Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (Part 15)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-01-19

This mid-january 2010 avalanche of new mixes is going many places. This new Molesting Laura one, for example, is centered on Rock. Unusual rock covers of soul/funk tracks, or funky covers of rock classics, but with the usually surprising Paris DJs sense of groove...


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Tracklisting :
01. Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell on You
(Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover, from 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' album, 1968 / Fantasy)
02. The Disco Biscuits - Gimme Three Steps
(Lynyrd Skynyrd cover, from 'Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd' compilation, 2004 / Sanctuary)
03. Dieter Reith - Satisfaction
(The Rolling Stones cover, from 'Hammond Explosion' album, 1974 / MPS Jazz)
04. Dieter Zimmermann - Whole Lotta Love
(Led Zeppelin cover, from 'The In-Kraut, Vol.3' compilation, 2008 / Marina)
05. Trio Valore - Soulpower 08
(James Brown cover, from 'Return Of The Iron Monkey' album, 2008 / Record Kicks)
06. The Hi-Fly Orchestra - Crosstown Traffic
(Jimi Hendrix cover, from 'Mambo Atomico' album, 2008 / Tramp)
07. Ernie Wilkins - Evil Ways
(Santana cover, from 'Hard Mother Blues' album, 1968 / Mainstream)
08. Hugo Strasser - Black Night
(Deep Purple cover, from 'The In-Kraut Vol.2' compilation, 2006 / Marina)
09. Ed Maciel e Sua Orquestra - Black is Black
(Los Bravos cover, from 'Na Onda Vol.3' album, 1967 / London)



Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com)

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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (Part 13)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2010-01-18

This new episode in our Molesting Laura series of mixes of rare covers gathers some classy, rockin' & groovin' pieces of Beat, Rhythm & Blues and Soul...


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Tracklisting :
01. Inga Rumpf - The Beat Goes On
(Sonny & Cher cover, from 'The Beat Goes On' 7 inch, 1967 / Decca)
02. Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band - Knock On Wood
(Eddie Floyd cover, from 'Shake A Tail Feather Baby!' album, 1967 / Piccadilly)
03. Lou Pride - It's A Man's World
(James Brown cover, from 'It's A Man's World' 7 inch, early 1970s / Suemi)
04. Jr. Walker And The All Stars - Feeling Alright
(Traffic cover, from 'Rainbow Funk' album, 1971 / SOUL)
05. Ann Peebles - It's Your Thing
(The Isley Brothers cover, from 'Part Time Love' album, 1971 / Hi Records)
06. The Deidre Wilson Tabac - Get Back
(The Beatles cover, from 'Deirdre Wilson Tabac' album, 1970 / RCA)
07. The Voices Of East Harlem - For What It's Worth
(Buffalo Springfield cover, from 'Right On Be Free' album, 1970 / Elektra)
08. Pete Hilger Quintet - The Champ
(The Mohawks cover, from 'The Golden Beat' album, 1969 / Ex Libris)
09. Carla Whitney - Gimme Shelter
(The Rolling Stones cover, from 'Choker Campbell & the Super Sounds' album, 1975 / Attic)
10. Eric Burdon & The Animals - Paint It Black
(The Rolling Stones cover, from 'Winds Of Change' album, 1967 / MGM)

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Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com)

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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (Part 11)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-11-15


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Tracklisting :
01. Esquivel - Misirlou
(from 'Strings Aflame' album, 1959 / RCA)
02. Trio Valore - Get Carter
(from 'Return Of The Iron Monkey' album, 2008 / Record Kicks)
03. Freddie McCoy - Spider-Man
(from 'Spider-Man' album, 1966 / Prestige)
04. Big Horns B - Mission Impossible
(from 'A Night At The Jazz Rooms' compilation, 2007 / Mr Bongo)
05. Floyd Lawson & The Heart Of Stone - Theme From S.W.A.T.
(from 'Coming Out' album, 1976 / Private Press - reissued by Afrokats 2005)
06. The Selecter - James Bond
(from 'Too Much Pressure' album, 1980 / Two-Tone)
07. Profile - Shaft
(from 'Sands Of Time' album, 1973 / Encounter)
08. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Oogie Boogie's Song
(from 'Nightmare Revisited' soundtrack, 2008)
09. Frank Chacksfield - The Good The Bad And The Ugly
(from 'Foreign Film Festival' album 1967 / London Phase 4)



Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork layout by Djouls (djouls.com)

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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (part 8)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-08-26

We received many messages of hope that we'd keep on accosting, assailling, abusing, disturbing and more maltreating of our dear Laura. Here's the JAZZ take on the story. If you're into tasty covers of classics, into Jazz or even into Stevie or Sly Stone, you should find the kind of stuff you enjoy, in this soundtrack to the life of a perpetually molested girl!


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Tracklisting :

01. Ed Maciel E Sua Orquestra - Michelle
(from 'Na Onda' album, 1966 / London Records)
Beautifully arranged big band cover of The Beatles, if anyone's got the Volumes 4/6/7/8/9/10 or 11 of the Na Onda series from Ed Maciel please share...
» more info on loronix.blogspot.com «

02. Earl Grant - Fever
(from 'The Versatile Earl Grant' album, 1958 / Decca)
Earl Grant's recordings rarely included his vocals, most of them are instrumental Jazz and Organ music, here's a rare vocal take, his unique rendition of the Jazz Classic Fever.
» more info on wikipedia.org «

03. Dennis Chambers - In Time
(from 'Outbreak' album, 2002 / ESC Records)
The funk and jazz-rock drums virtuoso kills it all here with this non-revolutionnary but technically flawless Sly & The Family Stone cover.
» more info on dennischambers.com or on wikipedia.org «

04. Quincy Jones - Superstition
(from 'You've Got It Bad Girl' album, 1973 / A&M)
It's hard to tire of cool Stevie Wonder covers. This one features, uncredited, Billy Preston, Bill Withers and Stevie Wonder, billed here as "three beautiful brothers"...
» more info on oufarkhan.blogspot.com «

05. Charles Kynard - Superstition
(from 'Your Mama Don't Dance' album, 1973 / Mainstream)
The same Stevie cover, taken from another fantastic album, and featuring an incredible set of musicians too: Chuck Rainey on bass, Arthur Adams on guitar, Paul Humphreys on drums, George Bohannon on trombone, and, of course, the mighty Charles Kynard on organ. Make it funky jazz!
» more info on soundsfromthefunkygoat.blogspot.com «

06. Blue Mitchell, Roy Haynes, Charles Kynard & Charles Williams - Family Affair
(from 'Booty' album, 1974 / Mainstream)
Here's another marvel taken from the Mainstream Records discography (if you don't know this label yet get into it now!), and another cool soul funky jazz Sly Stone cover for your ears.
» more info on myjazzworld.blogspot.com «

07. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Sex Machine
(from 'Live at Yoshi's' album, 2000 / Verve)
Recorded at the legendary Bay Area jazz club on April 1998 in Oakland, this electrifying scat take on James Brown's classic is exhuberantly full of life and sheer energy. Frantically unique.
» more info on wikipedia.org or on myrapidsharemp3.blogspot.com «

08. Ramsey Lewis - Unchain My Heart
(from 'Live In Tokyo' album, 1968 / Cadet)
The Bobby Sharp classic (immortalized by Ray Charles in 1961) given a live makover by pianist extraordinaire Ramsey Lewis.
» more info on wikipedia.org «

09. Don Randi - Bang, Bang
(from 'Live On The Sunset Strip' album, 1966 / Reprise)
Written by Sonny Bono for singer-actress Cher in 1966, and covered the same year by pianist Don Randi in a trio setting, recorded at Sherry's in Hollywood. The leader is accompanied by Pat Smith on bass and John Clauder on drums.
» more info on donrandi.com or on wikipedia.org «

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Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com) using The Corpse Came Calling by Brett Halliday pocket book artwork

