Albums by artists whose names start with M

• M'Boom (Max Roach): "Collage '84"
  • CD, Soul Note 121059, Italy, 1984
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Machito & His Afrocubans: "Carambola"
  • CD, ? TCD 024, ?, 199?
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#3095]

• Machito & His Afro-Cubans: "Cubop City"
  • CD, Tumbao Cuban Classics TCD-012, Switzerland, 199?

• Machito: "Machito At The Crescendo"
  • CD, GNP/Crescendo GNPD 58, USA, 199?

• Machito: "New Sound Of Machito"
  • CD, Tico, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • (unknown): Machito album from the early 60's, when he was making the group a little bit smaller, and giving it a more modern sound. Graciela's on vocals on a number of tracks, including some nice originals

• Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra: "Tremendo Cumban"
  • CD, Tumbao Cuban Classics TCD-004, Switzerland, 199?

• Mad: "Mad Grooves"
  • CD, Rhino R2 72435, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. compilation of MAD Magazine songs, from the '50s through the '80s

• Michel Magne/ Bernard Gerard: "Les Tontons Flingueurs"  (Bandes Originales Des Films De Georges Lautner)
  • CD, Universal/ EmArcy, France, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: tracks from 6 soundtracks: Les Tontons flingueurs; Ne nous fâchons pas; Les Barbouzes, Le monocle rit jaune, La Grande Sauterelle; et Galia. Sound frags at French CD mailorder sites. Varied: from groovy loungecore over jazz, a cover of Them's "Gloria" and the Swingle Singers to spooky orchestral suspense music.

• Michel Magne: "Tropical Fantasy"
  • LP, Columbia CS-8493, USA, 196?
    CD, Oriental Pacific (bootleg), USA, 1996, deleted
    CD-R, Zippy CD Company, Japan, 2001
    LP, exact repro reissue Columbia CS-8493, USA, 200?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. "Tropical Fantasy " is one of my favorite exotic percussion albums, with so so many odd percussion and goofy sounds that it becomes hilarious, over the top, like Spike Jones going exotic! From 1960. the bootleg CD is a twofer coupled with The Markko Polo Adventurers' "Orienta".
    • Basic Hip: I always thought of this as a spoof of "serious" exotica records. But not a comedy or novelty record at all - far from it! A really great exotic and wild percussion recording with many familiar titles, Brazil, Perfidia, Tabu, The Peanut Vendor. What sets it apart is the usual tropical sounds and Martin Denny style bird calls are replaced with laughing, sped up voices, ducks (donald duck?), animal (apes) noises and other insane sound effects - lots and lots of them. But this LP is no joke, as it is very well done. One of a kind ! Get it!!
    • Will Louviere: Tropical Fantasy has all kinds of good banter going on in it. Mostly from a bunch of synthetic birdies, but also other crazy jungle creatures. This album is a brilliant satire, and it's obvious that he was following Martin Denny pretty closely at that point in his career. TF is the closest thing to a "missing link" between MD and Andre Popp (Elsa Popping) Ive ever heard.

• The Magnificent Seven: "The Best Of The Worst"
  • CD, Basta Records 30-9086, Netherlands (distributed in USA by Allegro), 1999
  • comment:
    • Reviewed in "_Cool And Strange Music Magazine_" issue 13

• Anton Maiden: "Anton Maiden"
  • CD, Nihilism Records, USA
  • comment:
    • Johan: Iron Maiden karaoke style! available from: www.aquariusrecords.org

• The Maledictus Sound: "Les Maledictus Sound"
  • CD/LP, Mucho Gusto, Canada, 1999
    LP 180 gram HQ vinyl, Dagored RED 120, gatefold sleeve, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Wonderful, surprising, incredible! Sort of Symphonic mod sound, recorded in France in 1968. Although the notes suggest a large amount of improvisation, all tracks are very good compositions, with great melodies. Their name suggests spooky and dark sounds, but their music is very pop, bright, happy, funny even at times. reminds me a bit of Peter Thomas: the same Euro big band sound, with wild electric guitars, and weird/funny sounds (like Chipmunk style voices for exemple, or screaming). There's 1 track with whistling, several with kazoo's, drums with echo, and almost all tracks have a big string section - but luckily not the sirup kind of strings. The opening track (Kriminal Theme) is spy funk, and uses several sound bits from Pierre Henry's "Messe pour le temps présent". "Concerto genocido" sounds surprisingly optimistic, with baroque trumpets. There's also symphonic Hammond soul, and what sounds like Buddy Merrill on acid. Highly recommended!
    • See Incredibly Strange Music volume 2, in the Jello Biafra interview.
    • Chuck: ... spy jazz jams with psche crime show beats and chipmunk vocals with occasional screams. Totally psyched out late 60's grooves that are all over the place. Some whistling, some screams, some strings and lots of psyche guitar fuzzed out. Some of the music has a Morricone late 60's horror film feel. Some of the vocals are done Chipmunk Nutty Squirrel style that just adds to the wildness of this record. Generally the cuts are instrumentals This is an amazingly weird fun record.
    • Liner notes: The genre of this record is unidentifiable. Its composition is a collaboration of classical and modern artists is association with session musicians towards a common goal: the research of sound.

• Mambo Kurt: "Return Of Alleinunterhalter"
  • CD, Stamm Und Belz Records, Germany, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: Hammond-versions of Radiohead, Nirvana...

• Herby Man: "Flautista! Herby Man Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz"
  • CD, Verve 314 557 448, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#5354]

• Iwamura Manabu: "This Is How I Feel About Jazz"
  • CD, Readymade Records, Japan, 2000
  • comment:
    • william: this came out on the readymade records label out of japan sometime within the last year. this is the label run by p5's konishi. i really wanted to pick this disc up since hearing his(manabu) remix on the punch the monkey 3 remixes and covers.(speaking of good anime soundtracks the lupin the 3rd one's should be good judging by how great the remix discs have been). apparently iwamura manabu is a japanese living in italy. and maki and konishi found(discovered?) out about him while they were in italy last year. and hence konishi released this on his label. it seems to fall somewhere between crime jazz and sacrebleu by dimitri from paris. i think they sample from some of the same sources. i think it may be the best non p5 related release to come out on readymade in quite some time. on first listen i am liking it alot more than comoestas or mansfield.

• Henry Mancini: "The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini"
  • LP, RCA
    CD, RCA 62999, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Henry Mancini: "The Blues And The Beat"
  • CD, RCA Living Stereo 26047, Germany, 1995
    CD, RCA ND 74409, Spain, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Wonderful jazz à la Mancini.
      Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium".

• Henry Mancini: "Charade & Experiment In Terror"
  • CD, Camden Deluxe, UK, year?

• Henry Mancini And His Orchestra: "Combo! The Original Peter Gunn Sound!"
  • CD, RCA 77942, Spain, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Henry Mancini: "The Cop Show Themes"
  • CD, RCA, Spain, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • Basic Hip: Highly Recommened!!!
    • Jack Diamond Music: Titles; Mystery Movie Theme, The Streets of San Francisco, Bumper's Theme, Medley: Kojak and S.W.A.T, Baretta's Theme, The Rockford Files, Hawaii 5-0, Police Woman. Compleat with synthesizers, Fender Bass, big booming and spot on percussion, the "genius of them all", Henry Mancini steps up to bat and gives us all his best "Now Go Go Sound recording and does it as only the guy with some of the best taste in popular music ever, can do. He really pulls it off, so if you do like that "Now Go Go Sound" and you do like TV Sounds, this it is. Killer guitars and organs and that driving seriously funky sound and a sound of tunes that are very familiar and just may be the "soundtrack to your childhood or life", you'd looooooooooove this release. Great cartooney cover too, that says it all. Released 1976

• Henry Mancini: "Hatari / High Time"
  • CD, Camden Deluxe, UK, year?

• Henry Mancini: "High Time"
  • CD, RCA 62998, Spain, 1999
  • comment:
    • Br. Cleve: not one of his better efforts, imho

• Henry Mancini: "In The Pink"  (The Ultimate Collection)
  • Double CD, RCA 24283, ?, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 0 points on 5.

• Henry Mancini: "The Jazz Sound From Peter Gunn"
  • CD, Fresh Sounds 2009, Spain, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
    • Jack Diamond Music: This release consists of 24 tracks, taken from 3 different records of Henry Mancini "Peter Gunn" titles. 3 different records, all music composed by Henry Mancini, arranged by 3 great arrangers , from the very same time period. 1959 and 1961 Bob Florence, Pete Candoli and Maxwell Davis. Serious beatnik "private eye/crime" jazz with bongos a-plenty, performed by all the same players who originally played on and in the Mancini Orchestra, from the same period. Understand ? It kills, no pun intended Lots of great guitars, horns, that never ending classic "Walkin' Bass" and many time "Running Bass" sound, arrangements et al If you like/love that sort of thing, then you will love this release. Titles; Peter Gunn, Blue Steel, The Brother's Go To Mothers, Session At Pete's Pad, Walkin' Bass, Dreamsville, The Little Man Theme, Sorta Blue, Goofin' At The Coffeehouse, A Quiet Gass, A Profound Gass, Fallout!, Lightly, Soft Sounds, Odd Ball, The Floater, Blues For Mother's, Brief and Breezy, Joanna, My Manne Shelly, Spook!, A Ball For John, Goofin' At The Coffeehouse (different version/arrangement/orchestra than 1st), Not From Dixie.
    • Mark Koldys: The comments for this album state that "all the music is by Mancini". Almost correct, but not quite. There is one cut composed not by Mancini, but by Jimmy Priddy, in the Mancini style. That is "A Bell for John" (mislabeled on the CD as "A Ball for John"). Dave Pell produced this album for a budget label, and one of the "perks" he offered to get top-flight players was to let them occasionally write an original (it also helped keep copyright costs down!). The Mancini album was part of a series of "tribute" albums to bandleaders, each of which featured one original track in "tribute" to the bandleader's style. (I have this info from no less an authority than Mr Pell himself who confirmed all this in an Email to me.)

• Henry Mancini: "The latin sound of Henry Mancini"
  • LP, RCA Intl INTS1442
    CD, RCA 63000, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • Robin Ash: Moody Latino Orchestrations from one of the masters. some fine bass work on 'Carnavlito' and good updated version of "senior Peter Gunn' while "La Raspa' rivals Esquivels version Rich full recording

• Henry Mancini And His Orchestra: "Mancini '67. The Big Band Sound Of Henry Mancini"
  • CD, RCA BMG 49511, Spain, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
    • Jason: a great big band type album with a slight now sound twist. A sequel to his "Uniquely Mancini" big band album from 1963.

• Henry Mancini and his Orchestra: "Mancini In Hollywood"  (Mr. Lucky And Other Film & TV Greats)
  • CD, BMG 09026-61517, USA, 1993
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 1 points on 5. Contains 7 tracks from "Peter Gunn" and "Mr. Lucky", but I doubt if they're the original recordings, as this is a Dolby Surround CD...

• Henry Mancini: "The Mancini Touch"
  • CD, RCA Living Stereo 35744 2, Germany, 1996
    CD, BMG BVCP-1049, Japan, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.

• Henry Mancini: "Martinis With Mancini"
  • CD, RCA 67538, Germany, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Recommended introductory collection of 20 lesser-known tracks, most of which previously unavailable on cd, including light "Mancini touch" jazz, lots of Latin (chacha, bossa nova), and twist. With 2 tracks from "Two for the road", 1 from "Music from Peter Gunn", 1 from "More music from Peter Gunn", 1 from "Mr. Lucky", 1 from "Mr. Lucky goes Latin" (the title track), 2 from "Charade", and 2 from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Other tracks from so-called "forgotten" albums. At least 8 tracks have been previously released on other CD's...
    • Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 224

• Henry Mancini: "Martinis With Mancini"
  • CD-R, recorded for the ExoticaRing by Domenic Ciccone
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Henry Mancini: "Mr. Lucky Goes Latin"
  • LP, RCA LPM-2360 mono, USA, 1961
    CD, RCA 72929, Spain, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. The notes tell you that this LP proves "that Latin music can and should be suave, polished and sophisticated". A bit TOO smooth and drenched in strings at times, and not really that "Mancini touch" IMO.

