James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents [Import, Soundtrack]

Roland Shaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: POKER
• ASIN: B001IF25KE
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

See all 37 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Repressing. UK 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD set is great!, September 15, 2009

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R. J. VanderMolen "Navalbuff" (Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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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!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Themes like old times, but not new recording, January 29, 2009

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Barry Pearl (E Northport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents (Audio CD)

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.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A Must Have for Hard Core Music Buffs!", December 24, 2009

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TSH "Guitar Picker" (South Milwaukee USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents (Audio CD)

If you like big band or stage band music, or any music,
You will love the Rhythm, Dynamics, and Distinct melody lines
that are composed and played by Roland Shaw Orchestra.