Tribute to Chenard Walker

I was reading on WM recordings website that
"Chenard Walker a friend of the online music world, is slowly recovering from a diabetic coma. His brother reports that he is not physically suffering. He fell into the coma in September, and is now working on speech development and object differentiation
Chenard is the prolific visual and musical collage artist who operates the Free Sample Zone with 58 releases available for download."
WM recordings are looking for some artists who would like to remix Chenard music in order to realise a tribute compilation.
More details HERE
Take care.

Happy New Year 2007

Just a little post to wish you all a happy new year.I hope you'll continue following the do you speak english ? adventures in music and sounds !

During all this year, i will continue to bring to your ears more unusual songs and hilarious spoken words for your listening pleasure.
Thanks for reading my irregular posts and for listening to my approximative mixes ...

Don't hesitate to drop a line : doyouspeakenglish@gmail.com
To leave a comment just click "comments" at the end of the posts
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The first mix of the year is called "different time and different place"

(click on the image or link below to download)

07-01-15_doyouspeakenglish_different_time_and_place.mp3

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Kalyanii Anandii - title music - Bluff Master (1962) Bombay Connection records
Lata Mangeshkar - Neend Churayi Chain Churaye (spoken words) - Anuraag (1972) Music From The Third Floor music blog.
Old doyouspeakenglish radio jingle.
Kapalka i Jego - give me a kiss polka (1927) (excerpt)
Some german guy - artist Mr Ed ???
Conway Twitty - c'est si bon (1960)
Sound Of X - Historia de un amor Laura (1969)
another Music from the Third Floor Bollywood gem excerpt !
The Champs - tequila (1958)
The Jamies - summertime, summertime (1958)
The Tempos - see you in september (1959)
The Everly Brothers - bye bye love (1957)
Little Peggy - i wish i were a princess (1963)
Barrett Strong - money (that's what i want) (1959)
The Big Bopper - chantilly lace (1958)
Mickey & Sylvia - love is strange (1957)
(girl singing awfully) taken from Jacob Smigel's Eavesdrop project
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz - soggy style (2007) from their forthcoming album "Perpetuum Mobile" released on 23 April 2007
Slim Whitman - by the waters of the Minnetonka (1956)
Don Cherry - another time, another place (1958)
Esquivel - besame mucho (1957)
The Talbot Brothers - waiting for Mary Jane (1960)

Merry Mixmas 2006 ! (part 2)

(Click to download the mixmas 2006 part2)06-12-22_doyouspeakenglish_mixmaspotatoes_part2.mp3

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playlists are coming soon !
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Other christmas gun ads @ Today's Inspiration

Merry Mixmas 2006 !

(CLICK to download the MIXMAS 2006)

06-12-18_doyouspeakenglish_mixmaspotatoes.mp3

I know what you want for christmas

(Click on the link under picture and download complete ZIP file)

Kay Martin & Her Bodyguards

I know what he wants for christmas ...
but i don't know how to wrap it !

(thanks to Mondo Loco @ The Groove Grotto this snazzy Lp is yours !)
Download this album HERE
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*christmas* mixes :

Apropriate Christmas mix by Mateusz from Sweden @ monocultured.com
> 2400 christmas tracks in 75 min mix,8 seconds of each song is spliced onto one of four tracks, with each track filtered according to frequency. Not easy listening !

Merry Mixmas 2006 by Dj Riko from U.K. @ djriko.com
> Xmas Breaks Dance Party.
He has recently broadcast a mix for Solid Steel radio show.

The 8 Bits of Christmas a compilation from various artists @ 8 Bit Peoples

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Other interesting musicblog :

FaLaLaLaLa.com
Music You (possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else
and
Orgy In Rhythym

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And don't forget to hang your balls on the xmas tree !
; - )

