BEAT GIRL/STRING BEAT/THE BEST OF THE EARLY YEARS

New double CD Beat Girl Stringbeat The Best of the Early Years John BarryIt's 35 years since Play It Again became the first company to release Barry's Beat Girl & Stringbeat on CD.

We felt the time was right for a re-issue, but this time with a second CD comprising of the best of his early work -- with one or two surprises -- all accompanied by a de-luxe 24-page booklet.

Order now and beat the rush for this limited edition!

The double CD is very competitively priced at £11.99 including postage for UK customers, and is available direct from us or via eBay / Amazon. It's slightly more expensive via eBay or Amazon, but if you order direct, we can accept Paypal, and Paypal accepts credit and debit cards.

The cost for those living outside the UK but in Europe is £15 post-inclusive. The cost if you are located anywhere else in the world outside the UK is £17. For the time being, non-UK customers can only purchase direct from us, via Paypal, or via eBay.

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MUSIC TO WATCH BOND BY

 

Music To Watch Bond By

The stories and artwork behind the music of every James Bond film scored by John Barry alongside 300+ colour images.

Details

Publication Date: 20 July 2023
Language: English
    By Geoff Leonard and Pete Walker
    Cover design and artwork by: Ruud Rozemeijer

Specifications

Pages: 280
Binding: Paperback and Hardback
Interior Color: Color
Dimensions: Crown Quarto (7.44 x 9.68 in / 189 x 246 cm

Please note that for UK customers only we can supply a signed hardback copy of the book for £26.50 post-free.

Contact Geoff Leonard for payment details.

 Softback copies can be purchased from Lulu.com for £19.99 plus postage.  
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MUSIC BY JOHN BARRY - BOOK

 

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The five-hundred page book, fully-illustrated (often with rarely seen images), consists of a chronological exploration of key landmarks underpinning John Barry's illustrious career.

Written in the form of extensively researched essays concentrating on one specific score, over forty  are represented, from the first, Beat Girl, to the last, Enigma. Whether highly acclaimed or lower key films, each chapter sets out, clearly and accurately, the circumstances surrounding the inception and completion of the score under scrutiny and in doing so, provides  fresh insights into John Barry's remarkable legacy.

Please note that for UK customers only we can supply a signed hardback copy of the book for £34.50 post-free.

Contact Geoff Leonard for payment details.

Softback copies can be purchased from Lulu.com for £29.99 plus postage.
In order to combat the high cost of international postage, copies of both versions of the book can be purchased from Lulu.com at a price approximately equivalent to the above, with postage calculated at a rate local to the country concerned.
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Copies may also be found on Amazon or eBay, but are likely to be more expensive.

THE STRINGBEAT YEARS

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Now available!

The Stringbeat Years: Songs accompanied by John Barry

Now available, a 4-CD box-set comprising of 144 tracks, a 24-page booklet (replete with period photographs and comprehensive notes) and including ten bonus tracks (among them the CD debut of the first ever cover version of a John Barry instrumental composition).

Featuring – for the first time – the film versions of ‘Mix me a Person’, ‘The Time has Come’, and ‘What a Whopper’ (slightly shortened). There’s also an unique opportunity to hear the original version of ‘Ah, Poor Little Baby’, making its premiere appearance on CD.

The box-set is limited to 500 copies and is only £16.99 post-free in the UK, so don’t miss out! It is available direct from this website!

£16.99  post-free in the UK
£19.99  anywhere else in the world

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Track listing

Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven

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Our book "Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven" is now available!

£19.99

post-free for UK customers.

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Alternatively, UK residents can order from us via ebay, where credit cards are accepted. The book's cover price is £30, so anybody ordering direct from us will receive a 33% discount, reducing the cost to £19.99.
 
For postage and packing for those outside the UK, please add:
Europe - £11.00
Rest of the World – £27.00
(or £12 economy, though note this can take several weeks).
We'll also need your mailing address, of course!

Further discount if you want two or more copies - ask for details.

Alternatively, Contact us and we will be in touch!

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JOHN BARRY - THE MAN WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH

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John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch is still available at a discounted price. You won't find it anywhere else apart from at vastly inflated prices on eBay or Amazon.

Buy now direct from co-author Gareth Bramley while copies last

Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven (2)

Our book "Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven" is now available!

£22.50

You can order now!

