The Heavy heavy Monter Sound
revisited !!
After 18 month of hard work, Big 8
Records and the French-MIS (French Madness Information Service) are
proud
to presents the "Madness 30th Anniversary Tribute Album". A double CD
featuring
bands from all the world covering Madness songs in different style
!
Electro Dub, Jazzy, Funk, Acoustic,
Punk-Rock, Ska, Reggae, POP, Latino....
Featuring 3 UK bands : JAG, MOT and
The Inflatables and also groups from France, Venezuela, Mexico, Italy,
USA,
Spain, Australia, Sweden etc...
With Hits and more : Our House,
Michael Caine, The Prince, One Better Day, Johnny The Horse, Bed and
breakfast
Man, Night Boat To Cairo, Never Ask Twice, The Sun and The Rain...
Sampler released with the help of
Madness fan clubs from UK and USA (Madness Central, Madness Trading
Ring).
"The tribute album is overall quite brilliant and very touching to
me" Chris Foreman, Madness guitarist
Madness 30th Anniversary tribute Album
When I bought my
first Madness single 30 years ago, I never thought I’d get so
passionate about
that English band. Since my early
youth Madness have always had a
special place in my heart. This band is a bit like the “big brother” I
never
had, they helped me get through the difficult times in my life and they
made my
life even more joyful during the good times. I really felt like
offering them a
special present for their thirtieth anniversary, trying to give them
back (as
far as I humbly can!) a little bit of all the happiness they gave me
during all
these years. My first idea was to release a remix album and send one to
each
member of the band, when Jérôme Lanvin (of Big 8 Records) suggested
that I
should work on a Madness Tribute album, as Chief Editor for the French
MIS (the
Madness French-speaking fan club website) and stand as a bit of a
guarantor of
the quality of the selected songs. The adventure started in April 2008
and we
are happy to present today the fruit of our labour and especially the
quality of
the work made by the artists who got involved in this project. I‘d like
to
thank all the bands who took part in that adventure and all the fan
club members
who also wished to be part of the project (MIS Online, Madness Central,
Madness
Trading Ring, and French MIS). I
also want to thank you, the ones who buy this record, because thanks to
that
very simple act, you’ll make that CD financially feasible, and so that
all the
independent artists’ efforts would
have been worthwhile. Enjoy it!
Jean-Pierre Boutellier ( French
MIS)
TRACK-LIST
THE MIS MC'S - We Love You Madness
(Featuring Jonathan Young, Robert Hazelby, Lee
"Loobyloo" Buckley & Daughter Danni, Arno & Jean Pierre
Boutellier , Benoit “MR B” De Gauléjac, Steve Bringe, Graham Yates,
Owen
"The Nutter" Collins, Garry Scurfield of Shut Up & Vince
Carden.
Backy
Skank : In The Rain (McPherson/Madness)
Boy In The Boat : Day On The Town (McPherson/Foreman)
Cherry Boop and
the Sound Makers : cardiac Arest (Smyth/Foreman)
Desorden Publico : it Must be Love (Siffre)
Ejectés : The Prince (Thompson)
Freddy Loco feat "Rock steady" Freddie of NYSJE : Return of the los
Palmas 7 (Barson/Woodgate/Bedford)
Gordon : Michael Caine (Smyth/Woodgate)
Indeed : The Sun And The Rain (Barson)
Inspector : Our House (Smyth/Foreman)
JAG : You Said (McPherson/Barson)
Jah On Slide : Bed and Breakfast Man (Barson)
JNEB : In The City (McPherson/Smyth/Barson/foreman/crutchfield/inoue)
King Django : Nakht Shifl Ken Kayro (Night Boat To Cairo)
(McPherson/Barson)
Les Touffes Krétiennes : On The Beat Pete (Thompson/Madness)
MOT : Sign Of The Times (McPherson/Barson)
No Dread & Black Sifichi Never Ask Twice (McPherson/Barson)
Niko Costello : Drip Fed Fred (Thompson/Barson)
Statuto : Un Fiore Nel Cemento (Johnny The Horse) (Smyth)
The Chancers : Deceive The Eye (Foreman/Bedford)
The Inflatables : One Better Day (McPherson/Bedford)
The Opium Eaters : The Opium Eaters (Barson)
THE MIS
PLAYERS - 02 Ole Ole
Ole (Finally The Weather)
Featuring Jonathan Young, Micheal Gillis,
Benoit “Mister B” De Gaulejac and the Madness fans in the 02 Arena 19th
December
2008
Bonus CD :
Elastik featuring Malika : Magic Carpet (Thompson/McPherson/Foreman)
Swanlake : She's Gone (McPherson/Barson)