Jacob Smigel's Eavesdrop project

EAVESDROP : a wealth of found sound (80 min. on one CD) Curated by Jacob Smigel.
Eavesdrop is a collection of anonymous recordings found by Jacob Smigel at thrift stores, yard sales, and in trash bins over the past four years. Smigel waded through audio or micro-cassettes, 8-Tracks and home-recorded records to find tape letters, telephone conversations, audio diaries, weird field recordings, amusement of children,fights/crying, etc...
Eavesdrop focuses exclusively on this type of material, and instead of adding music to the clips Smigel served as preservationist (or curator) to present the listener with the most powerful recordings in their natural state. “Some are funny, some are ridiculous, others make no sense,” said Smigel, “and a few are so ‘perfect’ I can't believe I actually found them.”
Eavesdrop is 80 minutes, comprised of 40 tracks. The album includes 28 pages of track notes, transcripts, background information, and additional resources. Album art is a collage of found photos collected over the past two years. Each CD is stuff with unique found things.









If you want to hear samples of the album or simply buy it, go HERE . And now, please take a look at what i found in the package when i received the album HERE. Thanks Jacob !

Smoking Cigarettes

I've found this little hand-written paper in the street, here in Toulouse, and it's surprisingly written in english !
Yesterday i was sharing songs talking about cigarettes with a friend of mine who is actually, believe me or not, testing japanese cigarettes as a part time job ! So i decided to make this little compilation "Ma Copine Nicotine".
By the way, i should REALLY quit smoking !

Elmer Bernstein - theme from the magnificent 7 Malboro commercial (1950)
Sons Of The Pioneers - Cigarettes, Whuskey and wild wild women (1947)
Tex Williams - smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette (1947)
Eddie Constantine - cigarette, whisky et p'tit pépé (1947)
Gillians Hills - ma première cigarette (1960)
click on song titles to download.

America Blah Blah

06-11-13_doyouspeakenglish_america_blah_blah.mp3

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"Xanadu" film quote/french dubbing
Man Chau Po Orchestra "titoli"
Connie Francis "wanting things"
Johnny Sea "day for decision"
Lonesome Valley Singers "it's got to be done"
Satan's Pilgrim "John's mood" At home with the ...
Skeeter Davis "the end of the world"
My Fun "song seven" - The quality of something audible (2005)
Squallor "blah blah blah"
Stuck In A Clam "a walrus before xmas" (2006)
Vernon Lenoir "banlieue blues" - YAWK! - WMrecordings (2006)
Seymour Rexite "misirlou"
Danai "misirlou"
Dick Dale "tribal thunder" + Rabbi Abulafia "misirlou"
Dick Dale and The Deltones "misirlou"
Vernon Lenoir "misirloucious" - Sator arepo tenet opera rotas -EgoTwister records #ew001! (2005)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about the obscur origins of the song misirlou and listen to other covers at Dinosaur Gardens , another nice music blog dedicated to old and strange records.

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ThePartyParty.Com
should i stay or should i go (by Tony Blair) / imagine (by G.W.Bush) / Sunday bloody sunday (by G.W.Bush). These are tracks have already broadcast on doyouspeakenglish (my Bro sent them to me few months ago), i have only recently discovered that they were coming from RX2008 's videos at ThePartyParty.com ! A true master of cut & paste technique. Hilarious !

I love my vinyl records

Rare, out of print, unusual records from the forgotten planet

This post is dedicated to all the vinyl addicts, i found faithful collectors publishing reviews about their own rare, strange and beautiful out-of-print records on the web, with precious informations or just personnal feelings and emotionnal comments. And often for your listening pleasure mp3s for free too ! (when the links have not been removed by some obscure internet copyright agency patrol, i doubt !).
So, here comes a spontaneous rough selection i've made tonight, my visits change quickly from one to another, partially because often when a new one open another one close.