• Henry Mancini: "Music Of Hawaii"
  • LP, RCA Victor SF-7884 (reissue of LSP-3713), UK, 1967
    CD, RCA, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Mancini's Exotica LP finally reissued! Really classic exotica, including Moon of Manakoara; Hawaiian War Chant; Quiet Village; Pearly Shells; Beyond the reef...
    • Robin Ash: This is a great album - A dynamic treat ,full of up front percussion 'Angel Voice Chorus' and the serene use of a solid body harpsichord rather than steel guitar - 12 Hawaiin standards , but with a new twist. In my top 10 Exotic LPs. a tricky Mancini Lp to find

• Henry Mancini: "Our Man In Hollywood"
  • CD, RCA 60988, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. a nice surprise, with only one so-so track, and several very good ones, in his typical sixties "Uniquely Mancini" sound: lush, but still with a nice groove.
    • Uniquely Mancini

• Henry Mancini: "The Party / The Great Race"
  • CD, Camden Deluxe, UK, year?

• Henry Mancini: "Plays The Theme From Love Story"
  • CD, RCA, Spain, 2002

• Henry Mancini: "Symphonic Soul"
  • LP, RCA APL1-1025 stereo, USA, 1975
    CD, RCA/ BMG, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Symphonic soul/funk, with a big sound created by no less than 3 electric guitarsand Keyboards, bass, lots of percussion, and a synth that creates the Symphonic part.

• Herny Mancini (The Big Band Sound Off): "Uniquely Mancini"
  • CD, RCA 58054, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. tracks of this album were featured as bonus tracks on the "Mancini '67" CD, also on RCA Spain.

• There's more by Henry Mancini than listed here: search elsewhere

• Mandingo: "Mandingo III: Story Of Survival/ Savage Rite"
  • CD, EMI 5209662, UK, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Essential! prog rock meets exotica. Fake Africana-like stuff, created by studio musicians, mixing African rhythms and percussion, 70's funk-rock with screamin' electric guitars, and cool electronics. Wild!
    • Jill Mingo: AMAZING. Very exotic, brassy, psych, tribal beat stuff.
    • Reader Geoff: Mandingo is a pseudonym of one of the more productive UK easy listening composers. I think Geoff Love ... not much of his other stuff is that exotic. I think he also did the Manuel and the music of the mountains. Some Shirley Bassey too.

• Mandingo: "Mandingo: The Primeval Rhythm Of Life/ Sacrifice"
  • CD, EMI 5209652, UK, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. voodoo funk.

• Mandingo: "The Primeval Rhythm of Life"
  • LP, Studio 2 Quadraphonic Q4.TWO.400, UK, 1970's
    CD, EMI UK, UK, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. voodoo funk.

• Shelly Manne: "Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn"
  • CD, Original Jazz Classics OJC 946, USA, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
    • Larry S: Shelly's band featuring cool mallet work playing only songs from the TV show. Mancini wrote special new arrangements for this LP. Now out on a fairly low priced cd (about $11). I love Mancini cover albums by jazz bands anyone, but this one I have especially enjoyed.

• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. & Brian Reitzell: "Logan's Sanctuary"
  • filed under: soundtracks: Logan's Sanctuary

• Marty Manning: "The Twilight Zone"
  • LP, Columbia, 1961
    LP, Columbia CL1586 MONO exact repro, Germany?, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. heavenly beautiful, mysterious outer space exotica, with wordless vocals and lots of electronics.
    • Jack Diamond: Another sought-after rarity from the Space Age. Conductor-arranger Manning delivers an outstanding selection of tunes (from "The Twilight Zone" & "Forbidden Planet" to "The Lost Weekend" or "Spellbound Concerto") which accordingly to tv series creator Rod Serling "carries with in the mood, the feeling, the pulse of the show". Sound gimmicks come courtesy of a varied display of odd instruments: the Ondes Martenot and the Ondioline (French Moogs) buzzimba, tuned logs, the Serpent... plus Jerry Murad's famous harmonica. In top of this you have the craftsmanship of such space age regulars as guitarist Mundell Lowe or percussionists Harry Breuer (of Mallet Magic fame) and Phil Kraus. A thrilling album that ranks as one of the finest examples of "Incredibly Strange Music".

• Jane Mansfield: "Busts Up Las Vegas"  (House Of Love; Live At The Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas)
  • CD, Missing MISS 005 (Marginal), Belgium, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Exactly the same content as the much more expensive "Too hot to handle!" CD. See label contact address in my "Shoppinquarium" page.

• Jane Mansfield: "Too Hot To Handle!"
  • CD, Legend 6008, Germany?, 1993
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Keith Mansfield: "The London Theme"
  • CD, ?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Re- of classic 1968 Carnaby LP, with a few extra gems from the KPM library

• Joe Maphis: "Flying Fingers"
  • CD, Bear Family, Germany, 199?
  • comment:
    • (unknown): Anonymous: an amazing country-rooted guitarist from Suffolk, VA whose lightening-fast, "flatpicking" style influenced guitarists such as Larry Collins, Roy Clark and Jimmy Bryant. Not only was this guy's sheer speed and precision amazing, but so are the variety of styles he covered. The Flying Fingers disk includes bluegrass, country, guitar boogie, rockabilly, proto-surf (fast double picking, no reverb, of course) and what could be described as exotica (a guitar/bongo exchange on "Navajo" and the strange, Latin influenced "Black Sombrero" which features a pipe organ. Best musical purchase I've made in some time.

• April March: "Chrominance Decoder"
  • CD, Tricatel, France + Ideal records, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Jill "Mingo-go": Well-produced, modern pop. The producer is Bertrand Burgelat - one of the best producers on the go - who has an unbelievably full production sound (perhaps "busy"). There is electronic trickery as well as just clean, full production. I think when she sings in French, she sounds less squeaky - her Yank twang does irritate. But this is one of my favourite LPs this year.
    • Chuck: my second favorite album of this year. the electronic trickery going on in the bacground of these songs does not interfere with the magnificant song writing and Aprils voice is right up front. This is a beautiful, haunting album and is quite different from Chick Habit. Slow melodic tunes weave beautiful pictures on "Chominance" vs 60's pop now sound go go on "Paris In April".

• Mardi Gras.BB (Big Band): "Supersmell"
  • CD or Double CD, Universal/ Emarcy 159 014, Germany, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. A hot and vERY unique mix of New-Orleans Mardi Gras big band, jazz, James Brown soul & funk, blues, Afro-cuban Voodoo, De La Soul type hiphop, and a breakbeat groove... sometimes the CD is a bit TOO eclectic. includes rather fun versions of "Apache" and "baby elephant walk"

• Ze Maria: "Tudo Azul"
  • CD, Warner, Brazil, year?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Hammond bossa from 1963

• Marisa: "Marisa"
  • CD/LP, What Music, UK, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. ambiguous album by an artist on the move from the old (being rather cheesy crooning called "samba-canção") over bossa nova to the future, being MPB: popular and commercial, and - again - rather cheesy. The only stand-out tracks are 3 groovy tracks backed by the Jonge Trio. Available directly from What Music, where you can find MP3 samples too.

• The Marketts: "Batman Theme"
  • CD, WXarner? WPCR 1388, Japan, 1997
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#3127]

• The Marketts: "Out Of Limits"
  • CD, Sundazed, USA, 1996

• The Markko Polo Adventurers: "Orienta"
  • CD, RCA 74321 78229 2, Spain, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Wonderful, oriental-inspired exotica with additional environmental atmospheric sound effects.
    • Stefan Kéry: Recorded in 1958, Orienta is the only true exotica recording to be issued ever by RCA and one of the most exciting in the genre. A sparkling combination of lush orchestral arrangements, bombastic percussive action & top stereo dynamics which focuses on sounds & moods from the Far East. Cover is a classic in it's own right with a stunning buxom redhead!
    • Allan Telstar: I have been looking for a copy of this album since I first got into exotica many years ago and never succeeded in finding a copy. So this Spanish edition is a welcome re-appearance of an exotica classic. This is an amazing disc with lots of ethnic percussion, sound effects and grand Les Baxter-style orchestration. The track titles alone will clue you in that this is something special: The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish, Night of the Tiger, Yokahama Ferryboat and Rain in Rangoon (to name a few). Available through _Dustygroove_.

• Jayme Marques: "Jayme Marques"
  • CD, RCA 74321551552, Spain, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Good, but not really recommended. By far and large the best track is "Dark orchid" which was featured on "La Guepe Vol. 4" and the main reason I bought this CD, hoping to find more yummy funky big band. Only about 2 other tracks are as groovy, the rest is mediocre big band jazz. Anyone knows anything about his other CDs, like "Brasil pop"?

• Dean Martin: "Best Of"
  • Triple CD, MFP, UK, 199?

• Ray Martin: "Dynamica"
  • LP, Stereo Action, USA, 196?
    LP, RCA Intl INTS1062, UK
    CD, RCA Stereo Action Series, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Ultra-dynamic, great stuff. Most of his albums are great, but this is probably his coolest & hottest space age pop record. only Esquivel tops him. A must have!
    • S.K.: this CD reissue is not in stereo!

• Sabu Martinez:
  • filed under: artists: Sabu

• Les Masques: "Brasilian Sound"
  • CD/LP, Dare Dare 007, Fance, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Wonderful vocal French combo, making Brazilian music with Sergio Mendes like vocal stylings; I estimate they're 2 male and 2 female voices. Mostly bossa nova-ish, but also with 1 fantastic happy Brazilian carnival sound. Reissue from 1969. Accompanied by Le trio Camara, and by strings and brass on a couple of tracks. Sounds as if remastered from a not too mint vinyl copy -- Very conveniently available directly from Dare Dare, where you can find MP3 samples too.
    • DJJimmyBee: An anthology of their work is available at Dusty Groove. They had one track on the "Sexopolis" comp of three years ago or so called "Il Faut Tenir"...The LP, though boot, is great soft pop meets vocalese via Sergio Mendes

• Mastretta: "Luna de Miel"
  • CD, Subterfuge, Spain, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. eleven women perform twelve songs

• Mastretta: "Melodias de Rayos-X"
  • CD/LP, Subterfuge, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Fantastic, but tuff to describe... it's not jazz, nor rock, nor pop, nor any other given genre. virtuoso Mastretta plays all these instruments -- and this list could give you a clue as to how this music sounds: clarinet, sax, harmonica, Moog (!), piano, organ, accordion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar (!), bass, flute, whistles, marimba, bowls, sampler; plus a wide assortement of percussive tools: bottles, pans, guiro, clave, bongo's. available from Subterfuge.
    • Subterfuge: Get the cocktail shaker ready, turn down the lights, let the breeze flow through the window, look for a couple ... Mastretta is back with a new selection of tasty and elegant tracks that will transport you to the winding roads of the Blue Coast and lull you with the purr of his sound convertible...

• Mastretta: "Música de Automóvil"
  • CD, Subterfuge, Spain, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Billy May: "The Theremin Project"  (Perfume Set To Music/ Music Out Of The Moon/ Piece Of Mind)
  • filed under: artists: Revel, Harry

• Ana Mazzotti: "Ana Mazzotti"
  • LP only, What Music WMLP-0012, UK, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Several very nice funky "bossa nova" tracks, backed mainly by synths (including some Moog playing!) On a couple of tracks though, the portuguese lyrics sounded like the only Brazlian element of the music to me, which was a bit of a disapointment... Very conveniently available directly from What Music, where you can find MP3 samples too.
      Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium".
    • Kristof Space Debris: soulful jazz fusion à la brasil at its best!
    • What Music: Classic Brazilian femvox (think Elis Regina!) backed here by 3 members of Azymuth! reissued with it's original gatefold sleeve... [when I mentioned the sound not being as perfect as on the other What Music releases:] There are no master tapes left for any of the Top Tape releases from the 70s due to a fire there in the 80s, and so our release had to come from a vinyl copy. The vinyl copy we had was totally mint, but again we're talking about a factory in Brasil in the 70s where the guys smoked whilst stirring the vats of vinyl! So the ripped sound is in the original pressing. We know that too, because the Japanese CD issue of it has exactly the same faults although their approach to make the sound better sounds worse, we think, really high frequencies oever exaggerated. Normally we master from the tapes (all the musidisc stuff is from there) but we do master from vinyl when there is no alternative. We get them CEDARed and then sent to Rio where they are sympatheticlly mastered by the guys who do Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso etc...

• Les Mc Cann: "Talkin' Verve"
  • CD, Verve 557 351, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek: Latin Now Sound. Eighteen tracks, including the great "Compared to what?", a cover of "Goin' out of my head" and of course "Watermelon man".

