Nice jigsaws. I wasn't so much into music in 1975, but over the years I've learnt a lot. I had to wait until the Blackbyrds before I reached a song or artist I didn't know.
Very surprised to learn that Kraftwerk's Autobahan was 1975, I'd have pegged it as much later, around 79.
Those jigsaw pics are great, they sort of open up an alternative Bond universe. They remind me a bit of the cover of the Geoff Love Bond Themes LP, where there is a scene - involving a red sports car, I think - that simply isn't from any movie. It's the way those 1960s spy films all merged into one when you are watching on a black and white telly and don't really have any agency over what's being shown; you can't look it up on imdb or buy it on DVD or anything. There are some films that retain that oddness, that obscurity, in that for some odd reason they're never reshown on telly: I have never ever seen Three Days of the Condor, for instance, it simply never comes up.
What I love about the 1972 James Bond Collection double LP was some of the pictures on the cover are a bit mysterious; you can't really get to the nub of each movie looking at them; some are a bit obscure. It sort of teases you and reels you in because of what you aren't told.
I bought that album back in 1972, it was excellent. It was a gatefold and had loads of information inside. I remember at the time thinking “wow, 10 years anniversary, that’s ridiculous!” Now of course it’s over 60 years and seems even more crazy 😂
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I never went to a holiday camp until a lads weekend at Butlins Minehead in the 90’s where Jim Davidson was appearing. The accommodation was appalling but the amount of alcohol dulled that experience!
More of those fab American motors…I’d have loved to have had a Lincoln…
Sauce…OK?
A popular hair cream from the 60’s…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Now, I bought this double LP - only missing the actual Thunderball and YOLT title songs with the artists singing, probably due to contractual reasons, but otherwise refreshingly original compared to those Top Of The Pops-style imitation albums of the time - around 1980, from Virgin Records in Oxford Street.
And for years I thought it would be great to get a follow-up with the Moore years - maybe against a brown background this time - designed in the same way, with cues from his seven films from LALD to AVTAK, maybe missing out NSNA, of course. Maybe La La Lands could devise it?
And you could of course do a successor to that, with both Dalton and Brosnan's films ('You've had your six'), maybe against a black background. How cool would that be? One can dream.
And around the same time, out came this fine John Brosnan book, again celebrating 10 years of Bond from Dr No to Diamonds Are Forever:
This is a fine read - my Dad happened to pick up my copy and start reading and though not really a Bond fan past the first 2 or 3, enthused about the opening of the book. 'It made you recall exactly how it felt when you first saw Dr No!' John Brosnan did do a follow-up which took it up to Moonraker, though it was only published in the US. That one wasn't as good however, due to the presentation and the fact the prose was watered down a bit to accommodate the new movies. That said, I wish he'd done a book taking it up to the end of Moore, or at least The World Is Not Enough, which. I believe was the last film Brosnan reviewed before he died.
And finally, there was a book around this time called Namedropper, which did profiles of big names of the day. It is like a time capsule of 1969. The candidates that jostle along side each other range from WW2 generals, both US and British, comedians like Bob Hope and Jack Benny, astronauts, footballers like George Best and Geoff Hurst, golfers of the day - Jack Niclaus, I think, , past dictators like Hitler and Mussolini, also Churchill, artists like Picasso and Salvador Dali, movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, singers such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley but the only pop band eligible is the Beatles, none of the others get a look in, that just how it was perceived back then.
Each entry had their date of birth and other vital facts such as all the movies or LPs, that kind of thing.
Yes, mine too. It had some unique edits, and the uncommon way of having Side 1 and Side 3 on the first disc then Sides 2 and 4 on the second. IIRC, a few other double albums did that but it never caught on.
I think this was done because dual action turntables had automatic stacking systems where the next record was suspended on an umbrella spindle above the current playing vinyl. The pick up arm would automatically retreat and the spindle would allow the next vinyl to drop onto the turntable. So for a double LP to play in the correct track order you had to stack them in the appropriate manner, and manufacturers obliged, as with this James Bond example. My Electric Ladyland LP is the same. The turntable was good for parties as you could stack several 7inch singles and not have to waste time changing records. I am surprised you don't remember these. My mum and dad had one just like the type in this demo video. The downside is it scratched your vinyl to bits which I suspect is why the scheme never caught on.
I remember the stacking record players but never thought that was the reason for the odd way the sides were arranged on that album - I’ve always thought it was a mistake at the processing plant! Even at my age you can learn new facts, thanks @chrisno1 😂
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
When I first bought that LP I later realised the middle section of pages was missing - so I returned it and switched it for the correct copy; this was some months afterwards. When I got it home I realised the discs seemed to be out of order, and considered returning it but then decided what the hell, all the tracks were there. I didn't realised it was deliberate, but feel sure my first copy had it labelled up 'correctly'.
This. plus my first ever LP Superman: The Movie, and Moonraker were truly lovely looking purchases.
I do like the Thunderball side without Tom Jones' vocals; because it is very nice orchestral easy listening music. I play the final side most, OHMSS and DAF.