Xtabay's World : a great music blog from Oceania, west of Krakatoa, dedicated to Exotica, Space Age Pop and Lounge. You can find archives of whole mp3 albums in .zip format (downloadable from RapidShare). Hope you'll enjoy your visit to the mysterious world of Xtabay. Good Hunting !
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rangeraver's Departure Lounge
"The place where good music lives"!
"I am sure you will find something to your taste! Please fasten your seat belt and ease into my selections of Groovy Lounge, Big Band Latin Bossa, Smooth Jazz, Kitsch Classics, Library Music and of course, Easy Listening Cocktail Muzak."
"Let's Fly !" RangeRaver.
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Vinyl Vulture is a U.K. based website featuring selected interesting albums reviews : Library Music, Kraut rock, Soundtracks, hip-hop, funk ... They also run their own label Licorice Soul records : funk killer reissues on 45.
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Waxidermy.com is a website dedicated to unusual vinyl oddities, compulsively collected by Ed Slavin and Jeff Hassett, soon followed by other contributors. I found interesting tips about the cleaning of dirty old records. Something great with all these websites is that you always find an album or artist you have never heard about before ... And of course you can download lots of MP3s for free there too.
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The Tofu Hut
(last blug not least)
Can you think of any albums that you would LIKE to see made illegal? (see related topic from 09/05/2005 here)

I've been impressed by the amazingly HUGE list of links. A MUST SEE. OOoops, i realised too late that the last post made on this blog was from the month of July ! shit ! i haven't noticed that this one could be closed by now too.
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D. Bo is an anti-bush activist operating from his basement using his lyrics, internet, a printer, a Mc Hammer sample and a camera ! Oh yes, and here comes the video
He is selling his songs for 0,99$ , but there is also "Songs I don't let you pay for, maybe because there's no music". L I T E R A L L Y : i found an html page with his songs' lyrics on it !!!
: P Thanks Tofu Hut.
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If you want to learn more about collecting vinyl records, i received a mail today from Robert Benson, he has wrote an e-book about that topic, you can find it ,as well as many interesting articles about the vinyl culture, on his website collectingvinylrecords.com

Booh Stories

(found polaroid from Theresa Kelliher @ Flickr)

06-10-30_doyouspeakenglish_booh_stories_part.1.mp3

06-10-30_doyouspeakenglish_booh_stories_part.2.mp3

The long awaited Halloween mix, a selection of rare horror tracks from the 50's, 60's, 70's. Exotica, space age pop, rock, doo-wop, surf, garage, movie soundtrack, trailers, film quotes and many other curiosities.

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(click on image for a larger view)

DOWNLOAD Booh Stories part1 a cut out version (tracks 01 to 16) :

06-10-30_doyouspeakenglish_booh_stories_part.1.rar

DOWNLOAD Booh Stories part2 (tracks 16 to 31):

06-10-30_doyouspeakenglish_booh_stories_part.2.rar

Carmen & The Ticky Tacky Orchestra

06-10-16_doyouspeakenglish_Carmen&TheTickyTackyOrchestra.mp3

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Spike Jones "carmen" - Spike Jones is murdering the classics - RCA (1971)
Hank Williams "happy roving cowboy x 8" - communication breakdown - radio materials (1939)
The Dezurik (Cackle) Sisters - v.a. american yodelling (1911-1946) Trikont records.
Dean Elliot "lonesome road" - v.a. incredibly strange music vol.1 - RE/search (1993)
David Seville "Goofus" (1957) - the music of David Seville - LRP3073 (2003)
Chris Ball "urgent day off" - v.a. Droplift Project (2000) this work is in the public domain (NC)
Asa Chang & Junray "parlor" - minna no junray - KI/OON records (2005)
Thiazsch (Thiaz Itch) "no particular place to go" unreleased.
Gangpol Und Mit "le panorama electr&bic m[e_i]ssy pandaiiï" - tournent en rond - wwilko (2005)
Juicy Panic "you drive me oh! oh! oh!" - otarie - In Poly Sons (2003)
Lascelles & Dimpels "love or be loved"
Georgia & August Greenberg "itchy itchy hay hay" - sing songs for you and me ! - Comfort Stand recordings (2004) download it for FREE here
Georgia & August Greenberg "Georgia sings yes" - sing songs for you and me ! - Comfort Stand recordings (2004) download it for FREE here
Stock, Hausen & Walkman "Oops" - organ transplant vol.2 - Hot Air (2000)
Wolfgang Richter "Sandman outro"

HYPNOSCOPE! The Newest Breakthrough in Terror!


"CONDITIONS YOUR NERVES AND GIVES YOU COURAGE TO FACE THE TERROR and SUDDEN SCHOCK YOU WILL EXPERIENCE".

