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Recently I saw Dallow's kind post where he was going to the effort to rip and share his copy of "Jennifer Wants". To assist in keeping the memory of Raymonde alive, below is a link to my entire Raymonde collection. The bundle includes all of the tracks from Babelogue as well as b-sides, rarities and James Maker solo recordings from the mid 1990's.
Raymonde was a fantastic band. If you have any other rarities, videos, or articles on the band, please keep the big ball of goodwill rolling and share.
Interesting tidbits:
* "Oh Hellish Choir" on Raymonde's one and only album is James Makers ode to Klaus Nomi. Maker introduced Moz to Nomi's music in the early 80s. Moz of course went on to use Nomi's "Wayward Sisters" as his intro music for the "Kill Uncle" tour. Morrissey also utilized Nomi's "Der Nissbuam" in "Hulmerist" and named Nomi's "Death" as one of his Top Ten songs during a radio show in the mid 1980s.
* In the mid 1980's Raymonde paid tribute to Nancy Sinatra by covering her biggest hit "These Boots Were Made For Walking" as a b-side to one of their first singles. Moz of course later paid tribute to Nancy by allowing her to record a version of "Let Me Kiss You". Morrissey then went on to close the circuit by paying tribute to Raymonde by recording his version of "Noone Can Hold A Candle To You" which Morrissey had been playing around with and planning to cover since the late 1990s.
*During the mid 1990s a website was constructed called "Raymonde Resurrected" which housed MP3s of all of the Raymonde album tracks as well as articles, a message board and photos of the band. The site was located at:
http://raymonde.maker.free.fr but became defunct in the late 1990s. However remnants of the site exist to this day including a page with links to the lyrics of all of the songs on the Raymonde album: http://raymonde.maker.free.fr/lyrics.html
As well as this page with photos of James Maker and the band:
http://raymonde.maker.free.fr/pics.html
Also here is a vintage interview with Raymonde from way back in the day:
http://www.ijamming.net/Jammingmagazine/Raymonde.html
Enjoy!
The Raymonde collection is available here:
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HR3DLG3GV6PB260Z9LJRIMZPD
Raymonde was a fantastic band. If you have any other rarities, videos, or articles on the band, please keep the big ball of goodwill rolling and share.
Interesting tidbits:
* "Oh Hellish Choir" on Raymonde's one and only album is James Makers ode to Klaus Nomi. Maker introduced Moz to Nomi's music in the early 80s. Moz of course went on to use Nomi's "Wayward Sisters" as his intro music for the "Kill Uncle" tour. Morrissey also utilized Nomi's "Der Nissbuam" in "Hulmerist" and named Nomi's "Death" as one of his Top Ten songs during a radio show in the mid 1980s.
* In the mid 1980's Raymonde paid tribute to Nancy Sinatra by covering her biggest hit "These Boots Were Made For Walking" as a b-side to one of their first singles. Moz of course later paid tribute to Nancy by allowing her to record a version of "Let Me Kiss You". Morrissey then went on to close the circuit by paying tribute to Raymonde by recording his version of "Noone Can Hold A Candle To You" which Morrissey had been playing around with and planning to cover since the late 1990s.
*During the mid 1990s a website was constructed called "Raymonde Resurrected" which housed MP3s of all of the Raymonde album tracks as well as articles, a message board and photos of the band. The site was located at:
http://raymonde.maker.free.fr but became defunct in the late 1990s. However remnants of the site exist to this day including a page with links to the lyrics of all of the songs on the Raymonde album: http://raymonde.maker.free.fr/lyrics.html
As well as this page with photos of James Maker and the band:
http://raymonde.maker.free.fr/pics.html
Also here is a vintage interview with Raymonde from way back in the day:
http://www.ijamming.net/Jammingmagazine/Raymonde.html
Enjoy!
The Raymonde collection is available here:
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HR3DLG3GV6PB260Z9LJRIMZPD