Tribute to MADNESS

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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!