"This dates back to the 50s. Movie theaters use to run this at the start of movies like "Robot Monster" or "The Creeping Terror." The idea was to hypnotize the audience to make them think they were really scared!
I don't think it worked !"
(thank you so much dkslam for posting this !)

Trailers A Gogo : Something Weird Video
All along the past mix you can hear some weird trailers samples from the 1960's.
Here comes the video links found on YouTube :
>> opening n°2
>> another day another man , 60's soft-sex trailer with a great sound score.
>> Shock Stock (S.W.V. promo)

Waltz of the broken glasses

06-10-09_doyouspeakenglish_waltz_of_the_broken_glasses.mp3

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artist - title - album - label - year

Okapi - "monastic bingo" - where's the beef - Inflatabl records (2005)
The Rip-Off Artist - "parp" - in through the outdoor - Tigerbeat6 (2003)
Basil Kirchin - "special relativity" - quantum - Trunk records (2003)
Jimi Tenor - "largo" - Deutsche Grammophon recomposed (2006)
Tipsy - "zombies mood" - Uh! Oh! - Asphodel (2003)
Jimi Tenor - "vexations-version1" - Deutsche Grammophon recomposed (2006)
Monsters(zombies ate my neighbor - unused bonus stage - I can't remenber where it comes from !
Otto Von Schirach - "toma liquido de balena" - maxipad detention - Ipecac recordings (2006)
Otto Von Schirach - "alligator waltz"(very short excerpt!) - maxipad detention - Ipecac recordings (2006)
Otto Von Schirach - "smelly mustard" - 8000 BC - Schematic records (2006)
John Oswald - "great backing track" - the mystery tapes (1980) mp3 album downloadable on Ubu web
People Like Us - "gongexeva" - mp3 release of the past week on www.peoplelikeus.org
Thiazsch - "plitipitep" - Beïnn Bouta - Bedroom Research records (2005)

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!!! New compilation is out !!!

>>>>BEDROOM RESEARCH Vol.3<<<

various electronic artists / under creative commons FREE TO SHARE (Downloadable at www.bedroomresearch.com)

Bonus track of the week
Thiazsch (Thiaz Itch)
from Bedroom Research presents :
a crazy never-ending waltz ...

Thiazsch _ matekoba.mp3
Serveul Manajment (2003)
http://thiazsch.free.fr

Before i was born,1950's favorites..

06-10-02_doyouspeakenglish_before_i_was_born.mp3
(click on the image or the link above and download the mix of the week)

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Kukla,Fran & Ollie


From the early 50's, this show influenced later programs including Sesame Street and The Muppets Show, learn more.




Kukla,Fran & Ollie theme - here we are hop, hop ,hop (1947)
Ertha Kitt - c'est si bon (1953)
Dean Martin - that's amore (1953)
Rosemary Clooney - mambo italiano (1954)
Patti Page - how much is that doogie (1950)
Vic Mizzy - the pruitts of southampton (1966)
Mario Lanza - be my love (1951)(broken record mix)
Eddy Fisher - anytime (1952)
Spike Jones - the Jones laughing record (1971) (a sample of the original song)
(introducing "the flight of the Bumble Bee")

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At the end of the selection, you can hear 3 tracks from a german collagiste : Vernon Le Noir. www.vernonlenoir.com

(you can download all his albums for FREE, don't hesitate, check it out !)
His latest album called "Balkan spezialitaeten" (2006) was released on Comfort Stand Recordings netlabel, he also appears on Ego Twister records.

Vernon Le Noir - Neretva(24bit) + gipsy talks
Vernon Le Noir - ce face banul din vern
Vernon Le Noir - zigani

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The branflakes : countdown to the end (remix) (2006)
Outro : Michel Legrand - monkey business (1967)(fade out)

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All along this selection you can hear the voice of Peter Sellers
in "The Compleat Guide To Accents Of The British Isles"
www.petersellers.com

(photo credit : http://www.murraystreet.com/sellers.htm)
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Download the mix : 06-10-02_doyouspeakenglish_before_i_was_born.mp3
and the playlist HERE (in .txt format) if you find this one a bit messy
Enjoy!

Back, to broadcast the weirdest.

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