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Paris DJs Soundsystem - Who Is Molesting Laura ? (part 6)
(MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2009-08-16

This new Molesting Laura episode is clearly aiming for the FUNK, with James, Sly & Stevie covers urging you to shake that ass!
A big thanks to Freestyle Records for releasing so many good records, sending us some promos and letting us play those in our mixes! We couldn't resist playing the heavy hitter track from the Grits album here, so full of inspiration... The Baker Brothers upcoming collection of covers is quite a treat too and we could have picked many other tracks from their 5th album for this mix. French keyboard maestro Soul Sugar is a friend and collaborator of ours but even if it wasn't the case we would still praise him for his upcoming album Nothing But The Truth which has been spinning an awful lot in our stereo this summer. Deep, soulful and groovy, it should please MANY funk and jazz lovers. Israeli funk band The Apples stormed the dancefloors earlier this year with their fantastic Snap cover, we can't wait for their new album now (the 4th one I think)... And that's only a few cos there are many more new releases to come on the Freestyle label, leading the way for the worldwide deep funk scene these days.


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Tracklisting :

01. The Invaders - Big Payback
(from 'Jump Back: Imitations, Interpolations & The Inspiration Of James Brown' compilation, 2008 / Le Smoke Disque)
» more info on discogs.com «
A James Brown classic covered with a psychedelic funk vibe. Anyone knows when/where this was first released?

02. The Baker Brothers - If You Want Me To Stay
(Sly & The Family Stone cover, from 'Avid Sounds' album, 2009 / Freestyle)
» more info on parisdjs.com «
Superb soulful cover of Sly & The Family Stone by Bournemouth's grooviest funk trio.

03. Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass & Inga Rumpf - Superstition
(Stevie Wonder cover, from 'Hip Walk' album, 1976 / Polydor)
» more info on wikipedia.org «
Funky fusion cover or Stevie Wonder. Think of Germany in the mid-70s, with a stellar European line-up of musicians...

04. Soul Sugar - Play It Back
(Lonnie Smith cover, from 'Nothing But The Truth' album, 2009 / Freestyle)
» more info on parisdjs.com «
A trippy, moody, swampy, soulful, funky and rather amazing cover of Lonnie Smith from France finest' keys/Hammond player. Get the album in September!!

05. The Apples - The Power
(Snap cover, from 'The Power' 12 inch, 2009 / Freestyle)
» more info on freestylerecords.co.uk or on myspace.com/theapplesmusic «
In your face brassy funk cover of Snap! Another instant classic after their spectacular Rage Against The Machine Rhythm'n'Blues cover.

06. Soopasoul - It's Just Begun
(from 'Twin Stix' album, 2009 / Jalapeno)
» more info on soopasoul.com, myspace.com/soopasoul «
A heavy Jimmy Castor Bunch cover taken from an album over-filled with funk delights. jalapenorecords.com is now one of the labels to follow with a rooster consisting of Skeewiff, Kraak & Smaak, Smoove & Turrell, Soopasoul, Dr Rubberfunk and Radio Trip!!

07. The Grits - Boom Boom
(from 'The Grits' album, 2008 / Freestyle)
» more info on parisdjs.com «
Their Fabulous Counts cover of Jan Jan is impressive but not as much as this original, an instant classic of psychedelic dancefloor funk. The rest of the album is as good, get it on vinyl - I did!

08. Dillard Crume and The Soul Rockers - Mother Popcorn
(James Brown cover, from 'Singing The Hits of Today' album, 1969 / Alshire)
» more info on dillardcrume.tripod.com or on thingsstuffandmusic.blogspot.com «
At the end of the 60s gospel singer Dilard Crume was into a great James Brown-inspired funk/soul spirit. There are even rumors of Maceo Parker playing on this JB cover...

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Credits :
Selected and mixed by the Paris DJs Soundsystem (myspace.com/parisdjs)
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com)
Artwork by Djouls (djouls.com) using Double, Double by Ellery Queen pocket book artwork

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