Of course, you can snap up a decent copy of the James Bond Collection on eBay @CoolHandBond
Later there was an updated, all the vocals present single LP of James Bond Greatest Hits, spoiling us a bit with two versions of the James Bond theme to open and close the album, and perhaps a bit too much from Live And Let Die, though that was recently popular due to its TV showing.
I don't think 1972's James Bond Collection was ever on CD. I meant, the original vinyl comes up on eBay often enough. Can't you get an amp/speakers/ turntable and plug it in?
As I said above even dvd and CD players are not sold over here so the chance of getting a turntable are pretty remote! I wouldn’t buy one just to play one record anyway, not a sensible use of funds, I can live without it 😁
I think there is a specialist secondhand shop somewhere in the city selling old stuff for those who still have them, but I’ve never searched it out because I have no use for it. There are a couple of secondhand bookshops that I do patronise sometimes. Old American comics turn up from time to time in markets and I usually buy those that interest me, but it’s not very often.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962…though I was 6 at the time I was blissfully unaware of what was happening…The Daily Sketch was a Sun/Mirror style British newspaper that closed its doors in 1971…
DN was released in the same month…
The Dodge looked and sounded so good…
Walking on the moon for the last time in 1972…
Great facts from Mr. Ripley…
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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He/she certainly did.
That chart from 75 - I know fewer from that thanI did from the 1970 one you posted a while back.
Pure guesswork, but I'd bet the Dr Who figures were cardboard rather than plastic?
@CoolHandBond can you repeat your post with the James Bond jigsaws? It would be better to head up the new page with it!
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As requested by @Napoleon Plural a reposting of the Bond jigsaws from the previous page…
Nice jigsaws. I wasn't so much into music in 1975, but over the years I've learnt a lot. I had to wait until the Blackbyrds before I reached a song or artist I didn't know.
Very surprised to learn that Kraftwerk's Autobahan was 1975, I'd have pegged it as much later, around 79.
Those jigsaw pics are great, they sort of open up an alternative Bond universe. They remind me a bit of the cover of the Geoff Love Bond Themes LP, where there is a scene - involving a red sports car, I think - that simply isn't from any movie. It's the way those 1960s spy films all merged into one when you are watching on a black and white telly and don't really have any agency over what's being shown; you can't look it up on imdb or buy it on DVD or anything. There are some films that retain that oddness, that obscurity, in that for some odd reason they're never reshown on telly: I have never ever seen Three Days of the Condor, for instance, it simply never comes up.
What I love about the 1972 James Bond Collection double LP was some of the pictures on the cover are a bit mysterious; you can't really get to the nub of each movie looking at them; some are a bit obscure. It sort of teases you and reels you in because of what you aren't told.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I bought that album back in 1972, it was excellent. It was a gatefold and had loads of information inside. I remember at the time thinking “wow, 10 years anniversary, that’s ridiculous!” Now of course it’s over 60 years and seems even more crazy 😂
I never went to a holiday camp until a lads weekend at Butlins Minehead in the 90’s where Jim Davidson was appearing. The accommodation was appalling but the amount of alcohol dulled that experience!
More of those fab American motors…I’d have loved to have had a Lincoln…
Sauce…OK?
A popular hair cream from the 60’s…
Agreed - I'd rather have a Lincoln Continental than a week at Butlins, too.
I remember Brylcreem mainly from the ads. I'm
Napoleon Plural said
Very surprised to learn that Kraftwerk's Autobahan was 1975, I'd have pegged it as much later, around 79.
Yeah, I was surprised that was that early too…but I did know most of the tracks from that 1975 list.
Been to quite a few Butlin’s holiday camps in my childhood…been to a couple of Pontins camps too ☺️
Now, I bought this double LP - only missing the actual Thunderball and YOLT title songs with the artists singing, probably due to contractual reasons, but otherwise refreshingly original compared to those Top Of The Pops-style imitation albums of the time - around 1980, from Virgin Records in Oxford Street.
And for years I thought it would be great to get a follow-up with the Moore years - maybe against a brown background this time - designed in the same way, with cues from his seven films from LALD to AVTAK, maybe missing out NSNA, of course. Maybe La La Lands could devise it?
And you could of course do a successor to that, with both Dalton and Brosnan's films ('You've had your six'), maybe against a black background. How cool would that be? One can dream.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
And around the same time, out came this fine John Brosnan book, again celebrating 10 years of Bond from Dr No to Diamonds Are Forever:
This is a fine read - my Dad happened to pick up my copy and start reading and though not really a Bond fan past the first 2 or 3, enthused about the opening of the book. 'It made you recall exactly how it felt when you first saw Dr No!' John Brosnan did do a follow-up which took it up to Moonraker, though it was only published in the US. That one wasn't as good however, due to the presentation and the fact the prose was watered down a bit to accommodate the new movies. That said, I wish he'd done a book taking it up to the end of Moore, or at least The World Is Not Enough, which. I believe was the last film Brosnan reviewed before he died.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
And finally, there was a book around this time called Namedropper, which did profiles of big names of the day. It is like a time capsule of 1969. The candidates that jostle along side each other range from WW2 generals, both US and British, comedians like Bob Hope and Jack Benny, astronauts, footballers like George Best and Geoff Hurst, golfers of the day - Jack Niclaus, I think, , past dictators like Hitler and Mussolini, also Churchill, artists like Picasso and Salvador Dali, movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, singers such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley but the only pop band eligible is the Beatles, none of the others get a look in, that just how it was perceived back then.