• David McCallum: "Open Channel D"
  • CD, Rev-Ola CREV043CD (Creation), UK, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Les McCann: "Layers"
  • CD, 32 Groove 32138, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. synth-based jazz funk from 1972

• Ron McCroby: "Breezin' The Classics"
  • CD, ?, USA, 19??
  • comment:
    • Johan: Article in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 18

• Ron McCroby: "Ron Mccroby Plays Puccolo"
  • CD, ?, USA, 19??

• Jack McDuff: "A Change Is Gonna Come/ Double Barrelled Soul"
  • CD/LP, Collectables, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: two LP's from 1966 and 1968

• Brother Jack McDuff: "Bringin' It Home"
  • CD, Concord Jazz, USA, 1999

• Jack McDuff: "Crash!"
  • CD, Prestige PRCD-24131-2, USA, 1994
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Hammond

• Jack McDuff: "Honeydripper"
  • CD, Prestige OJCCD 222 2, USA, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.

• Jack McDuff: "Legends Of Acid Jazz"
  • CD, Ace PRCD 24184, UK, 1998?
  • comment:
    • Johan: 1965-1969 tracks
    • Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 228

• Brother Jack McDuff: "That's The Way I Feel About It"
  • CD, Concord Jazz CCD- 4760, USA, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Mixed bag: "The age of aquarius" is really good, played relaxed and yet a bit sinister at the same time. "Six a.m." is beautiful Hammond bossa nova. But "Mission impossible" and most other tracks suffer from too much sax solos, and too little melody. For jazz fans only.

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• Gary Mcfarland: "America The Beautiful"
  • CD, DCC 615, USA, 1991
  • comment:
    • Johan: combination of classical, jazz, blues and rock

• Gary McFarland: "Does The Sun Really Shine On The Moon"
  • CD, DCC, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. First time CD reissue of this 1968 debut on Skye records, formed by him and his pals Cal Tjader and Gabor Szabo. A colllection of 11 sophisticated pop covers and originals. All unpretentious, like casual, straigtforward, warm, very nice, pleasant jazzy pop (or pop cool jazz lite if you will). Perfect music to watch the sun go down and the moon rise on a hot summer evening. Covers of "God only knows", "By the time i get to Phoenix", "Lady Jane", "Up, up and away" and others. Only 30 minutes, but priced accordingly.

• Gary McFarland: "The In Sound"
  • CD, Verve, Japan, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Eight tracks from this album are featured on the Motor CD "Latin Lounge"

• Gary McFarland: "Latin Lounge"  (The Best Of His Verve Recordings)
  • CD, Motor Verve 533 912, Germany, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. The best bossa nova, latin and pop-jazz from his Verve years. Excellent, catchy lounge jazz, beautigful melodies (mostly his own compositions), with McFarland doin' some nice vocalase "bya-by-bo; pa-ba-ba" humming. A bit like Cal Tjader, but much more relaxed. Bossa nova style covers of "Hard day's night" and "Satisfaction"; "More", and a Bacharach song. From the liner notes by Douglas Payne: "Warm and cool, relaxing and engaging, refreshing and provocative, elegant and casual. It's an apt description of the music of composer, arranger, conductor, vibraphonist and hummer/whistler, Gary McFarland... In 1964, at age 31, McFarland was young enough to dig the new pop sound and effectively combine it with his own unique jazz style". With guest musicians Gabor Szabo, Kenny Burrell, Willie Bobo, and Grady Tate.

• Gary McFarland: "Soft Samba"
  • CD, Verve POCJ-2610, Japan, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Re-issue of "Sympathetic Vibrations"
    • Mimi Mayer: Beautiful disk of soft pop for sugar-frosted pop tarts. Some ba-ba-ba vocals. I usually detest Beatles' covers but She Loves You, A Hard Day's Night, And I Love Her, and I Want to Hold Your Hard smoothed out as sambas are quite tasty. Especially like From Russia with Love and a surprising selection, California Here I Come.
    • Clayton Black: I bought this one by chance. Jazz aficionados dislike it for being a sellout, but I love it. Whistling and off-key humalong.
    • alan zweig : This is one of my alltime favorite records. "She loves you" is a classic. If I was still a jazz snob, I might hate this. But I'm just an afficianado now so I can admit how much I love it. I also recommend his "Soft Samba with Strings" and "Does the sun really shine on the moon?" which are similar records. And if you have the taste for something really strange, look for Sympatico which he made with Gabor Szabo. They sing together in unison on every song and they give Edmondo Ros a run for his money as far as bad singing goes. I like the way Gary sings on his own so it must be Gabor's fault. I love Gabor and Gary so I keep this record but it breaks my rules.

• John McFarland: "Provocatif"
  • LP, Forbidden mono, exact repro, limited edition, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. classic exotica, rather minimalistic in arranging approach; I mean: it's the complete opposite of Michel Magne's "Tropical Fantasy": very restrained use of bird calls and exotic percussion; piano and vibes are the main instruments. Beautiful! Might be also available from Intoxica. or System Records
    • Stefan Kéry: Perfect and exact reissue of one of the worlds rarest and most incredible exotica LPs. Originally released in 1959. Housed in the incredible haunting and sexy original sleeve. Provocatifs nine exotica motifs is a mystical combination of oriental, African, and Latin instrumental sounds, plus effects like a full storm breaking out, insane jungle effects and other weirdness! Vibes, Xylophone, piano, bass, percussion, bird calls, moan drum, snake rattlers etc etc. Not subdued and soft but totally wild style exotica! Amazing tracks include: "Watusi", "Forbidden", "Head-Hunters", "Jungle Bells" and other. Ltd. edition of 300 copies only.
    • Will Louviere of _Show And Tell_ : very rare and very good Exotica title from jazz pianist, John McFarland. Never seen a stereo one. Tracks: Jungle Bells, Summer Storm, Watusi, Tangerine, The Chimp & the Bumble Bee, Where or When, Forbidden, MIdnight by a Persian Waterfall, Head Hunters.

• Bobby McFerrin, narration by Jack Nicholson: "The Elephant's Child"
  • CD, Windam Hill WD-0701, USA, 1987
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Exotic story and music (typical mouth and hand sounds)

• Jimmy McGriff : "Blues For Mister Jimmy"
  • CD, Collectables VCL 5147, USA, 1990

• Jimmy McGriff: "Christmas with McGriff"
  • CD, Collectables 5747, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Soulful, funky and groovy Hammond jazz versions of 6 xmas classics plus 2 McGriff originals. Real clean, melodic jazz, no freaky "interpretations". Backed by sax, rhythm guitar and drums.

• Jimmy McGriff: "Greatest Hits"
  • CD, Blue Note?, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Hammond

• Jimmy McGriff : "Topkapi"
  • CD, Collectables VCL 5717, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: Twelved tunes taken from TV shows and movies. Original Album Label & Release Date: SUE P-1033, 1964.

• Rod McKuen: "Beatsville"
  • CD, Stanyon/P22 Records P22-006, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. First time CD reissue of 1959 HiFi Record LP. "A unique look into Beat Culture" it says. Includes 7 bonus tracks, 1 of which is the classic "The Beat generation" by Bob McFadden & Dor... yes, McKuen = McFadden; and another bonus track ("If I could fly") gives you an embarrassing SINGING McKuen. Also includes 72 beatnik-style illustrations in font format (Mac & PC)... and for me, that font was the most interesting part of the cd. What a lame record. File under "folk". Where's the beat, like in BEATnik? Where are the bongo's? And where's the beatnik jazz? Not on this record, alas. Musically rather forgettable, except for the opening and closing tracks... maybe. I prefer any of his 4 collaborations with Anita Kerr and The Sebastian Strings ("The Earth/The sea/The sky/Summer"). For McKuen's poems' fans only!
    • Domenic Ciccone: After seeing the cover in the Research books I always wondered what it sounded like. Was expecting a jazz beatnick lp....sort of over-the-top Ken Nordine with bass and bongos but it turned out to be too mello and introspective for my taste.
    • james brouwer: I just found a copy of "Rod Mckuen takes a San Francisco Hippie Trip" (lots of drug and hippie-pad references, quite cool). My question: Is this the same lp as "Beatsville" dressed up in a different sleeve? anyone know?
    • jonathan richardson: as far as I can tell it is, but Beatsville was originally on Hi Fi records (Lyman and friends) and SF Hippie trip was on Everest Records. i think the songs are the same but titles of songs are different on the 2 recordings. I recently got the CD version and it throws on a few xtra song goodies plus gives you cool fonts and "hip"bats for your computer. Its my favorite McKuen record by far. Which on came out first? im sure the Beatsville on was but I want to be sure
    • Vern: 'San Francisco Hippie Trip' is a resequenced and slightly cleaned up version of Beatsville. They actually remove some of the more objectionable language for the 'Hippie Trip' Lp. I own the Hippie Trip LP, but not Beatsville. Even in its cleaned up version though, its still a great LP. Beatsville was released in 1958 or 1959, Hippie Trip in the mid/late 60's.
    • Sean Pearmania: "Beatsville" was also re-released as "Life Is...". You can find "Life Is..." for nothing on E-bay whereas "Beatsville" and "Hippie Trip" are hot items. The material on "Beatsville" and Rod's other beat-ish LPs "Time Of Desire", "In Search Of Eros", and "Yellow Unicorn" (four tracks are by McKuen) were recycled several times and show up on other McKuen LPs like "About Me", "In the Beginning" and "The Sounds Of Day, The Sounds Of Night"

• Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr, the San Sebastian Strings: "Sea"  (La Mer/ The Sea)
  • CD, Stanyan 109, USA, 1988
    CD, WEA/Warner Brothers 1670, USA, 1990

• Meco: "Christmas In The Stars"
  • CD, Rhino 72529, USA, 1996, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. At first, I hated this CD, but now, 5 years later, I kinda like it ;-)

• Joe Meek: "The Alchemist Of Pop"
  • CD, label?, UK?, 2002
  • comment:
    • rock wilson: is receiving a positive review [in Mojo]. tracks (for the first time, apparently) his output across the various labels that released his work.

• Joe Meek: "It's Hard To Believe It: The Amazing World Of Joe Meek"
  • CD, Razor & Tie 2080, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Allan "telstar": This is probably the best place to start, not only because it is a U.S. release and cheaper than the UK imports. This cd has some of Meek's best productions including The Tornados' "Telstar", John Leyton's "Johnny Remember Me", The Honeycombs' "Have I the Right" and Heinz's "Just Like Eddie".

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• Joe Meek & the Blue Men: "I Hear A New World"
  • CD, RPM 103, UK, 1991
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
    • Chuck: This is a all mid-range lofts of treble, maximum compression, reverb, echo, effects, Nutty squirrel/chipmunk voices, outer spacey romp from the early 60's by Joe Meek This outer space adventure sounds more like the beginnings of Telestar, with soft vocals and chipmunks from Mars vocals, and strange effects such as " running water being blown through drinking straws " the teeth of the comb drawn across an ashtray" and the wonderful sound of the clavoline instruments. At the Joe Meek web site this album is called the pop worlds first ever concept album. For pop/rock & roll it is a very original album. for exotica it has nothing over some of the great outer space records except for Joe Meek's zany personality which makes me want to laugh at some of the sounds he juxtasiposes on the cuts.

• Ivo Meireller & Funk'n Lata: "O cora ta comendo"
  • CD, Paradoxx, Brazil, ?

• Meirelles E Os Copa 5: "O Novo Som"
  • CD, Universal/ Dubas Musica 325912001822, Brazil, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. 1965 Brazilan jazz by João Theodore Meirelles, J.T. or just Meirelles for short -- confusing as there's also an Ivo Meirelles you better stay away from. J.T. did many different styles; his first album, "O Som", is Brazilan jazz, all original compositions, sounding as if it where plaed by American jazzers, with little or no Brasil touch, so not interesting for exoticats. On this 1965 follow-up, Meirelles' band is joined by Waltel Branco, Roberto Menescal and Deodato, and they play very good jazzy bossa and samba. Only3 JT compositions, the rest are Brasil classics penned by the great composers, arranged by JT himself. Recommended!

• Meirelles e Sua Orquestra: "Raizes Do Samba"
  • CD, EMI Brasil 525284, Brazil, year?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. "Raizes Do Samba" is the name of a whole series devoted to samba artists. This is a compilation with 20 tracks taken from various Meirelles albums from 1967 to 1973. Eleven tracks are basically festive and fast batucada percussion (including the typical whistles) to which Meirelles adds chrorus singing, brass, and some (acoustic) guitar on a couple of tracks. The 9 others are very nice EZ funky samba and bossa nova, featuring Moog (!), electric piano, flute. includes a wordless vocal version "Girl from ipanema".

