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A Gringo Like Me
One of the finds on MP3com was a group called Thunderosa. Not surf music they played spaghetti western themes and similar soundtrack sounding material. Some very fine vocals were included one of them being their very good version of A Gringo Like Me from one of the Dollar films. I have never been able to find any info on them through Google although there is a biker grunge group with the same name.
Anyhow here are all 9 tracks I have of their music along with the original versions of some of the tracks and other similar material. For instance Bernstein's El Guapo theme is from Three Amigos of all movies but it fits in fine. Riz Ortolani's Memories of Selena has nothing to do with the Selena track but he's Italian and the tune is great.
Tracks
01. Thunderosa - A Gringo Like Me
02. Thunderosa - For a Few Tacos More (el Guapo's Theme)
03. Thunderosa - I, Raj, Spy
04. Thunderosa - Last Tango in Vegas
05. Thunderosa - Los Muertos
06. Thunderosa - Our Man Flint
07. Thunderosa - Ringo Rides Again
08. Thunderosa - Selena
09. Thunderosa - The Surfer's Bossanova
10. Ennio Morricone - A Gringo Like Me
11. Elmer Bernstein - El Guapo
12. The Hellbenders - A Gringo Like Me
13. Ennio Morricone - Ringo Rides Again
14. Hugo Montenegro - Our Man Flint
15. Los Plantronics - Dia De Los Muertos
16. The Blue Hawaiians - Our Man Flint
17. Riz Ortolani - Memories of Selena
18. Ennio Morricone - Una Pistola Per Ringo
19. Gill Fuller & James Moody - Our Man Flint
20. Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica
Mancini's the man
Here's a little tribute to the master of soundtrack music Henry Mancini. Some of my favourite tunes written by Mancini performed by other artists. You may have some of these versions but I doubt if anyone has them all. Starting with the Monkees or rather probably the Wrecking Crew and a little tribute to Peter Gunn there's some other rarities in there (Unknown Chinese Orchestra for example).
Track List
01. The Monkees - Peter Gunn's Gun
02. The Boardwalkers - Banzai Pipeline
03. Danny Morris - Banzai Pipeline
04. Pavlov's Woody - Banzai Pipeline
05. The Boss Martians - Banzai Pipeline
06. Thee Phantom 5ive - Banzai Pipeline
07. Sounds Orchestral - Moon River
08. Chris Mancini-Lennart - A Shot in the Dark-Peter Gunn
09. Jimmie Haskell - A Shot In The Dark
10. Big Ray & The Futuras - Shot in the Dark
11. Four Piece Suit - A Shot in the Dark
12. Treble Spankers - Shot In The Dark
13. Tutti Camarata - Theme From The Pink Panther
14. Oranj Symphonette - The Pink Panther Theme
15. Vanessa-Mae - The pink panther
16. The Jigsaw Seen - Baby Elephant Walk
17. Billy May, Al Caiola - Baby Elephant Walk Java
18. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Baby Elephant Walk
19. Unknown Chinese Orchestra - Baby Elephant Walk
20. Danny Morris - Experiment in Terror
21. Davie Allan & The Arrows - Experiment in Terror
22. Blue Hawaiians - Experiment In Terror
Les Baxter South Pacific
I uploaded this for a request a couple of months ago but some one else met the request. Anyway the file's been sitting in my Rapidshare uploads so I thought I'd share it here for anyone who doesn't have it. Probably no need to describe the album and artist needless to say if you haven't got it get it now.
Remember MP3.Com?
Remember those heady days when MP3.com ruled the roost? This was before blogs ruled the waves and my daily fix was satisfied by the plethora of artists who uploaded single tracks or in some cases whole albums to that site. It was a great synthesis of willling parties sharing their music with eager patrons. As I only had dial up at that stage the low bitrate of 128 suited me down to the ground. In fact MP3.com wouldn't let anyone upload files at a greater bitrate.
My main areas of interest was surf music, ambient and new age music and jangle/power pop. Many great groups were discovered like the Penetrators (surf), Richard Burmer (oustanding ambient/new age artist now sadly passed away) and some great jangle pop artists all now faded from memory. Of course corporate greed took over but it backfired when the blogs took over and shared music anyway whether the artists wanted it or not.
Anyhow I was looking over my archives and I found over 40 CDRs of music most downloaded from MP3.com. I decided to do some compilations of the more worthy of these offering and the first one is here. Nearly all the tracks were found on the said site and I've picked tunes that are melodic and memorable.
My main areas of interest was surf music, ambient and new age music and jangle/power pop. Many great groups were discovered like the Penetrators (surf), Richard Burmer (oustanding ambient/new age artist now sadly passed away) and some great jangle pop artists all now faded from memory. Of course corporate greed took over but it backfired when the blogs took over and shared music anyway whether the artists wanted it or not.
