In addition to my post on Tati's Vacances - http://snaporaz.posterous.com/les-vacances-de-tati-schreuders - where I've posted the movie's theme, here's two découvertes via IH's Fb group on Tati, viz. Gus "Tatave" Viseur's version, and Aimé Barelli's (1953, tnx TG). Voir aussi:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimé_Barelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Viseur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Romans
http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/search/label/gus%20viseur

What with all those dinosaur boxes, here's a track with the Pink Floyd sound still très pointu at the sky … ideal for midwinter … As for the Floyd flock's greed: careful with that axe, number 51 …

Yes, the Big Lebowski classic … bùt do note: the original version is by Jerry Lee Lewis, off his "Soul My Way" lp (1967)! Mickey Newbury didn't release his own version of his song (a Jimi Hendrix favourite) until his 1968 debut "Harlequin Melodies". The First Edition's version (featuring Kenny Rogers) is from the same year. Bettye LaVette's wonderful cover version (1969) of "Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)" can be found on Trikont's first "Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country" (US-0333, 2000) v/a comp … whilst Sharon Jones' version (with the Dap Kings) dates dates from 2002 or 2004. Carcass frontman Jeff Walker's cuntry metal version dates from 2006, Supergrass' "Condition" is off 1995's "Alright / Time" single, and die Haut's is off 1988's "Headless Body In Topless Bar" lp and features Nick Cave. Got that?

Spoiler alert …
http://www.lakeshore-records.com/drive/
http://www.drive-movie.com/  [spoiler alert]
http://www.quarterlifeparty.com/drive-soundtrack/
http://blog.jess3.com/2011/10/the-drive-soundtrack-rocks.html
http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/040781.pdf
http://frontpsych.com/2011/09/26/a-review-of-the-drive-soundtrack/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(2011_film)#Music_and_soundtrack
http://audioproduction.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2011/10/20/design-the-drive-soundtrack/
http://www.thevine.com.au/blog/clembastow/seeking-synthesiser-solace-in-the-drive-soundtrack20111025.aspx
http://www.holymoly.com/music/reviews/drive-soundtrack-awesomeness-music-complement-awesome-film59513
http://djpaniccity.com/main/?p=595

Off the "Song From The Hill" 2lp by the Wind Harp - a giant (9,1 meter) Aeolian harp designed and built by (then) 22 year old Thomas Ward McCain on a hilltop in Chelsea, Vermont (USA) - as recorded by Chuck Hancock and Harry Bee for United Artists in 1972. (Vermont is not California, bloggers!) The 2lp's opening track "Beginnings" was used on the soundtrack to William Friedkin's "The exorcist" (1973).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_harp#Aeolian_harps_in_literature_and_music
http://stereosanctity.blogspot.com/2008/01/wind-harp-corrections-and-further.html
http://chelsealibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-wind-harp.html
http://www.deeratdawn.com/deeratdawn.com/_Music_Page.html
http://www.appalachianheritagealliance.org/mon-harp.html
http://nfo.edu/family/harp/harpold.htm

"Tryin' times" - a magnificent song, written by Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson and first performed by Roberta Flack in 1969. Hathaway released his version in 1970; Hutson doesn't seem to have recorded the song. Flack's live version was recorded 1971-03-06 at the Soul to Soul festival in Accra, Ghana. (Do see the movie!) Fairground Attraction's version from 1990 is nice too.
http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/20/roberta-flack-“trying-times”/
http://dereksmusicblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/donny-hathaway-everything-is-everything-2/
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Leroy%20Hutson.html
http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=6475
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_to_Soul_(film)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairground_Attraction

Accompanying my "Danger: Diabolik" post … here's four excerpts from Ennio Morricone's soundtrack (1967 / 1968). Hey and did you know that the Beastie Boys … and that Mike Patton really digs …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Movin%27#Music_video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone
http://mikepatton.forumfree.it/
http://www.chimai.com/

A groovy 1969 B side version of "Daydream" by David Mahna MacKay, who'd produced the Wallace Collection's 1968 original … plus Franck Pourcel's take and Claude François' "Rêveries" remake (new lyrics by Jacques Plante, both from the same année érotique, and, finally, the Beta Band sampling it in 2001.

Piero Umiliani's classic track (1968), as made famous by David Mahna MacKay (in 1969 - more on him in the next post), Sesame Street (1969), Sesamstraße (?) and, last but not least, the Muppets (e.g. 1976) … Apparently, Jim Henson c.s. have recorded several versions, most of them by the character Bip Bippadotta ... but Sandra Bullock did her part too - see http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mahna_Mahna_(song) for more on all that!

A permutation of "Man machine", also the basis for Blondie's "Call me" … as produced by Giorgio Moroder for Paul Schrader's "American gigolo" (1980), just to remind you of the Moroder party & award ceremony on 2011-10-21 & 2011-10-22.