• Meireles e os Copa 7: "Tropical"
  • LP only, What Music WMLP-0013, UK, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Exact repro of 1969 LP (and yes, Meirelles' name is mis-spelled with only 1 "L" on the cover). He had to make an "easy" album for his record company. He created what is to me one of the most beautiful blends of exotica, Brazil, jazz and EZ. It didn't sell at all when it came out first: for jazz fans it looked too unhip with its "calendar girl" cover... and for easy fans it probably sounded too complicated & exotic ... For me, it's perfect: where there are jazz solo's, they're very short; the percussion is very Brazilian, but I can't call it a typical samba record, because it sounds too "American for that. The arrangements are original and also very harmonious, creating a laid-back atmosphere. Very rare, very nice, and highly recommended. Includes Taboo, Poinciana, Summertime... Available directly from the What Music web site, where you can find MP3 samples too.
    • What Music: One of the rarest Brasilian LPs of all time. a tough take on American Jazz with a Brasilian twist!

• Ivo Meirelles: "Samba Soul"
  • CD, Universal/ Regata Musica 32591 2001842, Brazil, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 1 points on 5. There's hardly any samba here, and certainly not in the rhythms, which are all straightforward copies of Nort-American popular soul/rock. This is funky MPB, with now and then a tiny bit of Brazil percussion and typical ensemble vocals. I bought this by accident, and it's not one I'll keep, thta's for sure.

• The Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E.: "With The Finger On The Trigger"  (It's Thrilling. It's Action. It's Transforming. And More...)
  • CD/LP, Sheep Records International KEBAB 011, Switzerland, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. James Taylor Quartet on acid type Organ + guitar instrumentals, but not jazy at all, rooted in 60's garage punk rock. Sitar on 1 track, subtle electronic FX and spy movie dialog snippets on a couple of others. Each track is super good, but after a while it gets a bit monotonous.
    • Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 15

• Sergio Mendes: "Brasileiro"
  • CD, Elektra, Germany, 1992
  • comment:
    • Johan: new recording by mendes, with various brazil styles, AND reggae and rap... not really recommended, but soundfrags @ amazon.de

• Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66-'86: "Classics Volume 18"
  • CD, A&M 2516, USA, 1987, dedleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Sergio Mendes: "Dance Moderno"
  • CD, Philips, Brazil, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: Reissue of their first - instrumental - album

• Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: "Easy Loungin'. Twenty Easy Listening Classics"
  • CD, Polydor 540 468, Germany, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Excellent, highly recommended introduction to Mendes's soulful Brazil sound, with 20 tracks from 1966 to 1970.

• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: "Equinox"
  • LP, (bootleg), UK, 1999
    CD, Verve?, Japan or USA?, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • william in taipei: nice re-issues in cardboard sleeve. the obi strip says "96 khz 24-bit digital transfer available until 2005". i'm not much of an audiophile so i'm not exactly sure what that all means. but i'm listening and really enjoying [it]. on closer inspection, these appear to be american re-issues, and not japanese ones, which may be why they were priced quite a bit lower. i think this is the first time i've seen this sort of packaging on discs released in the states though.

• Sergio Mendes: "Essential"
  • CD, Universal 544 703, Germany, 2002

• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: "Fool On The Hill"
  • LP
    CD, Rebound 31453 20296 2, USA, 199?

• Sergio Mendes: "Greatest Hits Of Brazil '66"
  • CD, PGD/A&M 7502 3258 2, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66"
  • CD, label?, origin?, 2002?

• Sergio Mendes: "In Person At El Matador: Brasil '65/ Pelé/ Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things"
  • Double CD, Collectables COL 6837, USA, 2002

• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: "Look Around"
  • LP, A&M SP 4137, 1966?
    CD, Polydor, Japan, 1995
    CD, Verve By Request, USA, year?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. recorded in 1967. Tracks: With A Little Help From My Friends; Roda; Like A Lover; Frog; Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness); The Look Of Love; Pradizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye); Batucada (The Beat); So Many Stars; Look Around.

• Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77: "Pais Tropical"
  • LP, A&M, 1972
    CD, label?, Japan,200?

• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66: "Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66"
  • LP, A&M SP4116 180 gr. audiophile pressing, Germany?, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: Official repress of this classic from 1966, mastered from original mastertapes, with the original cover artwork.

• Sergio Mendes: "Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things"
  • CD, Atlantic 7567-80792, Europe, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Soulful bossa nova, beautiful melodies, excellent arrangements, with harpsichord, piano, organ, brass, percussion (of course), a smooth backing orchestra, and some wordless vocals and hand clapping thrown in here and there. Very pretty digipack. Only 10 tracks though, with less than half an hour of music.

• Sergio Mendes: "The Swinger from Rio/ The Beat of Brazil"
  • CD, Collectables 6267, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. jazz samba, no vocals.

• Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: "The Very Best Of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66"
  • Double CD, ?, UK, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: Featuring 48 Of Their Finest Tracks From 1966-71. Over 2 hours Of Music

• Brasil '65 (The Sergio Mendes Trio): "Wanda de Sah"
  • LP, Capitol T 2294 mono, USA, 1965
    LP, Scorpio Music(??) Mono exact repro, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. First the bad news: this is the worst sounding vinyl reissue i've ever heard: from start to end quite some pops and really loud and sharp clicks, "bubbles" (artifacts caused by bad declicking), plus loud crackle and some serious distortion. To make it worse, whoever made this LP choose to reissue the MONO version, while there also existed a stereo version. I just can't believe this is a legit release. Brad Bigelow told me that the original LP isn't that difficult to find cheaply either... Over to the good news: this is a very nice LP, especially thanx to the heavenly (and sexy) voice of Wanda de Sah on 5 of the 11 tracks, including classics like Marcos Valle's "So Nice" and Jobim's "One note samba". The instrumental tracks sound similar to his "Swinger from Rio" (1966) and "Beat of Brazil" (1967) LPs: relaxed jazzy bossa nova played by a small combo, not really jazzy enough to call it Jazz Samba I think. I liked especially the 2 tracks on which Bud Shank plays flute: Jobim's "She's a Carioca" and J. Donato's "Aquarius" (not a cover of THAT Aquarius!)
    • Michael Jemmeson: nice record, but the reissue i just bought is not so nice. poor pressing (loads of bubbles and pops in the vinyl), and distortion on the tracks nearest the centre (presumably copied from a less than Mint original)
    • Chuck: I saw [Jack Diamond] sells it at his site so I asked him about the quality and he wrote: "It's not a bootleg, it's legal Scorpio Music, Trenton New Jersey. I just opened up a copy I had sitting here and it's perfect. Still Mono, didn't notice that but still perfect and sounds beautiful. You can post that to the list"
    • Michael Jemmeson: that's good to hear. mine doesn't look like a Scorpio one though, the cover's pretty poor quality, and the inner sleeve isn't one of the round-cornered ones they normally seem to use. and mine definitely is very bad quality - might consider taking it back now, and looking for the Scorpio one instead.

• Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: "Ye-Me-Le"
  • CD, A&M, Japan, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Includes these covers: "Norwegian Wood"; "What The World Needs Now"; "Moanin'"; "Where Are You Coming From?".

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• Silvestre Mendez: "Oriza"
  • CD/LP,

• Howar Menger: "Authentic Music From Another Planet"
  • CD/LP, Q.D.K. Media 026, Germany, once announced, but never released I think...
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 0 points on 5. Recordings from the 50s to 70s related to UFO ABDUCTIONS and OUTER SPACE influences. This is the real thing. Real peoples music either inspired or tought by ALIENS. Like the man Howard Menger, who made a record under the same titel. He was taken by aliens, lived there for quiet a while and saw them at home. Those creatures showed him their music to take it back to planet Earth to play to us earthpeople.
    • Ron Grandia: the music is nothing special as far as I can tell, but I have only given it a quick listen. The narrative is really kooky. I think a little bit of it goes a long way. One would not want to have to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

• Ethel Merman: "Disco album"
  • LP,1979
    CD, limited reissue, label?, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Merman sings disco versions of 7 of tunes: I Got Rhythm, There's No Business Like Show Business, Something for the Boys, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Everything's Coming Up Roses, I Get a Kick Out of You and Some People. Very cheesy and silly!

• Merricks: "The Sound Of Munich"
  • CD, Sub-Up, Germany, 1997
  • comment:
    • Mo: Very much done in this late 70s Munich disco vein. Not really disco though. There is some strange spaced out instrumentals and groovy pop stuff.

• Buddy Merrill: "Beyond The Reef: The Hawaiian Guitars Of"
  • CD, GNP/Crescendo 5282 5034 2, USA, 1995
  • comment:
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• Messer Chups: "The Best Of Messer Chups: Coctail Draculina"
  • CD, Solnze, Russia, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: remixes & remakes

• Messer Chups: "Black Black Magic"
  • CD, Solnze Records scd 025, Russia, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Oleg Gitarkin is half of the leading Russian neosurf-mondo project Messer Für Frau Mueller. Lidya Kavina on theremin. Watch out when buying Messer Chups CDs: they also made metal and drum&bass records (like "Happy End Dead" and "Little Joys") You can hear sound frags of this and other Messer CDs @ www.stora.de and www.xenomusic.com

• Messer Chups: "Bride Of The Atom"
  • CD, Solnze Records, Russia, temporarely sold-out, new pressing under its way
  • comment:
    • Johan: Incredible strange surf & mondo spy tunes. MP3's @ www.xenomusic.com and MP3.com

• Messer Chups: "Crazy Price"
  • CD, Solnze Records SCD 030, Russia, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Fantastic, up there with "Miss Libido" and "Monster & Monster". The recepy is still the same: twangy-trashy guitar tunes, spiced with tons of samples, taken from classic exotic & EZ LPs (from Yma Sumac to Peter Thomas) and from B-movies dealing with mystery, mayhem, monsters, and murder. The result: energetic and crazy post-modern instro's.

• Messer Chups: "Meat For Monsters"
  • CD-R, Solnze Records, Russia, 1998
    MP3 payed download, xenomusic.com
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. I liked less than half of the tracks... this CD maybe marks their transition from hard core to instro? contains raw mixes from 1998.
    • www.xenomusic.com: Messer für Frau Müller guitarist Oleg Gitarkin (the sole surviving link from the St. Peterburg combo's early speed-metal daze to its current sample-happy cocktail 'n' bass incarnation) teams up with producer Igor Vdovin in Messer Chups to kick out the jams bedecked with go-go melodies and sci-fi sounds. Described as "raw mixes" from November and December 1998, Meat for Monsters is a delightful assemblage of comic dance mixes cobbled together from old film soundtracks, campy samples, and bits of "Surfin' Bird" and The Goon Show's "Ying Tong Song." Check out "Komishe Person" for your frugging pleasure - a playful ditty that evokes Ann-Margret dancing in the middle of a busy intersection - or get your Green Acres groove on with the barnyard noir "Ich bin eine Hexe."

• Messer Chups: "Miss Libido"
  • CD, Solnze Records/ Stora Editions sol01, Germany, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. MP3 samples @ www.xenomusic.com and mp3.com. With "Monster & Monster", this is One of their best albums, with strong influences from the Cramps, lots of SciFi movie samples, crazy voices, quirky and cartoonesue sounds. Great fun!

• Messer Chups: "Monster & Monster"
  • cassette, Solnze Records, Russia, 1999, deleted
    CD-R, Russia, 1999
    MP3 payed download, xenomusic.com, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Messer Chups is a mad, post-modern instro project by Messer Für Frau Müller memeber Oleg Gitarkin. MP3's @ www.xenomusic.com. this was a cassette release. Ten tracks from this album are on "Miss Libido 2000". I don't know if it'll be reissued on CD, I bought the CD-R from Oleg Tarassov of Solnze Records. One of his best albums, with strong influences from the Cramps, lots of SciFi movie samples, crazy voices, quirky and cartoonesue sounds. Great cartoonesque fun!

• Messer Chups: "Vamp Babes"
  • CD, Solnze Records sol02, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: sound frag @ www.stora.de. The URL "www.messerchups.com" doesn't seem to exist (yet?) but they are on messerchups.badtaste.ru/
    • cheryl: There's a whole pile of Messer and Messer-related music that has just been released or is being released - check out their web sites www.messerchups.com . Everything I've heard of theirs is great, so far (except the early stuff, which is kind of hardcore noise). While some of their CDs sample cartoon music, "Vamp Babes" uses 50s and 60s B-movie and horror movie samples in the music - highly recommended!