Anyhow I was looking over my archives and I found over 40 CDRs of music most downloaded from MP3.com. I decided to do some compilations of the more worthy of these offering and the first one is here. Nearly all the tracks were found on the said site and I've picked tunes that are melodic and memorable.
Anyway here's volume 1 of the ambient/new age stuff and it sounds as good as I remembered. so do yourself a favour and try it. If there's enough interest and comments I'll do more comps and maybe some featuring single artists only. Don't forget there's absolutely loads of stuff so keep those comments coming.
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New Guitar Standards
Just what you've all been waiting for yet another compilation. But wait this is a goodie. Contemporary guitar groups performing instrumental standards. There's surf music, screen themes, exotica and even classical tunes featured. In fact this is the best thing this side of a Tarantino soundtrack. All tunes are volume normalised for your listening pleasure. 40 tunes in two files.
As Steven Strauss has rightly pointed out I should credit the wonderful fortune teller pic which is by an artist named Heather Watts from British Columbia. Her web site is here where you'll find more tiki goodness.
Track listing
01. Cadillac Angels - Apache
02. Aqua Velvets - Baja
03. Los Coronas - Day Tripper
04. Los Coronas - The Wedge
05. The Diamondheads - Taco Wagon
06. The Diamondheads - Cry for a Shadow
07. Los Coronas - Secret Agent Man
08. Hawaii Samurai - Bullwinkle Part II
09. The Aqua Velvets - Walk Don't Run (Live)
10. The Aqua Velvets - Apache (Live)
11. 3 Balls of Fire - Baia
12. 3 Balls of Fire - The Crying Game
13. Aquamen - The Godfather
14. The Atlantics - Bombora
15. The Bambi Molesters - Margaya
16. The Bambi Molesters - The Breeze and I
17. Beat Tornados, The - The Cruel Sea
18. Big Ray & The Futuras - Shot in the Dark
19. Big Ray & The Futuras - Mr. Moto
20. Bitch Boys, The - Paint It Black
21. Bitch Boys, The - Telstar
22. The Dead Rocks - El Condor Pasa
23. Galaxy Trio - Jack Lord's Hair
24. Gary Hoey - Wipe Out
25. The Hellecasters - Peter Gunn
26. Huevos Rancheros - The Lonely Bull
27. Invisible Surfers - Rumble
28. Jack Nitzsche - The magnificent seven
29. Jon & The Nightriders - Midnight Run
30. The Killer Bananazz - Miserlou
31. Krontjong Devils - Music To Watch Girls By
32. Krontjong Devils - Yang Bu
33. Langhorns - The Victor
34. Lawndale - Take Five
35. Link Protrudi & The Jaymen - California Sun
36. The Looney Tunes - Swingin' Creeper (Night Stick)
37. The Looney Tunes - Theme From Exodus
38. Le Vice Barons - The Persuaders
39. The Baronics - Vivaldi-Spring R. 269, Concerto in E Major
40. The Baronics - Mozart-Rondo Alla Turca
Part 1 Part 2
Track listing
01. Cadillac Angels - Apache
02. Aqua Velvets - Baja
03. Los Coronas - Day Tripper
04. Los Coronas - The Wedge
05. The Diamondheads - Taco Wagon
06. The Diamondheads - Cry for a Shadow
07. Los Coronas - Secret Agent Man
08. Hawaii Samurai - Bullwinkle Part II
09. The Aqua Velvets - Walk Don't Run (Live)
10. The Aqua Velvets - Apache (Live)
11. 3 Balls of Fire - Baia
12. 3 Balls of Fire - The Crying Game
13. Aquamen - The Godfather
14. The Atlantics - Bombora
15. The Bambi Molesters - Margaya
16. The Bambi Molesters - The Breeze and I
17. Beat Tornados, The - The Cruel Sea
18. Big Ray & The Futuras - Shot in the Dark
19. Big Ray & The Futuras - Mr. Moto
20. Bitch Boys, The - Paint It Black
21. Bitch Boys, The - Telstar
22. The Dead Rocks - El Condor Pasa
23. Galaxy Trio - Jack Lord's Hair
24. Gary Hoey - Wipe Out
25. The Hellecasters - Peter Gunn
26. Huevos Rancheros - The Lonely Bull
27. Invisible Surfers - Rumble
28. Jack Nitzsche - The magnificent seven
29. Jon & The Nightriders - Midnight Run
30. The Killer Bananazz - Miserlou
31. Krontjong Devils - Music To Watch Girls By
32. Krontjong Devils - Yang Bu
33. Langhorns - The Victor
34. Lawndale - Take Five
35. Link Protrudi & The Jaymen - California Sun
36. The Looney Tunes - Swingin' Creeper (Night Stick)
37. The Looney Tunes - Theme From Exodus
38. Le Vice Barons - The Persuaders
39. The Baronics - Vivaldi-Spring R. 269, Concerto in E Major
40. The Baronics - Mozart-Rondo Alla Turca
Part 1 Part 2
Raybeats Extra
Well here it is. As if in answer to a prayer the great Twilight Zone has supplied this album. Over 20 years waiting and here it is! I'll leave my effort up for comparison. I haven't downloaded it yet so I'll report on it after a listen. And there's even a cover scan and track list!
