Bond Cover Version Albums

caractacus potts · December 2020

speaking of the great LP artwork upthread, I gotta point out
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Come Spy With Us is done in the style of the early 60s painted PAN paperbacks

and
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Music To Read James Bond By uses exactly the font of the early 60s Signets

emtiem · December 2020

I like that Pan one, I've not seen that before.

Barbel · December 2020

caractacus potts wrote:

I can't find his version of Goldfinger on youtube, but here is:
The James Bond Theme
Thunderball
Surrender

Have just listened, not bad.

Red_Snow · January 7

'Not From Where I'm Standing', a James Bond title track cover album by The Wedding Present and Friends.

Also proceeds go toward the mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

kristopherm3 · January 14

Red_Snow wrote:

'Not From Where I'm Standing', a James Bond title track cover album by The Wedding Present and Friends.

Also proceeds go toward the mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

Is this available in a high-quality download anywhere? I don't purchase physical albums.

Shady Tree · January 14

This month's 'Infinity' magazine (#32) features an article on Geoff Love's career, including, of course, his various mfp (Music for Pleasure) movie/ TV theme cover albums of the 70s (Bond among them).

Red_Snow · January 15

kristopherm3 wrote:

Red_Snow wrote:

'Not From Where I'm Standing', a James Bond title track cover album by The Wedding Present and Friends.

Also proceeds go toward the mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

Is this available in a high-quality download anywhere? I don't purchase physical albums.

It's available on Apple Music.

caractacus potts · April 6

heard this on my local jazz station this morning

Hammond organist Jimmy Smith's two part recording of Goldfinger, arranged by Oliver Nelson

part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDiq-RckLqc

part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuAuhorZlYo

from the 1965 album Monster , rest of the album is not James Bond music

also found a live version by the same artist, not sure when this was recorded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv4Cag2eGuA

emtiem · April 6

Interesting that it's not just a cover of the song but also based in part on a cue from the score- 'Dawn Raid On Fort Knox' I think.

Gymkata · April 6

If we're talking cover versions of Bond songs, I have to cite the following entries. There are a lot of no-name singers out their doing YouTube crap but these are by legitimate artists and are of high quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYjmQOBUwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6y_zzYBxlc

Bond Cover Version Albums

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