• Messer Für Frau Muller: "Allo, Superman!"
  • CD, Vroom-sound, Japan, year?
    CD, Indigo/ what s so funny about sf164, Germany, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: sound frag @ www.stora.de

• Messer Für Frau Müller: "Second Hand Dreams"
  • CD, Vroom-sound, Japan, year?
    CD, Solnze records/ Stora Editions lg0022, Germany, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: available through www.stora.de where you can also find a list of distributors around the world
    • www.stora.de : The sense of humor is the thing that had always been present in MESSER FUR FRAU MULLER s music... They use whatever they find convenient - musicals, comedies, jazz bits and cats mowing - as samples in their mostly instrumental compositions. The sound of MFFM is somewhat traditional, with a definite 60s feel in the sound of Oleg Gitarkin's guitar and Oleg Kostrov s keyboards. It is - "brand-new though retro". The mixture of styles does not seem eclectic, because MESSER had torn it all into such little pieces that what appears after they mix it up is absolutely new stuff.

• Messer Fur Frau Müller : "Triangle, The Devil And A Point"
  • CD, Solnze, Russia, announced for end 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: Incl. Guest-vocal by Natasha Vetlitskaya

• Mr Methane: "Mr Methane.com"
  • CD, B.O. Productions Ltd BO 01CD, UK, 1999?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Only in England could this kind of silly and rude musical humor see the light of day. Flatulism, petomania, wind-breaking... For Ivor Biggun fans only.
    • The manager: Here it is at last...the first ever music CD from the World's only performing flatulist. We guarantee that all the colon coughs you here on this CD were delivered by Mr Methane's reverberating rectum. A mixture of Pop, Rock, Dance and Classical music styles come together with selected sphincteral passages from Shakespeare to give you thirty two minutes of high quality anal madness from the man with the rumbling ring. A pot pouri of pooping pandemonium.

• The Metropole Orchestra performs Raymond Scott:
  • filed under: artists: Raymond Scott

• The Metropole Orchestra: "Dennis Farnon's Mother Magoo Suite"
  • CD, VPRO Eigen Wijs EW 9631, distributed by Basta Records, Netherlands (distributed in USA by Allegro), 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. The Mother Magoo suite was the flip side of the "Mr. Magoo in hi-fi" LP.

• The Metropole Orchestra plays Roger Roger: "Grands Travaux"
  • filed under: artists: Roger Roger
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• The Metropole Orchestra: "Kodachrome"
  • CD, Basta Records, Netherlands (distributed in USA by Allegro) & USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Raymond Scott Institute press release: The Netherlands-based Metropole Orchestra has recorded a sparkling collection of Raymond Scott's idiosyncratic orchestral music. All compositions make their CD debut here. After Scott disbanded his legendary "Quintet" in 1939, he ... continued to compose, this time for a larger canvas, and some of his more historically fascinating work often went commercially unrecorded, performed only on radio. includes such obscure titles as "A Bullfighter and His Piccolo," "Dreary Weather on 6th Avenue," and "Two Young Lads in Saxophone School."

• Het Metropole Orkest plays André Popp: "La Musique Qui Fait Popp"
  • filed under: artists: Popp, André

• Mieskuoro Huutajat: "10th Anniversary Concert"
  • CD, Bad Vugum, Finland, 1998
    CD, Humppa Records 008, Germany, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: The album was recorded live at the 10th anniversary concert of Huutajat in their home town, Oulun, December 6th, 1997.

• Mieskuoro Huutajat: "H.Y.V.Ä."
  • CD, Bad Vugum 44, Finland, 1994, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Finnish screaming choir. Four tracks from a 7" single + 6 national anthems previously released in 1990, including the "Starpangled banner", "Deutschland ûberalles" and the "USSR" anthem -- although I couldn't recognise them ;-) for fans only. Got it from TUG.

• Mitch Miller: "Greatest Hits"
  • LP, Columbia/Legacy, USA, 1999

• Mitch Miller: "Christmas Sing-along With Mitch"
  • CD, Sony CK 38298, USA?, 199?

• Mitch Miller: "More Sing Along/ Still More! Sing Along With Mitch"
  • CD, 6803, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. "tip-toe thru the tulips"!

• Mrs. Miller: "Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin'"  (The Artist Collection)
  • CD, Capitol 20434, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. One of the "best" awful singers in the "so bad it's good" category. You simply have to hear this woman! According to a reader's letter in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 15, Mrs. Miller wanted to be considered as a serious artist, but at recording sessions they always asked her to sing off-key. See also article about her in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 14.
    • Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 240

• Spike Milligan: "A Collection of Spikes"
  • Double CD, EMI Comedy Classics 0777 7 95306 2 5, UK, 1990
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. I think this double CD collects all the songs Spike ever recorded.

• Larry Mills Orchestra: "Cops, Spies and Private Eyes"
  • CD, Vintage Classics Series VCS 031, Italy, 199?

• Larry Mills Orchestra: "The Jazz Squad. Music In The First Degree"
  • CD, Vintage Classics Series VCS 026, Italy, 199?

• The Mindexpanders: "What's Happening!"
  • LP, Dot DLP 25773 stereo, USA, 1967
    LP, No Label, Europe?, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
    • Jack Diamond: totally cool, melodic, funky and wild/weird 60's Exotica and Exotic Psychedelia/Go Go Exotic Psychedelia with the Ondioline out in front with Fuzz Guitars and Squawk Box, Chinese Bell Trees, Panther Combo Organ, Bongo, Boo Bams, Kazoo, Bird Calls, Sounds with honking horns and of the Streets with Busses zooming along et al, all instrumentals. It is awesome and super super cool like you could never imagine. It is, for me, more Exotica than it is psychedelic but it is DEFINITLEY psychedelic and VERY VERY GROOVY as well as everything else I mentioned. It's like nothing you have ever heard anywhere, swear to god. It's 60's Go Go and Exotica, a very varied sound that every tune is distinct in its originality.

• Takako Minekawa: "Cloudy Cloud Calculator"
  • CD, Emperor Norton 7010, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 12

• Attileo Mineo: "Man In Space With Sounds!"
  • CD, Subliminal Sounds SUBXMCD-604, Sweden, 1997 + USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. the ultra-rare record that contained the electronic outer space exotica music played in the Bubbleator at the Seattle State World's Fair of 1962. It has now been rereleased on CD by the Swedish Subliminal Sounds in collaboration with Jack Diamond Music. It is truly amazing, brilliant, Incredibly Strange Music, featuring lots of weird electronic zounds and a symphonic orchestra!
      Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium".
    • Kirsten Whitley: For anyone who likes the 1950s sci-fi/spacey sounds, this is a complete winner: cool blastoffs and space travel noises!!! And, if that weren't enough, I love the narrator promising me a future filled with "mile-a-minute monorails" and "custom-made weather". Plus, the CD is cheap. If anyone has hesitated over this one, my advice is: buy it!

• Attileo Mineo: "Man In Space With Sounds!"
  • LP, Wah-Wah WLP 001, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. the above CD contains the 2 complete different LP versions that were issued in 1962: one with, and another without the spoken comments; this however is a limited LP reissue with only the version with the spoken comments; it has better graphics and more informative liner notes. E-mail contact: wah-wah@mx3.redestb.es.

• Mirageman: "Thrilling"
  • CD/Double LP, La Douce/Irma 489229, Italy, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Reviewed at Score, Baby

• Mirageman: "Thunder And Lighting"
  • CD/Double LP, La Douce/Irma 489228, Italy, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. I like it a lot! If you digged the "Sound Gallery" stuff, you'll probably also like this. Ignore the "file under easy listening" label, as this is wild and dangerous stuff! (beautiful digi-pack sleeve too!)
    • Reviewed at Score, Baby
    • fom the sleeve: psychedelic acid funk with violent trashings of fuzz guitar intertwined with a total freak out on the Hammond organ.

• Robert Mitchum: "Calypso Is Like So"
  • CD, Creation/Rev-Ola REV 037, UK, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Robert Mitchum: "That Man!"
  • CD, Bear Family BCD 15890, Germany, 1995 ("Calypso" & bonus tracks)
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. this CD contains not only the full "Calypso Is Like So" LP (is this serious, camp or novelty?), but also plenty of Mitchum singles.

• Vic Mizzy: "Suites & Themes"
  • CD, limited issue Percepto Records 003, USA, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.
    • Percepto press release: the deluxe limited release of this eagerly anticipated CD compilation showcasing 36 tracks of original film & TV scores, including The Ghost And Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun In The West, How To Frame A Figg, The Night Walker, The Spirit Is Willing, A Very Special Favor, The Caper Of The Golden Bulls, Don't Make Waves, The Perils Of Pauline and more! Also included are Mizzy's most popular TV themes--The Addams Family And Green Acres, plus a wide variety of previously unreleased themes, including The Pruitts Of Southampton, The Double Life Of Henry Phyffe, The 13th Gate and Kentucky Jones! All music in this 78-minute collection has been remastered from Mizzy's original studio masters with most tracks being presented here for the first time on CD. This package also contains full-color 24-page booklet with liner notes by Daniel Schweiger detailing the composer's life and career, including rare stills, sheet music, poster and lobby card reproductions and much more! This promotional release is being offered exclusively through Percepto Records and has been pressed in a limited archival edition of 1000 copies. Buy it here: store.percepto.com/percepto/movtvsoun.html
    • Carl Howard: It's easy to see how Mizzy's themework personified a niche of the devil-may-care Hollywood of the 1960s. His work is delightfully bouncy, and his approach to arrangements are diverse and playful... and occasionally include quotations of other film and television scores, such as "My Fair Lady" - this could possibly be chalked up to a kind of Carl Stalling phenomenon, in that in order to churn out scores on a schedule it sometimes becomes necessary to turn your brain into a storehouse of recallable clips of older material. Up to now it's possible that only the score to "Don't Make Waves" (Tony Curtis / Claudia Cardinale) has been commercially available, and even this release is not strictly for widespread commercial release due to whatever ownership restrictions may exist in the actual recorded works. This CD has been prepared lovingly from Mizzy's master tapes (and are refreshingly free of attempts to reduce tape hiss). The booklet contains extensive notes and recoolections from the composer, and faithful reprints of any number of film posters for which these themes were written. Filmways, which for years was Mizzy's source of bread and butter, was according to Mizzy greatly enamored of his ability to "save" marginal films (many starring charisma-challenged actors in the Filmways pen, such as Don Knotts - REPEATEDLY - and Phyllis Diller, and other established comedic talent like Don Rickles and John Astin); he does so with verve and with a love of adventure... his arrangements include, variously, wah-wah guitars, spacey organs, harpsichords, theremins, even firearms! By his own accounting, Mizzy also endeared himself to his Filmways boss by turning his scores around with incredible speed. By the time the CD gets into his best remembered themes for television... you're his. He has you in his grasp. It's an absolutely delightful 77 minutes.
    • Br. Cleve: I got it a couple of days ago. It's listed as 'promotional' because Vic Mizzy put it together from his personal collection of tapes; I'm sure the music is owned by the television and film companies that he wrote it for, although as the composer he would have the right to self publish in order to promote his own work, but that's why it's a limited edition. It's not a bootleg in the classic sense, since it was compiled by the composer himself. I would doubt that it will be released again in another form. The quality is great all around, the booklet is informative and has lots of never published photos. Overall, it's classic 60's TV music; even the film music sounds like TV music, if you know what I mean. Mizzy is similar to other composer/arrangers of the era, especially ones from New York like Bernie Green, who wrote what I think of as 'department store music' - music for jaunty shopping at Macy's, but listen for that minor second interval on the xylophone when our protagonist trips on the elevator. If ya like that stuff, and I do, then it's worth the 20 bucks. Delivery was very prompt - I ordered on Friday and it was delivered Tuesday, 3000 miles away.

• Mo'Horizons: "Come Touch the Sun"
  • CD, Stereo Deluxe, Germany, 1999?
  • comment:
    • Brian Karasick: Jazz-African-Bossa inspired. Quieter than some but it definitely grows on you

• Modern Gustin Trio: "Beatles Go Jazz"
  • CD, Tring Double Play 304, UK, 1996
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#3209]

• The Modern Jazz Quartet: "Blues On Bach"
  • CD, Atlantic 1652, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. My first Modern Jazz Quartet CD! My favorite tracks are the 5 tracks based on Bach pieces. Lovely, clear and soft, unpretentious late-night jazz.

