Variation - Nico Fidenco
21 Tokyo Emmanuelle - Mrs. Tokyo Emmanuelle (Pt2) - Eddy And Orient Express
22 Emanuelle in America - Dream - Nico Fidenco
23 Emanuelle Nera - Unavoidable - Nico Fidenco
24 Emmanuelle - Emmanuelle In Thailand (Variations) - Pierre Bachelet
25 Emmanuelle - Emmanuelle Song (French Vocal) - Pierre Bachelet

So join the journey of these different incarnations of the free spirited Em(m)anuelle, and enjoy. 

SleazeBox Compilation

SleazeBox Compilation 2

More Sleazy Listening can be found on these previous compilations. 

As from today 'the Archive' will be temporally closed for updates and maintenance. No worries. It will pop up again when you're least expecting it !

Take care and enjoy the music.

MM

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Maurice's Got A Brand New Bag!

 Let's groove on these Soul instrumentals. The second volume of MM's Got Soul.

Tracks

01 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - John Schroeder
02 Back Stabbers - MFSB
03 Living For The City - Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
04 Tears Of A Clown - Simon Park
05 Reach Out (And I'll Be There) - The Keith Mansfield Orchestra
06 Lovin' You - Enoch Light
07 Walk Away Renee - The Groovin' Strings And Things
08 You Keep Me Hangin On - Paul Mauriat
09 Tracks Of My Tears - Mongo Santamaria
10 Can I Change My Mind - Willie Henderson & The Soul Explosions
11 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Electric Indian
12 Killing Me Softly With His Song - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
13 Love And Happiness - Monty Alexander
14 For Once In My Life - Buddy Fite
15 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Living Marimbas
16 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - Andy Mackay
17 Hot Fun In The Summertime - David T. Walker
18 Let's Stay Together - Herbie Mann
19 I Can't Help Myself - Earl Van Dyke
20 Dancing In the Street - Don Sebesky & The Jazz Rock Syndrome
21 Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Willie Bobo

You know where to find it ! 

Be sure to check out volume 1 of this series.

MM's Got Soul

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Time flies...

 Another year over. And also the first day of 2024 has almost come to an end... And I forgot to post the new Monsieur Maurice Compilation!

But fear not... Here it is...

The third volume of Attention Violons. Instrumental versions of French chansons played by French Orchestra's. With lots and lots of violins.

Tracks

01 Sympathy - Franck Pourcel
02 Je Ne Suis Que De L'Amour - Caravelli
03 Jaccuse - Jean-Claude Borelly
04 Monday Tuesday ... Laissez-Moi Danser - Paul Mauriat
05 Prendre Un Enfant - Franck Pourcel
06 Love Me, Please Love Me - Carivelli
07 Mon Dieu - Franck Pourcel
08 Que Reste T'ill De Nos Amours - Caravelli
09 Vis Ta Vie - Paul Mauriat
10 Sur Les Bords De La Tendresse - Raymond Lefèvre
11 Je Vole - Jean Claude Borelly
12 Il Y A Du Soleil Sur La France - Caravelli
13 Salut Les Amoureux - Paul Mauriat
14 Alexandrie Alexandra - Jean Claude Borelly
15 Reality -  Paul Mauriat
16 Gloria - Caravelli
17 Les Divorces - Raymond Lefevre
18 Le France - Jean-Claude Borelly
19 Le Coeur Grenadine - Franck Pourcel
20 Une Femme Avec Toi - Andre Popp
21 Que Reste T'Il De Nos Amours - Francis Lai
22 C'est Si Bon - Paul Mauriat
23 Les Play Boys- Caravelli

And as always, Monsieur Maurice wishes you all the best for the New Year !

I wish you Joy, and Happiness, and Love, and Health, and Peace...

 

Enjoy,

MM

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