Most unusual samples for well known records

[Moomin]

The above is from the You Tube comments section - I personally think, Since I Left You, is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.

I want it playing when I go to heaven.

If you don't make the cut and get sent downstairs they will play S Club 7 for you.

They have some good tunes , the Avalanches that is.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

If you don't make the cut and get sent downstairs they will play S Club 7 for you.

They have some good tunes , the Avalanches that is.

I'm ok with S-Club 7, sat across from Tina on a train once. Spent most of the journey thinking of a witty word play involving "don't stop moving" and the train journey. But, as always, was terrified at the prospect of speaking to an attractive woman so I played the ski jumping game on my phone instead.

While staring at her.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Complex

Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia by Geoff Love and His Orchestra (1971) : melody at 0:11 (and throughout the first dialogue, in background)Dexter's Expulsion scene from the movie ''Polyester'' (1981) : dialogue at 0:18Wade In The Water by Harvey Mandel (1968) : main drums that begins at 0:31No Pistol Amigo scene from the movie ''The Good The Bad and The Ugly'' (1966) : gunshot with horse sound at 0:43, 1:21, 1:42, 2:05, 2:13 and 2:49My Way Of Life by The Enoch Light Singers (1969) : choir and horns at 0:43 and main melody at 0:52Frontier Psychiatrist by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''That boy needs therapy'' ''(purely)Psychosomatic'' ''Lay down on the couch'' ''What does that mean ?''''You're a nut ! You're crazy in the coconut !''''I'm gonna kill you''''Grab a kazoo, let's have a tune, now when I count three !''''Frontier Psychiatrist''The Leopard by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at saying ''He was white as a sheet'' at 1:17Theme From The Planets by Dexter Wansel (1976) : drums at 1:19, 2:12 and 2:46The documentary ''The Conquest of Everest'' (1953) : vocal saying ''Avalanches above business continues below'' at 1:33 Lost Mittens by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at 1:36 saying : ''Did I ever tell you the story about''I Was A TV Addict by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''Cowboys'' at 1:38''I feel strangely hypnotized !'' at 1:44''I was in another world, a world of'' at 1:46''A man with the golden eye-ball'' at 1:53A Shakespearean Baseball Game by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocal saying ''To an optometrist'' at 1:52Midget by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying ''Midgets'' at 1:39Cowboys and Colored People by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocals saying : ''Indians'' at 1:40''Twenty thousand girls'' at 1:49 Picking Berries by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocals saying : ''Milk'' at 1:50''Pour juice on your chin'' at 1:56Kokoku, Sharkey's Day, Credit Racket [Excerpts] (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) by Laurie Anderson (1986) : vocal saying ''Rectangles'' at 1:51Riot Suit by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying : ''And I promised to my girlfriend I get her'' at 1:57The Laurie Anderson Interview (Side One) (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) (1986) : vocal saying ''A violin'' at 1:59Spitfire Prelude and Fugue by Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra (1968) : Violins at 2:00The Count Counts Flowers by Sesame Street (1974) : little vocal yelling : ''AAAAH'' at 2:14Lover and a Friend by Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham (1967) : drums at 2:15Cuckoo Clocks by Audio Fidelity Records (1962) : Cuckoo at 2:29The Piece of Wood That Talked by Aunt Theresa (1966) : dialogue grandma/little girl at 3:05, 3:21 and 3:38 and scratched parrot at 3:23Dr. Domestic's Physical Effect #1 - Piece for Turntables and Records by Doopees (1995) vocal saying ''Yeah'' at 3:12Anna (El Negro Zum Bon) by George Barnes (1960) : Percussions at 3:37 and guitar at 3:46EDIT : New sample found today June 25 2021 : Side Two from The Gray Line (Gray Line Sound Tour Of Historic Boston) (1962) : vocal saying ''and he also made false teeth'' at 1:19 and 2:472nd EDIT : New sample found today June 29 2021 : La Chaparrita by Percy Faith and His Orchestra (1961) : background melody during the verses at 1:36 and 3:043rd EDIT New sample found today October 16 2022 : Wait Till You See Her by The Eddie Thomas Singers (1968) : opera voice at 1:59 on left/right channel and throughout4th EDIT New sample found today April 17th 2025 : Puttin It On by Sandy Nelson (1963) : cymbal crash on the left channel at 0:29 and throughout

It's telling someone is bothered enough to be isolating these things, I'd have written to the band by now, or their legal team to get the list.
It's a very thorough mind, or minds that can create from such a catalogue of historic/classic sound. What the original idea was when initially composing this I can't imagine.

 

[Rita_Poon]

The vocal here

is in here


Second one topped up with Sally Doherty and a naughty uncredited Kate Bush from "Only With You".

Original Praise - 'only you' 1991 (Stockley)



(I've read, or think I have that there's a sample from 'dead can dance' in at least the first two, but I might be misremembering)

 

[LostLegend]

This is apparently made almost entirely from samples of outro’s from a load of different songs.

 

[Rita_Poon]

This is apparently made almost entirely from samples of outro’s from a load of different songs.

3:26 brown paper bag? Roni Size?

 

[Lapeno77]

 

[Rita_Poon]

Good find that, iirc I raised this months ago. (James Bond theme continued)



goes direct into...



and the "A one two"?

here...