• Modern Jazz Quartet: "Pyramid"
  • CD, label?, year?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• The Mohawks: "Champs"
  • LP, Grm exact repro "reissue" PMLP5, UK, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. others call this "one of the most sought after funk, `breakbeat` LP`s of all time"... It's far too expensive though I paid ¤22) and the labels were switched.
    • alan miller "DJ hushpuppy": The package is CHOC FULL of stompin' mod-hammond groovers, down-home funk and quirky quasi-ska toe-tappers. It is a testament to its irresistible track by track appeal that even the re-issues have become rarities going for =A350 in the UK (a price you would have been damn lucky to pick up the original for in the last seven or eight years). And don't even start me on the KPM stuff like "Soul Organ Showcase". As a DJ I can not recommend it highly enough, and as I listener I would say that those with that certain taste for the go-go and the Now Sound reallly shouldn't be with out it.
    • G.R.Reader: Oh and it is a corker, I do need this, thanks to Alan and everyone else for getting me into town to buy it. Terse, tight and Carnaby Street right! Indeed. No song is too long, a nice selection of covers (Sweet Soul Music- indeed), interesting choice of other lead instruments, trombone mostly, one fuzz guitar track (JimmyB alert - but you'll know anyway won't you). The Ska feel is more Trojan than two-tone, which is what you'd expect given the age, and mostly supplied by the Trombone parts. The vocals on a couple of tracks are suspiciously easy in style. Some of my favourite Hammond style sounds and fills too. Pretty good, heavy, pressing. Big bass sound. Juno was the shop I was thinking of www.juno.co.uk/

• Money Mark: "Change is Coming"
  • CD, Emperor Norton, USA, 2001
  • comment:
    • Emperor Norton press release: the unofficial 4th Beastie Boy is releasing his third solo record. Featuring contributions from members of Ozomatli and Los Lobos, Change is Coming is indeed coming with funky, jazzy, organ driven instrumental madness.

• The Money Penny Project: "First Album"
  • CD/LP, Pulp Flavor/ Dare Dare 007, France, rereleased 2002
  • comment:
    • Pulp Flavor: Fantasy chimes, circled by sounds that whirls around like the hands of a stopwatch. A wondrous cloud of music which conjures some strange magic in the air. The gears of a movie camera humming as it records the orgasm of a Black pornstar. Bullets whizzing about in a lurid B-picture atmosphere while naked starlets cavort around a cool pool...

• Marilyn Monroe: "Marilyn Monroe"
  • CD, The Entertainers, Europe, 1988, deleted
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Good compilation of 25 of her best known tracks. Some of these arrangements, like in "My heart belongs to daddy" (from the movie "Let's make love") are really great swingin' big band jazz!

• Marilyn Monroe: "Never Before And Never Again"
  • CD, DRG 015005, USA, year?

• Marilyn Monroe: "Rare recordings 1948-1962"
  • CD, Sandy Hook S.H. 2013, USA, 19??, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Inludes a TV commercial, believed to be the only one she ever did; film fragments, live performancs...

• Marilyn Monroe: "The Very Best Of Marilyn Monroe"
  • CD, Stardust CPL 0711, USA, 2000
  • comment:
    • Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 18

• Monsieur Blumenberg: "Musique Et Couleurs"
  • CD, Irma/ La Douce 502438, Italy, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Mad, over-the-top project by one of the Montefiori brothers. Breakbeat style with a full, fat, "soul" sound, lots of different instruments including strings, horns, Moogy synths, percussion, samples of opera singers,
    • Reviewed in _Il Giaguaro_ issue 6

• Montefiori Cocktail: "Raccolta No 1"
  • Double LP/CD, Irma 488196, Italy, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Two Italian brothers, Federico and Francesco Montefiori, playing a wonderful cocktail of EZ and Brasil. The CD has 3 tunes more than the double LP: Je T'adore; Anamaria; Theme From Star Trek.

• Montefiori Cocktail: "Raccolta No 2"
  • CD, Irma 498657, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. It sounds less accoustic than their previous album, they use more rhythm boxes, and samples too, which gives a more "modern" sound. Several funny tracks! A bit too much vocals for my taste though.
    • Giovanni Berti: Though it has some tracks much in line with their first disc, this new one sounds a bit different: seems to me that it has more flavours than their first, which I loved but maybe was all too much one-direction. Many featured artists, also; and proper songs, with lyrics, instead of wordless vocalizing (still on some tracks). Tracklist goes: Theme from Star Wars (spaghetti western version) / Hu Ha / La segretaria (dedicated to Edwige Fenech) / Sunny (italian vocal by Scanna Mo'plen) / Babalu' / Sofisticata / L'albero di 30 piani (vocal by Ridillo) / Shampoo / On A Clear Day (italian vocal by Pierfilippi) / I Feel Love (vocal by Count Indigo) / Intervallo / Stanotte /Anonimo veneziano (tribute to Fausto Papetti) / Nana Nana / Riviera Beat / Anema e core (vocal by Luciano Savoretti).

• Hugo Montenegro: "All Time Greatest Movie Themes & Schemes"
  • cd, RCA? 67820, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Roy G. Biv: I don't have the track list for the album "Come Spy With Me", but I do believe the new one titled, "All-Time Greatest Movie Themes & Schemes" has nearly all, if not all, the tracks on it ("Come Spy With Me" that is), and it is tasty.
    • Reviewed in "_Cool And Strange Music Magazine_" issue 16

• Hugo Montenegro: "Candy's Theme"
  • CD, RCA, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: from 1965. No idea if it is any good, Dusty groove calls it "mellow"...

• Hugo Montenegro: "Come Spy With Me"
  • lP, RCA Victor LSP-3540 stereo, USA, 1966
    CD, RCA 74321960712, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Re- of fantastic spy themes LP from 1966
    • Ross Orr: Yes Yes Yes!!! This one rocks--maybe the best thing I've found in months! Hugo tears into TV-spy and James Bond theme songs, with all the mod brass and funky guitar you could ask for. But the highlight is some TOTALLY f*cked up Hammond playing, with all kinds of weird effects. It's like Hugo was singlehandedly straining to invent the Moog 2 years early, and almost getting there.

• Hugo Montenegro: "Good vibrations"
  • LP, RCA Victor stereo LSP-4104, USA, 1967
    CD, RCA 7432169505, Spain, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Montenegro goes groovy with electric violin & whistling by Muzzy Marcellino.
    • jonathan richardson: its more of HUgos wild ass vocal treatments on this one. If your expecting Moog/Arp weirdness, its not there, but there are some of his trademark Wah-wah-wha-bah bah bah style vocals with whistling and harmonica which I love. theres plenty of wild vocals, fuzz guitars and Hugo-ized song treatments to make it a worthwhile purchase.
    • Br. Cleve: one of his best, imho, as it features the outstanding "Lady In Cement" theme, in a different and I think better version than the one on the original soundtrack. The whole album features wordless 'swingle' style vocaling on all the tracks.
    • Nat Kone: It's more a vocal choir record than a moog record. Having said that, if you have a taste for Montenegran arrangements and you like vocals mixed in, this is a truly great record. In fact this is one of my top ten records and I've bought it again and again to introduce that Now Sound to friends. I don't think it's worth 12 bucks but that's only because I've found it a half dozen times in the last couple of years. On the other hand, it IS worth it as far as being a nice record you can slap on and listen to from beginning to end.

• Hugo Montenegro: "Hugo in Wonderland"  (Interprets the genius of Stevie Wonder)
  • LP, RCA APL1-0413, USA, 1974
    CD, RCA 7432178169, Spain, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Reissued with Wah-Wah's advise and collaboration, and available through Wah-Wah Distribution.
    • Wah-Wah: Often regarded as the companion piece to "Moog Power", this is his another electronic album. Here good old Hugo switches on the Moogs & Arps one more time for some vintage electronic action ! Our man arranges and conducts some of Stevie Wonder's most celebrated classics, taking the originals Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood in 1974. Personnel includes Larry Muhoberac (keyboards), Hal Blaine (drums) & John Montenegro (Arp Synthesizers program) amongst many others. Titles are: "Living for the City", "Too High", "Superstition", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "My Cherie Amour", "Higher Ground", "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", "Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo-Da-Day", "You've Got It Bad, Girl", "All In Love Is Fair".
    • Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 20

• Hugo Montenegro: "Mammy Blue"
  • CD, RCA, Spain, 1999?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. originally released in 1971. Rather mediocre.
    • Chuck: : My favorite Mammy Blue is by the great Hugo Montenegro on the Mammy Blue released on cd from RCA Spain. This song and the whole lp rock in a wild soulful moogy way. I really can't recommend this album enough. I got mine from Dusty Groove . Hugo is one of my favorites these days, I think I'll call him Hugsi.

• Hugo Montenegro: "Moog Power"
  • LP, RCA LSP-4170 1969, USA
    CD, RCA 74321637052, Spain, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Slightly overrated as Moog album, just becasue it is listed in "Incredibly Strange Music"... The Moog is not featured as a solo instrument here, it's used rather modestly together with lots of other instruments. Still a very good record though, thanx to great vocal arangements
    • Peter Risser: I love his Moog Power disc and it's not so much because of the Moog, which isn't all that prevalent, but his wild-ass vocal treatments of the songs.

• Hugo Montenegro: "Neil's Diamonds Fashioned By Hugo Montenegro"
  • lp, RCA Victor
    CD, BMG 74321960722, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: Covers of Neil Diamond, recorded 1973

• Hugo Montenegro: "Others By Brothers"
  • CD, RCA, Spain, end 2001?

• Hugo Montenegro: "Spies and Private Eyes"  (?)
  • CD, 7N/BMG, USA, 2000
  • comment:
    • Br. Cleve: has the same cover as Hugo's "Come Spy With Me" LP. It has tracks from that album and others. Never bought it because I had them all on LP, but I recall it being a nice collection.

• Hugo Montenegro: "The Very Best Of Hugo Montenegro"
  • CD, RCA 72713, USA?, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. It has all the 10 tracks from his fantastic "Come Spy With Me" plus "Man from UNCLE" and some classic Morricone spaghetti western tracks.

• Hugo Montenegro & Ennio Morricone: "Western Spaghetti"
  • CD, BMG 4321339432, Germany?, 1998

• André Montero And His Orchestra, Paul Tanner On Electro-theremin: "Music For Heavenly Bodies"
  • LP, limited issue, UK?, 1999
    CD, ?, Europe?, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Reissue of Omega OSL-4, arranged by Warren Baker.
    • Reviewed in "_Cool And Strange Music Magazine_" issue 8

• Bobby Montez Quintet: "Jungle Fantastique!"
  • CD/LP, CuBop/ Ubiquity, USA, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: Recorded 1958
    • Martin Hämmel: reissue. note (from CuBop): "Jungle Fantastique is one of the greatest Latin jazz records ever recorded. Originally rel. In 1958, the orig. pressings were of poor sound quality, nonetheless it has become a highly sought after record by collectors, club DJs and rare groove fans alike. CuBop has lovingly remastered the album for the first time from the original master tapes." My (short) comment is: great Vibe and Piano loaded Mambo, with some good Up Tempo as well as good Moody cuts on it (with names like African Fantasy or Kon-Tiki). The Up Tempo Tracks reminds me on Bobby Matos "Mambo Maxims" (that is on a comp. called "Rare Essence, a funky fusion of jazz, latin & soul, vol 1" on rare essence records US 1994) that maybe was recorded in the 60s (???) and has a better production and is still a hot dancefloor club track. Definitly *Jungle Mambo*. I did buy "Jungle Fantasique" mostly because I do want have more stuff like "Mambo Maxims" but I am still not sure if the tracks from "Jungle Fantasique" will also explode in a club like "Mambo Maxims". one vocal track (a bad one) one track someone is only singing one word like a chorus (not really a vocal tune) the rest is instrumental (sometimes with some short announcements)

• James Moody: "Moody Plays Mancini"
  • CD, Warner Bros., USA, 1997
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#4888]

• The Moog Cookbook: "The Moog Cookbook"
  • CD, Restless 8777 72914 2, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Moog covers time machine! I like this one much better than their second, but it's hard to tell why... I think the sound of this one is more like the vintage Moog sound, as on "The plastic cow" et al.

