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Are there any other vinyl collectors out there?
I've been trying to collect all the soundtracks on vinyl, and so far I have YOLT, TSWLM, FRWL, LALD, and FYEO
I almost bought TB, and OHMSS (much to my wallet's chagrin), but they had scratches on them, and I of course want to listen to them in the best quality possible.
Anyone else have some Bond LPs?
I also have a 45 of The Living Daylights
With vinyl making a comeback, do you think they'll release more of the soundtracks on vinyl?
I know they released something with the QOS title song, but I wouldn't want to even think about listening to that horrid song again....
I've been trying to collect all the soundtracks on vinyl, and so far I have YOLT, TSWLM, FRWL, LALD, and FYEO
I almost bought TB, and OHMSS (much to my wallet's chagrin), but they had scratches on them, and I of course want to listen to them in the best quality possible.
Anyone else have some Bond LPs?
I also have a 45 of The Living Daylights
With vinyl making a comeback, do you think they'll release more of the soundtracks on vinyl?
I know they released something with the QOS title song, but I wouldn't want to even think about listening to that horrid song again....
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It's the 1969 deluxe gatefold version with lazenby in ski gear across the middle , could not believe my luck.
I also have TB, MWTGG, FYEO, TLD, LTK, FRWL, DAF.
Also a fantastic 10 year anniversary collection double album featuring Bonds best soundtrack pieces from Dr No to DAF.
One thing to look out for is the pressing details, some LPs look original but many were mass produced on inferior labels.
Happy collecting folks. :-)
From YOLT I bought them as released (mainly the UA label), originally bought the previous previous Connery albums on the Sunset label, but have since managed to get UA versions. Getting on a little sometimes has advantages.
Otherwise they are hard to come by, but then again there's a lot of collector's in my city.
In regards to QOS, Jack White has his own record shop, which presses vinyl exclusively I believe, so I'm sure there are pressings of AWTD found there.
Apart from the LPs I also bought the 45s of FYEO, AVTAK, TLD plus the 12" of TLD.
Also have NSNA, along with a few collection albums!!
Some are older than others bought during the 80's and 90's, from 58 Dean St Records in London (Soundtrack specialist's), sadly no longer there!!
Got a USB turn table recently and have been converting them to my Ipod, along with other classic scores from 60's etc!! All good fun!? :D
How is the sound once converted? I would think the warmth and richness of the analog vinyl sound would be lost, no?
Yes there is a loss of sorts, but over all i've been impressed by the little turn table!!
Its a tool to convert, so making it easy to listen to vinyl on a ipod etc!!
But then i play the same vinyl on my Rega turntable through normal 2 channel stereo and as you say the warm and richness is all there to be heard!!
But a good little tool never the less!
Vinyl is the one true format and digital just sucks in comparison.
I have a Rega Planar 2 myself and I swear by it, my most recent purchase was the RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Majik the new analogue remaster, it's never sounded better. Coincidently my parents are popping up to see me and Mum said I can have their USB turntable as she's finished with it.
I'm all for them re-issuing the soundtracks as long as they get a proper analogue remastering and not this ridiculous digital on vinyl like the recent Pink Floyd re-issues, thankfully I have all the albums on lovely analogue pressings.
Wow, a very lucky person.
I've been reading the archives of your website recently. It's great fun looking back all those years - thanks for the memories @Doctor_Shatterhand.
I have a spare copy of OP if ya want it!! :-B
I have them all, of course. BTW, my edition of GF is the british one, with the tracks that were removed for the american release.
I'm a completist, so also would want to own the QOS album on vinyl as well. Of Arnold's Bond scores, only Casino Royale has been released (and I look forward to splurging on it closer to the Christmas season!). Searching through the Discogs site, it looks like GE, TND, TWINE, DAD, and QOS are the only scores not released on vinyl. I'm guessing that it wasn't financially viable to print vinyl albums from the mid-1990s through to the 2000s due to the dominance of CDs and digital formats. The vinyl renaissance began to peak in the mid-2010s, and I believe it was in 2015 that the old Bond scores were re-released in that format.
