Chez Monsieur Maurice

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!