• The Moog Cookbook: "Ye Olde Space Bande"  (Plays The Classic Rock Hits)
  • CD, Restless 01877-72941, USA, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. this one one has more disco-like rhythms... didn't like it as much as their first one

• The Moog Machine: "Switched On Rock"
  • LP, Columbia CS 9921, USA
    CD, ???, ???, year?, deleted
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Moog rock covers of 10 pop hits.

• Moondog: "Moondog"
  • LP, Columbia, USA, circa 1967
    LP, Columbia reissue, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • Jack Diamond: Audiophile Pressing, New/Sealed Stereo, Virgin Vinyl, 180 Gram. Titles: Theme, Stamping Ground, Symphonique # 3, Symphonique # 6, Mini-Sym # 1 in 3 Parts: Allegro-Andante Adagio-Vivace, Lament, Witch of Endor in 2 Parts: Dance-Trio, Adagio, Andante, Agitato, Dance III, Symphonique # 1. Louis Harden, a.k.a. Moondog and his last LP, originally released circa 1967 Lots of percussion and jazzy exotic sounds all around. Well worth having a dead mint audiophile pressing of. Well worth it.

• Moondog: "Moondog"
  • CD, Original Jazz Classics 1741, USA, 19??
  • comment:
    • Johan: Originally issued on Prestige in 1956.

• Moondog: "Moondog/ Moondog 2"
  • CD, CBS Masterworks MK 44994, USA, 1989
  • comment:
    • Johan: "Moondog" from 1969 + "Moondog" 2 from 1971
    • Tom Rombouts: To my surprise (because he was such an odd character) this is a really pleasant and enjoyable CD, not as bizarre as I had assumed. The first album on the CD contains nine of his original folk-style compositions performed by orchestral arrangements. (The first track, his personal "Theme", was featured in the movie "The Big Lebowski") As a real 60's ouch, Moondog speaking a few sentences of some of his philosophical observations apprear between a few of the tracks. The second album (on the same CD) consists of 26 short pieces (rounds and canons) for small combos of acoustic instruments that he recorded along with his daughter, Jane. Although he is often classified as an "avant garde" modern composer, his music is much more melodic than that label might suggest.

• Moondog: "More Moondog/ The Story Of Moondog"
  • CD, Prestige OJCCD-1781-2, USA, 1991
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• There's more by Moondog than listed here: search elsewhere

• Phil Moore featuring Leda Annest: "Portrait of Leda"
  • LP, Columbia Adventures in Sound WL 114 Mono only, USA, 1958
    LP, exact repro, USA, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Read about it in See "Incredibly Strange Music" volume 1, page 104.

• Airto Moreira:
  • filed under: artists: Airto

• Alessandro Moreschi: "The Last Castrato; Complete Vatican Recordings"
  • CD, Pearl Opal 9823, UK, 1987
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Ennio Morricone: "A Fistfull Of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology"
  • Double CD, Rhino R2 71858, USA, 199?
  • comment:
    • Larry: A good place to start with Morricone. It covers all his work, not just westerns. It will clue you in to which records you will be more interested in searching out the complete LP of. Besides, there is a lot of great non-western stuff on there - electronic, fusion, and just plain crazy stuff!

• Ennio Morricone: "Action Thrillers"  (Ennio Morricone Collection)
  • CD, BMG Ariola 29873 2, Germany?, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.

• Ennio Morricone: "Anthology"
  • Double CD, DRG 32908, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 0 points on 5. add comment, item #4851

• Ennio Morricone: "Assoluto Morricone - Best Vol. 1"  (A Fantastic Collection Of The Coolest Classics)
  • CD, Cinevox MDF 341, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. 18 great tracks from the Cinevox catalog
      Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium".
    • Reviewed at Score, Baby

• Ennio Morricone : "Café Morricone "
  • CD, Rambling, Japan, year?

• Ennio Morricone: "Canto Morricone Volume 1: The 60's"  (The Ennio Morricone Songbook)
  • CD, Bear Family BCD 16244 AH, Germany, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Explores Morricone as songwriter of Italian pop and movie songs. Contains lots of - mostly Italian - slightly bombastic, dramatic 60's pop ballads (of the type that was very popular in France too at those times) in the likes of "My way", "Seasons in the sun", "Capri, c'est fini"... Most of them have a light Morricone touch, like odd instrumentation (castagnettes in Milva's "Quattro vestiti"), sound efffects (wind sounds in Trio Junior's "Fruscio di foglie verdi"), a short signature dissonant piano chord that can be heard in several of Morricone's soundtracks in a couple of tracks... Several of these songs were aimed at the charts, and sound very slimy to me.
    • Jonathan Perl: This is an incredible release, beyond my wildest dreams. The songs are generally that kind of beautiful electric harpischord or piano driven, meditative pop songs with light rock drums and ethereal vocal backgrounds - like much of the mondo morricone compilation. 21 tracks, including: - - the incredible 'deep down' from Danger diabolik - - three different versions of the malamondo theme, one sung in italian - - two versions of the fantastic 'se telefonando', one by Francoise Hardy in French and the other by Mina in Italian. - - An incredible version of 'hurry to me' by the Sandpipers with lyrics... Nice illustrated booklet too. By some distance the best CD I have bought this year; possibly ever.

• Ennio Morricone: "Canto Morricone Volume 2: Western Songs & Ballads"  (The Ennio Morricone Songbook)
  • CD, Bear Family BCD 16245 AH, Germany, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. I liked this one a lot better than volume 1, although 6 tracks from "Sacco & Vanzetti" is a bit too much, especially when 4 of them are sung by that irritating fake-vibrato voice of Joan Baez.

• Ennio Morricone: "Canto Morricone Volume 3: The Seventies"  (The Ennio Morricone Songbook)
  • CD, Bear Family BCD 16246 AH, Germany, 1999

• Ennio Morricone: "The Chronicle"
  • 10 CD deluxe box, BVCM 37063Japan, 2000

• Ennio Morricone: "Ennio Morricone: The Legendary Spaghetti Westerns"
  • CD, ?, ?, ?
  • comment:
    • Paul Thomas: Not a bad track on this disc.

• Ennio Morricone: "Eviva Morricone"
  • Double CD, Avanz, Italy
  • comment:
    • Johan: Bianco, rosso e verdone: Bianco, rosso e verdone - Un povero emigrante - Autostrada - Marcetta populare/ Vergogna schifosi: Guardani negli occhi - Ninna nanna per adulti - Matto, caldo, soldi, morto ... girotondo - Un altro mare - Una spiaggia a mezzogiorno/ La cosa buffa: Pensando a Maria - La cosa buffa/ L'assoluto naturale: Amare assolutamente - L'assoluto naturale/ Metti, una sera a cena: Metti, una sera a cena (alternate version)/ Quattro mosche di velluto grigio: Come un madrigale/ Forza G: Come un miracolo - Sospesi tra le nuvole/ Occhio alla penna: Estasi del miracolo - Occhio alla penna/ La donna della domenica: La donna della domenica/ Piazza di Spagna: Armida e Ginevra - Piazza di Spagna/ Il gatto: Mariangela e la seduzione - Terrazza/ Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?: Lei se ne more - An-chin-go - Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?/ Teorema: Beat N.3 - L'ultima corrida/ Un sacco bello: Un sacco bello - Un solotto borghese/ La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo: Pour Barbara/ Indagine di un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto: Indagine/ La moglie più bella: Tema nascosta/ Mussolini, ultimo atto: Ultimo atto/ La vera storia della signora delle camelie: Alfonsina delle camelie/ Così come sei: Amore per amore/ Il giocattolo: Una gita mancata/ Il mio nome è nessuno: Il mio nome è nessuno.

• Ennio Morricone: "Eviva Morricone 2"
  • CD, Avanz, Italy
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
    • Daniel Wisnicki: includes the "Slalom Concert" wich runs about 15 miniutes and the "La Moda" inedit, which could not be found on another CD. These CDs are interesting for you only, if you like the "Mondo Morricone" CD. Tracks: Invito allo sport: Staffetta per due/ Gli intoccabili: La ballata di Hank McCain/ L'uomo e la magia: Faith (U-Pa-Ni-Sha)/ Le foto proibite di una signora perbene: Allegretto per signora/ Il diavolo nel crevello: La ragione, il cuore, l'amore/ Revolver: In un altro bar/ Veruschka: La bambola/ L'ultimo/ Doricamente/ La donna invisibile: La moda (alternate version)/ Cuore di Mamma: Ricreazione divertita/ Il gatto a nove code: Ninna Nanna in blu/ Giornata nera per l'ariete: Voce seconda/ Gli occhi freddi della paura: Ritorno all'inizio/ I bambini ci chiedono perché: Finale/ Una lucertola con la pelle di donna: La lucertola/ D'amore si muore: Un po' di ironica acida/ Cuore di Mamma: Ninna Nanna per adulteri (alternate version)/ L'alibi: L'alibi (Party Music Suite)/ Slalom: Concerto per una spia.

• Ennio Morricone: "Film Music"  (Original Soundtracks)
  • CD, Vivi Musica 7009, Italy, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Ennio Morricone: "Golden Film Themes"
  • CD, Magic Records M.M 525 772, France, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Ennio Morricone: "Legendary Italian Westerns"
  • CD, RCA, USA, 1990

• Ennio Morricone: "The Legendary Italian Westerns"
  • CD, RCA 9974-2-R, USA, 199?

• Ennio Morricone: "Love Morricone"
  • CD, Rambling RBCE 1010, Japan, 2001

• Ennio Morricone: "Molto Mondo Morricone"
  • CD, Royal Ear Force, UK?, 2003?
  • comment:
    • Johan: Volume 3 in the fantastic "Mondo Morricone" series. available from: www.moviegrooves.com

• Ennio Morricone: "Mondo Morricone"
  • Tripple CD box, Royal Ear Force, UK?, 2003
  • comment:
    • www.moviegrooves.com: Brilliant limited edition Boxset containing all 3 volumes of the essential Mondo Morricone series...

• Ennio Morricone: "Mondo Morricone = Mondo Morricone Revisted"
  • CD, Colosseum CST 34.8057, Germany, 1996, deleted
    LP, All Score Media, Germany, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Beautiful compilation. This is sort of a "best of" from obscure soundtracks. Lots of Hammond, electric guitar; wordless vocals by Ella Dell'Orso... Different atmospheres: soft and lush, action, erotic, mystery. The LP version is called "Mondo Morricone Revisted", but contains only 10 of the original 16 CD tracks.

• Ennio Morricone: "More Mondo Morricone = More Mondo Morricone Revisted"
  • CD, Colosseum CST 34.80580, Germany, 1996, deleted
    LP, , All Score Media, Germany, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. "Mindblowing Film Themes From Italian Cult Movies". If you liked the first one, you'll also like this one. The LP version is called "More Mondo Morricone Revisted", but contains only 9 of the original 16 CD tracks. Well, far better than nothing!

• Ennio Morricone: "Morricone 2000"
  • CD/LP, Dagored RED 105, Italy, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: compilation with 16 tracks from 8 original soundtracks in the Beat Records catalog: "Il Prefetto Di Ferro", "Un Bellissimo Novembre", "Holocaust 2000", "Il Mostro", "Il Grande Silenzio", "Un Escercito Di 5 Uomini", "Sesso In Confessionale"
    • From the liner notes by Alan Bishop: some of these cuts are impossible to describe. What kind of music is 'Una Corsa Disperata'... high drama orchestral psychedelia? How about 'Veni Sancte Spiritus'...an acid rock opera in Vatican City? And how could the sweet-syrup majesty of the theme to 'Il Grande Silenzio' possibly accompany a murderous Klaus Kinski on the screen during Sergio Corbucci's epic spaghetti western, the only one filmed in three feet of snow?

• Ennio Morricone: "Morricone 2001"
  • CD/LP, Dagored, Italy, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: At least some duplicate tracks with the 2 "Mondo Morricone" CDs

• Ennio Morricone: "Morricone In The Scene: Chase Morricone"
  • CD, King, Japan, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: chase scene music from My name is nobody", "L'Anticristo", "Sesso In Confessionale", "Il Serpente", "Vite Strozzate", "I Ladri Della Notte", "Alzati Spia", "Il Sorriso Del Grande Tentatore", "L'Attentato"...

• Ennio Morricone: "Morricone In The Scene: Lounge Morricone"
  • CD , King, Japan, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: Similar to "Mondo Morricone"

• Ennio Morricone: "Spaghetti Western"  (12 Classic Western Themes On 1)
  • CD, BMG 453522, Germany?, 1995

• Ennio Morricone: "Spaghetti Western"  (Ennio Morricone Collection)
  • CD, RCA 26495, Germany, 1995
    CD, RCA? SHK 26495, Germany?, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5.