I know vinyls have been making a big comeback in the last few years, so it'd be nice to see those get a release eventually.
If you can get clean original copies for DN-LTK there are some amazing experiences to be had in terms of impact and mixing. However you have to get used to the LP edits all over again after becoming accustomed to the 90's Ryko CDs and the 2003 Capitol expanded remastered CDs. It's criminal there has been no definitive archival complete releases for the series. At least LaLaLand did the amazing 2CD complete TWINE and DAD.
I have some of the title song singles and am working on tracking down more. The only thing I'm missing US album wise is a clean original US mono DN. I went over my Bond LP collection a while back on my youtube channel if you'd like visuals and some mix comparison discussion:
Luckily I finally found two UK original presses and hope to someday have DN-LTK this way as well:
Basically cleanliness and original presses are the things to shoot for. It's gotten quite difficult to obtain all the Bond scores this way and sadly most are only perhaps slightly better or different to what you're going to experience on CD in terms of the main LP tracklistings. It's also going to be extremely dependent on the strength of your system. Later 70's/80's reissues from UA and Liberty are usually excellent and reuse original stampers.
Most of the original pressings have a luster and sparkle not always found on the remasters so for the audiophile Bond fan I do recommend them in conjunction with the 03 CDs and so on.
The big audio mix points are:
DN in stereo is fake stereo as the recording was mono. The film score has never been released.
FRWL, GF, TB, YOLT all sound excellent in both stereo and mono editions. TB has the alternate MKKBB instrumental on the mono.
OHMSS has great punch to the original pressing and is a noticeable step up in sound quality. DAF takes this even further but it's hard to get used to the truncated cues again.
LALD is a ballsier mix on the original LP than the 2003 remaster. It has the amazing laminated gatefold and is a must own.
TMWTGG once you find a clean one sounds great and a tad better than the 03 remaster.
TSWLM is a great sounding LP and very common. Unfortunately its a rerecording and the film mix has never been released.
MR sounds as good as the LP mix ever has on the orginal pressing and is again better than the 03 remaster.
FYEO is punchy, dynamic and a great sounding LP equaling the Ryko expanded remaster.
OP is a nice sounding LP but sadly doesn't have a whole lot of the score in the sequencing. I'd say it sounds a tad warmer perhaps than the Ryko CD/03 CD.
AVTAK is a must own LP. Digital recording, fantastic mastering by Wally Traugott that got ported to the great Japanese CDs. Avoid the 2003 remastered CD which sounds terrible. I finally obtained the UK white 45 for the title song and did a shootout between it, the US 7" and the US LP and the US LP actually came out on top!
TLD sounds great but is hard to find seemingly because of less printed by the Warner Bros. at the time of the CD boom. Mine had inner groove distortion that did go away with a stylus upgrade.
LTK is without question the hardest LP to find. The CD is far more plentiful but itself isn't the most common disc either. Both have the same amazing mastering by Bernie Grundman with the LP sounding a teensy bit warmer. Unfortunately they are marred by the atrocious sequencing of cues and all the source music being included.
Lastly I would say to probably avoid the modern LP represses. They seem to be overpriced digital cut vinyl releases from Capitol and of dubious sourcing/cutting. Recently some hires versions of the classic scores have appeared on retail sites but the lack of reviews, high cost and original LP tracklistings mean I haven't tried any yet.
As soon as the needle drops you're literally dropped into the recording session. You feel as if you're actually there because the recording quality is that phenomenal.
It's the finest sounding record I own and one of the best I've ever experienced.
I own the LPs of DN through LTK + SF, and found most of them in record shops in Canada and elsewhere over the years. The only exceptions where I caved in and ordered online were the TLD and LTK albums - as you mention, very hard to find!