 

[magicjuan]

The vocal here

is in here


Second one topped up with Sally Doherty and a naughty uncredited Kate Bush from "Only With You".

Original Praise - 'only you' 1991 (Stockley)



(I've read, or think I have that there's a sample from 'dead can dance' in at least the first two, but I might be misremembering)

It 'sounds' like a cut from Sanvean, but sped up or played backwards

 

[Lapeno77]

Good find that, iirc I raised this months ago. (James Bond theme continued)



goes direct into...



and the "A one two"?

here...

Think John Barry gets a fair bit of use. Seem to remember Robbie Williams samples 'You only live twice' for Millennium.

Any other bands sampled themselves? Remember The Prodigy getting some stick for sampling Firestarter on Baby's got a temper

 

[Yid4life]

Akala 'where I'm from' samples the Banshees 'Spellbound'.

 

[Rita_Poon]

virtual points if you can name the film the second window of music features in.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Paul's Boutique is often regarded as a huge moment in hip-hop with regard to sampling, in part because there are so many samples in the album. Just give it a spin and enjoy.

Not really a sample per se, but recently learned that Wolf at the Door borrows heavily from Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. Some suggest it borrows from Because or She's so heavy, but that's just a similar arpeggio and the songs have very different styles. But the driving baseline in Wolf at the door and Maggot Brain are so similar and both effectively creepy (music in Maggot brain starts around 1:20).

 

[Bedfordblue]

 

[The Celtic View]

Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia by Geoff Love and His Orchestra (1971) : melody at 0:11 (and throughout the first dialogue, in background)Dexter's Expulsion scene from the movie ''Polyester'' (1981) : dialogue at 0:18Wade In The Water by Harvey Mandel (1968) : main drums that begins at 0:31No Pistol Amigo scene from the movie ''The Good The Bad and The Ugly'' (1966) : gunshot with horse sound at 0:43, 1:21, 1:42, 2:05, 2:13 and 2:49My Way Of Life by The Enoch Light Singers (1969) : choir and horns at 0:43 and main melody at 0:52Frontier Psychiatrist by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''That boy needs therapy'' ''(purely)Psychosomatic'' ''Lay down on the couch'' ''What does that mean ?''''You're a nut ! You're crazy in the coconut !''''I'm gonna kill you''''Grab a kazoo, let's have a tune, now when I count three !''''Frontier Psychiatrist''The Leopard by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at saying ''He was white as a sheet'' at 1:17Theme From The Planets by Dexter Wansel (1976) : drums at 1:19, 2:12 and 2:46The documentary ''The Conquest of Everest'' (1953) : vocal saying ''Avalanches above business continues below'' at 1:33 Lost Mittens by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocal at 1:36 saying : ''Did I ever tell you the story about''I Was A TV Addict by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocals saying : ''Cowboys'' at 1:38''I feel strangely hypnotized !'' at 1:44''I was in another world, a world of'' at 1:46''A man with the golden eye-ball'' at 1:53A Shakespearean Baseball Game by Wayne and Shuster (1959) : vocal saying ''To an optometrist'' at 1:52Midget by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying ''Midgets'' at 1:39Cowboys and Colored People by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocals saying : ''Indians'' at 1:40''Twenty thousand girls'' at 1:49 Picking Berries by Aunt Theresa (1966) : vocals saying : ''Milk'' at 1:50''Pour juice on your chin'' at 1:56Kokoku, Sharkey's Day, Credit Racket [Excerpts] (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) by Laurie Anderson (1986) : vocal saying ''Rectangles'' at 1:51Riot Suit by Flip Wilson (1967) : vocal saying : ''And I promised to my girlfriend I get her'' at 1:57The Laurie Anderson Interview (Side One) (The Interview From the Film Soundtrack to Home of the Brave) (1986) : vocal saying ''A violin'' at 1:59Spitfire Prelude and Fugue by Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra (1968) : Violins at 2:00The Count Counts Flowers by Sesame Street (1974) : little vocal yelling : ''AAAAH'' at 2:14Lover and a Friend by Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham (1967) : drums at 2:15Cuckoo Clocks by Audio Fidelity Records (1962) : Cuckoo at 2:29The Piece of Wood That Talked by Aunt Theresa (1966) : dialogue grandma/little girl at 3:05, 3:21 and 3:38 and scratched parrot at 3:23Dr. Domestic's Physical Effect #1 - Piece for Turntables and Records by Doopees (1995) vocal saying ''Yeah'' at 3:12Anna (El Negro Zum Bon) by George Barnes (1960) : Percussions at 3:37 and guitar at 3:46EDIT : New sample found today June 25 2021 : Side Two from The Gray Line (Gray Line Sound Tour Of Historic Boston) (1962) : vocal saying ''and he also made false teeth'' at 1:19 and 2:472nd EDIT : New sample found today June 29 2021 : La Chaparrita by Percy Faith and His Orchestra (1961) : background melody during the verses at 1:36 and 3:043rd EDIT New sample found today October 16 2022 : Wait Till You See Her by The Eddie Thomas Singers (1968) : opera voice at 1:59 on left/right channel and throughout4th EDIT New sample found today April 17th 2025 : Puttin It On by Sandy Nelson (1963) : cymbal crash on the left channel at 0:29 and throughout