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Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (38) - Disc #1
1. James Bond Theme
2. Kingston Calypso
3. Jump Up
4. Underneath The Mango Tree
5. Twisting With James
6. Dr No s Fantasy
7. From Russia With Love
8. The Golden Horn
9. Girl Trouble
10. Goldfinger
11. Miami
12. Dawn Raid On Fort Knox
13. Arrival Of The Bomb & Countdown
14. Pussy Galore s Flying Circus
15. Thunderball
16. Chateau Fight
17. Bond Below Disco Valente
18. Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
19. You Only Live Twice
20. The Wedding
21. On Her Majesty s Secret Service
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Diamonds Are Forever - Reprise
24. 007 Theme
25. Casino Royale
26. The Look Of Love
27. Let The Love Come Through
28. Have No Fear Mr Bond Is Here
29. Theme From The Man From Uncle
30. Theme From The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
31. The Ipcress File
32. The Saint
33. The Avengers
34. I Spy
35. Our Man Flint
36. Mission Impossible
37. Peter Gunn
38. Wednesday s Child

CD Details

All Artists: Roland Shaw & His Orchestra
Title: James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Poker
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 1/13/2009
Album Type: Import, Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929261129

Synopsis

Album Description

2008 two CD release. Calling all secret agents, this glorious 'pop secret' double CD is guaranteed licensed to thrill and will certainly tickle your Tchaikovsky! The world famous and memorable film themes are played here with class and finesse by the super cool Roland Shaw & His Orchestra in their inimitable swinging '60s style. All tracks are the original 1960s Decca recordings. In addition to the James Bond tracks, we have included a bonus disc that features four of your favorites from Casino Royale and also a fine selection of some classic '60s spy thriller/secret agent themes, also by the Roland Shaw Orchestra. Poker.

CD Reviews

Themes like old times, but not new recording

Barry Pearl | E Northport, NY USA | 01/29/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this as an LP nearly forty years ago. My brother and I looked forward, for years, for this to release on CD.

What a huge disappointment. While the music might still be good, the engineering here is very, very bad. The distortion of the instruments, especially louder, high sounds like horns are almost unbearable. The louder passages, using the full orchestra are distorted beyond anything I can remember hearing. We are not nit pickers, it was so distorted we could not listen to it.

The volume is flat, there is no dynamic range, the ability for music on CD to play louder and softer passages. Records had to have a very limited dynamic range and, for this reason, we feel that the original masters may not have been used. It is if they recorded this, it seems, from an old record.

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This CD set is great!

R. J. VanderMolen | Michigan USA | 09/16/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you are one of the people who acquired the old Phase 4 stereo album "The Return of James Bond in Diamonds are Forever - and other Secret Agent Themes" you will love this CD set as it contains every track on that double album set. I vividly remember the bikini clad girls of the original album (reproduced in miniature on the CD jacket (the real downside of CD's in general...excellent album art is wasted on them!)) I have been looking for these tracks on CD, and now they are available. Good thing too, because I wore out the albums many years ago :-) This CD set is a real gem!"