Yep sounds like a good rip. Its never been released on CD so I presume this a vinyl rip and its very clean.
Yep sounds like a good rip. Its never been released on CD so I presume this a vinyl rip and its very clean.
Raybeats Its Only a Movie Special Edition
This has been one of my favourite albums since I found the original in the $1 bin at 78 Records in Perth in the mid 80s. 78 Records was my favourite hangout a massive store on 2 levels but no actual 78s. I since lost the album along with most of my LP collection and unlike other albums have been unable to find a copy of the complete album on the net. Not only that I can't even find a decent cover scan or track listing. I have found a vinyl copy on a Dutch record mail order site and I am making enquiries.
Anyhow using all available copies of tunes found on the net and scavenged off an old mini disc I have compiled the best version available at the moment along with alternate versions and a couple of other tunes.
Anyhow Twilight Zone is featuring their first album Guitar Beat also out of print and I thought I would share this version also. I much prefer this album to GB. Three or four songs are stonking versions of classics like Jack the Ripper and Mancini's Banzai Run recorded in a garage with a single stereo microphone. The rest were done in a studio with a drum machine they were playing with and while OK they don't live up to the grandeur of the garage tunes. If they'd done the whole album like those 3 or four tracks this would be the GREATEST ALBUM ever made! Even better than the Surfaris Play Wipeout.
I've also included a fun video of Jack the Ripper in the folder. By the way that Chris Rea album in the sidebar has one CD of tunes in the vein of this album (the first one) and I highly recommend it. Don't bother with the other 2 CDs they're just Chris doing his usual crooning thing.
Also go here for the Band's rundown on the albums all unavailable unfortunately.
Track listing:
01. Jack The Ripper
02. Banzai Pipeline
03. Instant Twist
04. The Sad Little Caper
05. Doin' The Dishes
06. Soulsurfin
07. The Big Country
08. Jelly Bread
09. Rise And Fall Of Flingel Blunt
10. Soul Beat-Intoxica
11. It's Only A Movie
12. Calhoun Surf
13. Jack The Ripper (alt)
14. B-Gas Rickshaw
15. Cocktails
So there you have it a labour of love by yours truly.
Anyhow using all available copies of tunes found on the net and scavenged off an old mini disc I have compiled the best version available at the moment along with alternate versions and a couple of other tunes.
Anyhow Twilight Zone is featuring their first album Guitar Beat also out of print and I thought I would share this version also. I much prefer this album to GB. Three or four songs are stonking versions of classics like Jack the Ripper and Mancini's Banzai Run recorded in a garage with a single stereo microphone. The rest were done in a studio with a drum machine they were playing with and while OK they don't live up to the grandeur of the garage tunes. If they'd done the whole album like those 3 or four tracks this would be the GREATEST ALBUM ever made! Even better than the Surfaris Play Wipeout.
I've also included a fun video of Jack the Ripper in the folder. By the way that Chris Rea album in the sidebar has one CD of tunes in the vein of this album (the first one) and I highly recommend it. Don't bother with the other 2 CDs they're just Chris doing his usual crooning thing.
Also go here for the Band's rundown on the albums all unavailable unfortunately.
Track listing:
01. Jack The Ripper
02. Banzai Pipeline
03. Instant Twist
04. The Sad Little Caper
05. Doin' The Dishes
06. Soulsurfin
07. The Big Country
08. Jelly Bread
09. Rise And Fall Of Flingel Blunt
10. Soul Beat-Intoxica
11. It's Only A Movie
12. Calhoun Surf
13. Jack The Ripper (alt)
14. B-Gas Rickshaw
15. Cocktails
So there you have it a labour of love by yours truly.
Voodoo
This is a request. I have shared this before but I couldn't find it in my Rapidshare files so I've reuploaded it. I ripped this from my own CD copy. It was sourced from vinyl and it had some unacceptable surface noise which I've edited so this is the best sounding version you'll find.
Following are some other Voodoo related shares which I repost here.
Following are some other Voodoo related shares which I repost here.
One of the very best Exotica albums.
The legendary Xtabay compilations. Voodoos one and two.
Taboo! Bongo! Percussion!
Great percussion album from 1970s studio group. Thats not a drum on the cover by the way.
Legendary bongo sound from Rock n Roll Bongo player Preston Epps. From the fifties. He had a hit with Bongo Rock which appealed to the surf music crowd and was covered many times.
Don't know a lot about this one but sounds like genuine African drum sounds to me.
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