• Ennio Morricone: "Ultimate Mood Music Collection"  (40th Commemoration)
  • CD, BMG BVCM 37203, Japan, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Non-soundtrack pieces, arranged by Morricone for Italian Easy Listening records on RCA, issued between 1959 and 1970, like "Musica Sul Velluto". Only 1 tune is actually written by him: "The Pink Panther (It Had Better Be Tonight)", all the 24 others are written by various Italian or American composers. Styles range a lot, there's really nothing that holds this collection together musically. Lots of sugarry string hard core EZ, but also some funny Moog tracks, and 1 "spaghetti western" style arrangement. Actually, Morricone's typical arranging style shows through, even in the poor tracks. There's some wordless vocals on 7 tunes, but the liners are in Japanese, so i can't tell if it's really Edda Dell' Orso or someone else singing.

• Ennio Morricone: "Ultimate Soundtrack Collection"  (40th Commemoration)
  • Double CD, BMG/ Ricordi, Japan, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: Rare Morricone soundtrack tunes

• Ennio Morricone: "The Very Best Of Ennio Morricone"
  • CD, Music Club MCCD 056, UK, 1992

• Ennio Morricone: "With Love Vol 1"
  • CD, DRG Records, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: love songs, mostly from movies from the 1960's and 70's, amongst others: "Veruscha", "Il Segreto", "Il Serpente", "Gli Intoccabili"...

• Ennio Morricone: "With Love Vol 2"
  • CD, DRG Records, USA, 2003

• There's more by Ennio Morricone than listed here: search elsewhere

• Buddy Morrow: "Buddy Morrow Takes The Night Train - On RCA"
  • CD, Collector's Choice Music CCM 100, USA, 2000
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#6870]

• Buddy Morrow: "Double Impact"
  • LP, RCA Victor LSP-2180stereo, USA, 1960
    CD, RCA 60993, Spain, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Excellent and big arrangements of 1959 and 1960 detective, SF, western, and adventure TV themes. With: Men into space; Hawaiian eye; Staccato's theme; The Deputy; Riverboat theme; Bourbon Street Beat; Bonanza; Twilight zone; San Francisco Blues; The untouchables; Markham Theme; International detective.

• Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra: "Impact"
  • CD, RCA 60994, Spain, 1998

• Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra: "Impact/ Double Impact"
  • CD, BMG?, origin?, 2001?

• Buddy Morrow: "Night Train/ Big Band Guitar"
  • CD, Collectables 2804, USA, 2002

• Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra: "Poe for moderns"
  • LP, RCA/Victor LPM-2208 mono, USA
    CD, RCA, Spain, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• Joseph Moskowitz: "The Art Of The Cymbalom"
  • CD, ?, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: See WFMU catalog 1996

• David Moss: "My Favorite Things"
  • CD, Intakt CD 022, Switzerland, distributed by Rec Rec, 1991
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Ed Motta: "As Segundas Intencoes Do Manual Pratico"
  • CD, Universal, Brazil, 2000

• Ed Motta: "Dwitza"
  • CD, What Music 018, UK, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. A very eclectic 15 track album! Nine pieces have worldess singing or scatting, some sound as if sung in an unknown language, other lyrics are completely nonsense, like in the Steely Dan-like "Valse au beurre blanc" where Ed sings nothing but names of French cheeses and wines! Just like the sticker on the cover says: Ed brings you samba, jazz, brasilian funk, superb scat singing, some prog influences, all with great melodies and arrangements. He has his own website too: www.edmotta.com. Very conveniently available directly from What Music, where you can find MP3 samples too.
    • What Music: the new concept LP from brasilian superstar Ed Motta that mixes his unique scat vox with samba jazz, Strata East, brasilian funk, Steely Dan & European soundtracks! All produced, composed written & arranged by Ed!

• Ed Motta: "Poptical"
  • CD, ?, 2003

• Tony Mottola: "Christmas Guitar Collection"
  • CD, MSQ2004CD , USA, 2000, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Robbie Baldock: a Xmas compilation of his Project 3 recordings is coming out mid-price. It's actually already listed at CDNow but I don't know what the track listing is yet.

• Tony Mottola: "Enoch Light Presents The Best Of Tony"
  • CD, ?, USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#3245]

• Marc Moulin: "Placebo Sessions 1971-1974"
  • CD, Counterpoint CRCD 005, UK, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Belgian jazz-funk fusion, not too freaky or complex, with some nice Moog touches in about half of the tracks. These are 15 pieces taken from:the 3 Placebo LP albums from 1971-1974. Marc Moulin later formed the Kraftwerk-inspired Telex.
    • Nat Kone: This is pretty amazing especially since I never heard of it and because Philip Catherine is actually involved (someone I dismissed totally.) If you don't know it, this guy's records were apparently huge priced collector's items. The music is sort of a funkier, less improvised Bitches Brew kind of thing but with a bit of blaxploitation or crime jazz thrown into the mix. I think it's amazing and all the more for not being something absolutely tailored to this market like most of the other things.

• Die Moulinettes: "20 Blumen"
  • LP, Marina 34, Germany, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: Soft pop from a girl group from Munich, Germany.

• Moulinettes: "Alfa Bravo Charlie"
  • CD/Double LP, TUG Records?, Germany, 2001
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#7339]

• Paulo Moura Hepteto: "Fibra"
  • CD, What Music 0046, UK, 2003
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Cinematographic Brasil fusion
      Read a review of this record in the "Critiquarium".

• Mr. Handman: "Mr. Handman"
  • filed under: artists: Gaston & Purcell

• Mrs. Miller: "The Turned-on World Of Mrs. Miller"
  • CD, Amaret (bootleg), USA, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. "Mrs. Miller does her thing" + "The country soul of Mrs. Miller" + "Will success spoil Mrs. Miller?". This last one is really screwed up by horrible equalisation: all the low frequenties are gone...

• Jack Mudurian: "Downloading The Repertoire"
  • CD, Arf! Arf! AA-057
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 5 points on 5. Old Jack "sings" about 100 songs; he doesn't seem to have any teeth left...

• Mukta: "Dancing On One's Hand"
  • CD, Warner 8573-8587, France, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: Indo-Euro sitar funk jazz fusion
    • Reviewed in _Il Giaguaro_ issue 6

• Mukta: "Indian Sitar & World Jazz"  (Acoustic & remixed tracks)
  • Double CD, Warner/ WEA 3984 26688, France, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. fusion sitar jazz. not really as "pop" like Dave Pike, much more serious jazz, with long tracks, weak melodies, (too) long sitar solo's. Two great tracks, the other are good, but not really my kind of thing. CD 1 contains 8 Mukta tracks, CD 2 has 4 remixed tracks, 3 of which are great breakbeat style tracks. Nice price, so it gets 3 stars from me. I'm curious about the other, more recent Mukta CDs: are they more like Dave Pike? if anyone knows: let us know, with the e-mail link below, under the "Jade" title.
    • Reviewed in _Il Giaguaro_ issue 6

• Mukta: "Jade"
  • CD or LP, Warner?, France, year?
  • comment:
    • add missing details or your own comment for this item [#8060]

• Gerry Mulligan: "The Jazz Combo From I Want To Live"
  • filed under: soundtracks: I Want To Live!

• Gerry Mulligan: "Night Lights"
  • CD, Verve 818 271-2, USA, 1984
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• The Muppets: "Muppet Beach Party"
  • CD, Jim Henson BMG Kidz 74860-35027, USA, 1993
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• The Muppets: "Muppet Hits"
  • CD, Jim Henson BMG KIDZ 74860 30021, USA, 1993
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.

• The Muppets: "Muppet hits take 2"
  • cd, Jim Henson BMG KIDZ 78400 15001, USA, 1994

• Celso Murilo: "Mr Ritmo"
  • CD/LP, What Music, UK, 2003
  • comment:
    • What Music: cult album from João Gilberto's favourite organist. Mr Ritmo incorporates the heavy afro-cuban influence of the time, as well as pointing to the future of Ed Lincoln-style Brazilian dance music.

• Os Mutantes: "A Divina Comédia Ou Ando Meio Desligado"
  • LP, Polydor LPNG 44.048, Brazil, 1997
    CD, Omplatten/ Polygram Fjord 003, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. From 1970. Brazil's answer to the Bonzo Dog Band!
    • Borja Gorostiza: They still keep the brazilian touch, but it seems like the go into the Favelas for a voodoo ritual.

• Os Mutantes: "Everything Is Possible! The Best Of Os Mutantes"
  • CD, Warner Bros., USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: David-Byrne-compiled collection

• Os Mutantes: "Jardim Elétrico"
  • CD, Polydor?, Brazil, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: From 1971

• Os Mutantes: "Mutantes"
  • LP, Polydor LPNG 44 026, USA/Brazil, 1969
    CD, Polydor?, Brazil, 1997
    CD, PolyGram/ Omplatten Fjord 002, USA, 1999, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Still available from Forced Exposure. recorded 1969. See "Incredibly Strange Music" volume 2 page 24 & 25.

• Os Mutantes: "Mutantes E Seus Cometas No País Do Baurets"
  • CD, Universal UICY-3002, Japan, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 1 points on 5. From 1972. To me it sounds like a bad imitation of a bad led Zep album. I can't recommend it, there's almost no wacky experiments or burlesque elements here , the 2 things that made thir first 3 LPs so good.
    • Bump: i cannot seem to find anything i like past 1972. i would bypass the greatest hits and go ahead and buy the first 3 albums. they are incredible, you will not be dissapointed. the 4th (i think) is Jardim Electico 1971 which sounds alot what i think this Technicolor release we are discussing is like since it includes the track Technicolor and Baby, both sung in English. i would even suggest the Rita Lee solo lp, Hole E O Primeiro Dia Resto Sua Vida (with the Baptista brothers (i assume) backing her up) so to me it is pretty much a Mutantes lp. my current favorite is the 72 lp Mutantes E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets. very blown + tripped out rock and roll cabaret style way more so than the first releases.

• Os Mutantes: "O A E O Z"
  • CD, Polydor?, Brazil, 1997

• Os Mutantes: "Os Mutantes"
  • CD, Omplatten/ Polygram FJORD 001, USA, 1999, deleted?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Still available from: Forced Exposure

• Os Mutantes: "Panis Et Circenses"
  • CD, Polydor?, Brazil, 1997
  • comment:
    • Johan: From 1968

• Os Mutantes: "Personalidade"
  • CD, Polydor/Polygram, Brazil, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: Fourteen track greatest hits compilation with songs from their first 5 Polygram albums.

• Os Mutantes: "Tecnicolor"
  • CD, ?, USA, 2000
  • comment:
    • Chuck: The long lost Mutantes album, Tecnicolor recorded in Paris november 1970 has just been released and is available cheap at www.othermusic.com who I think had licenscing rights to sell them in the US in pre Mutantes releases. These are flower pop sugary versions of classic Mutantes songs sung in English! This is not the gruff garage sloppy psychedellia of the first 3 albums but a well produced (Paris 1970) (if not underproduced like todays indie pop) album. Some of it is tremendous and hits on a new level of pop excellence. Many of the songs sound like early 1968 pop ditties. The great Rita Lee does a bang up version of Caetano Veleso's "Baby". Her voice emotes beautifully in English, (I highly recommend her first solo album) "A Minha Menina" perhaps the greatest Mutantes song becomes "She's My Shoo Shoo" and is a total reinterpretation of the Jorge Ben classic with new 1970 Mutantes lyrics. All in all an amazing album with some horrible cuts and some real gems if you are a Mutantes fan that also likes sunshine pop. At 13 songs this is a tease of an album.

• Os Mutantes: "World Psychedelic Classics One: The Best Of"
  • CD, Luaka Bop/Warner Bros., USA, 1999

• The Mystic Moods Orchestra: "Emotions"
  • LP, Philips PHS 600-277 stereo, USA, 1960's
    CD, Capitol, USA, 1995, deleted
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • BasicHip: arranged and conducted by Tartaglia. same sound as his own "Good Morning Starshine" and "Tartaglian Theorem". Paul Beaver on moog, real-life sound effects and interesting instruments such as novachord, harpsichord, harp and calliope. I have always shyed away from Mystic Moods albums, assuming they were true easy listening. Not so with this 1: complex, challenging and a long, long way from elevator music.

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