Chez Monsieur Maurice

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 !