Each entry had their date of birth and other vital facts such as all the movies or LPs, that kind of thing.
Very few TV stars, if any.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Love that book. It's still on my shelf more than 50 years after buying. I believe it was the first of its kind.
Yes, it was the first book to discuss the films rather than the books. I still have mine, personally signed by the late, great John Brosnan 😁
But the album is long gone to pastures new 😢
Yes, mine too. It had some unique edits, and the uncommon way of having Side 1 and Side 3 on the first disc then Sides 2 and 4 on the second. IIRC, a few other double albums did that but it never caught on.
I think this was done because dual action turntables had automatic stacking systems where the next record was suspended on an umbrella spindle above the current playing vinyl. The pick up arm would automatically retreat and the spindle would allow the next vinyl to drop onto the turntable. So for a double LP to play in the correct track order you had to stack them in the appropriate manner, and manufacturers obliged, as with this James Bond example. My Electric Ladyland LP is the same. The turntable was good for parties as you could stack several 7inch singles and not have to waste time changing records. I am surprised you don't remember these. My mum and dad had one just like the type in this demo video. The downside is it scratched your vinyl to bits which I suspect is why the scheme never caught on.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLiLnWW5rI&pp=0gcJCU8Co7VqN5tD
I remember the stacking record players but never thought that was the reason for the odd way the sides were arranged on that album - I’ve always thought it was a mistake at the processing plant! Even at my age you can learn new facts, thanks @chrisno1 😂
I'm old, I remember them well!
When I first bought that LP I later realised the middle section of pages was missing - so I returned it and switched it for the correct copy; this was some months afterwards. When I got it home I realised the discs seemed to be out of order, and considered returning it but then decided what the hell, all the tracks were there. I didn't realised it was deliberate, but feel sure my first copy had it labelled up 'correctly'.
This. plus my first ever LP Superman: The Movie, and Moonraker were truly lovely looking purchases.
I do like the Thunderball side without Tom Jones' vocals; because it is very nice orchestral easy listening music. I play the final side most, OHMSS and DAF.
Of course, you can snap up a decent copy of the James Bond Collection on eBay @CoolHandBond
Later there was an updated, all the vocals present single LP of James Bond Greatest Hits, spoiling us a bit with two versions of the James Bond theme to open and close the album, and perhaps a bit too much from Live And Let Die, though that was recently popular due to its TV showing.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Luxury.
'Course, some of us had it tough. We could only listen to
'cos t'were far cheaper to play in our shoebox in t'middle of t'motorway.
🤣🤣🤣
Nothing wrong with those Roland Shaw albums, they were decent versions.
DVD’s CD’s have disappeared from the Philippines (not sure about Manila), nowhere to buy the players either, it’s all streaming here.
I don't think 1972's James Bond Collection was ever on CD. I meant, the original vinyl comes up on eBay often enough. Can't you get an amp/speakers/ turntable and plug it in?
Roger Moore 1927-2017
As I said above even dvd and CD players are not sold over here so the chance of getting a turntable are pretty remote! I wouldn’t buy one just to play one record anyway, not a sensible use of funds, I can live without it 😁
I think there is a specialist secondhand shop somewhere in the city selling old stuff for those who still have them, but I’ve never searched it out because I have no use for it. There are a couple of secondhand bookshops that I do patronise sometimes. Old American comics turn up from time to time in markets and I usually buy those that interest me, but it’s not very often.
A proper protest…1931…
1964 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony…
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962…though I was 6 at the time I was blissfully unaware of what was happening…The Daily Sketch was a Sun/Mirror style British newspaper that closed its doors in 1971…
DN was released in the same month…
The Dodge looked and sounded so good…
Walking on the moon for the last time in 1972…
Great facts from Mr. Ripley…
Colour pics from the moon!
Love the Dodge ad.
What's the deal with the Dr No print? They don't seem to be Connery or Andress - had the actual actors moved on or were unavailable that day?!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Rod Stewart sang about what made Milwaukee famous…
The fight of the century…
Pop magazines were very popular in the 60’s…
American magazine TRUE often had Bond features…
I like that second "True" cover, it reminds me of this
series of Bond covers.
IIRC, that Ali/Foreman fight was called the "Rumble In The Jungle". Very well publicised.
@Barbel IIRC, that Ali/Foreman fight was called the "Rumble In The Jungle". Very well publicised.
Yes, I believe it was, and he fought Joe Frazier here in the Philippines under the slogan “Thrilla in Manila.”
I’ve seen that Ali/Foreman fight many times over…and there are some fabulous documentaries made about it 😁
I did like the True magazine covers - especially the Colonel Sun one 🙂