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Let us know if you aren't able to do this and we'll work out another way

Alternatively, UK residents can order from us via ebay
where credit cards are accepted
 
The book's cover price is £30

anybody ordering direct from us will receive a 25% discount
reducing the cost to £22.50.

For postage and packing please add:
UK = £2.95 (2nd classs mail)
Europe = £10.90
Rest of World (Excluding Australia) £16.30

We'll also need your mailing address, of course!

Further discount if you want two or more copies - ask for details

We have just a few signed copies left -
let us know if you want one of these

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and we will be in touch!

 

Thoroughly and painstakingly researched over a number of years, it features contributions from several ex-members of the band and from friends and relatives of John Barry.

Comprising of over 360 pages, it is packed with an array of rare photos of the band, and the singers they often supported, as well as some unique images of memorabilia and documentation from that era; some never previously published, many more seldom seen.

Even if you are not necessarily a devotee of The John Barry Seven per se, the book offers a fascinating historical insight into the British music scene of the period and, more importantly, provides an essential read for anybody remotely interested in discovering more about John Barry's formative career.

We appreciate the postage to destinations outside the UK is somewhat expensive, but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this. Due to its size and the number of pages, the book is very heavy — about 1.2 kilograms — and shipping overseas is expensive.

However, we think buyers will appreciate the quality of the book is well worth it! The links to order the book will be available soon. Alternatively, send us an email message and we will be in touch in due course.

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JOHN BARRY - THE EARLY YEARS - CD

John Barry - The Early Years CD

Our CD "John Barry - The Early Years" is a compilation album focusing on the years 1959-1962, with every track a Barry arrangement or composition. The majority of tracks are making their début on CD.

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 Live And Let Die

Live And Let Die
Martin/McCartney

Live And Let Die (Main Title) - Paul McCartney/Wings
Just A Closer Walk With Thee / New Second Line - Harold A. "Duke" Dejan & The Olympia Brass Band
Bond Meets Solitaire
Whisper Who Dares
Snakes Alive
Baron Samedi's Dance Of Death
San Monique
Fillet Of Soul No / Live And Let Die - BJ Arnau / Fillet Of Soul
Bond Drops In
If He Finds It, Kill Him
Trespassers Will Be Eaten
Solitaire Gets Her Cards
Sacrifice
James Bond Theme

Bonus Material:

Gunbarrel/Snakebite
Bond to New York
San Monique
Bond and Rosie
The Lovers
New Orleans
Boat Chase
Underground Lair

In sequence:

By Neil S. Bulk

1. Gunbarrel / Snakebit 1:27

You may want to play with this. The song Live and Let Die was supposed to be mixed in with the very end of "Snakebit" but for contractual reasons it could not be done that way on this album. Nothing is stopping you from doing it though.

2. Live and Let Die - Main Title 3:12

3. Bond to New York 1:18

This is the first 1:18 of "Bond to New York"

4. Whisper Who Dares 1:43

5. Harlem 1:14

This is the next 1:14 of "Bond to New York"

6. The James Bond Theme 1:47

7. Bond Meets Solitaire

8. Something Happens :14

This is the last 14 seconds of "Bond to New York". Time for a small confession. I'm not sure what this is meant to underscore, since I really can't stand the movie and the idea of having to watch part of it only for 14 seconds is very off-putting. If you have a suggestion for a better track title, please let me know. The same goes for the track titled "Harlem".

9. Baron Samedi's Dance of Death 1:42

10. San Monique 1:57

11. Snakes Alive 2:41

12. Bond and Rosie 3:51

13. Bond Drops In :40

This is the first 40 seconds of "Bond Drops In"

14. The Lovers 2:09

15. If He Finds It, Kill Him 1:20

16. New Orleans 2:53

17. Solitaire Gets Her Cards 1:50

18. Trespassers Will Be Eaten 2:45

19. Boat Chase 2:01

20. Sacrifice 3:21

21. Underground Lair 3:59

You'll want to cut off the last 19 seconds of this track. They come in at another point on the album.

22. Train Ride 3:10

This is the remaining 2:52 of "Bond Drops In" combined with the 19 second cue cut off of "Underground Lair".

23. Just a Closer Walk With Thee / New Second Line 2:15

This is a source cue and may not even be the cue as heard in the film

24. Live and Let Die - B.J. Arnau 2:13

25. San Monique (alternate) 2:46

26. Filet of Soul - New Orleans 1:07

Neil

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever
Barry

Diamonds Are Forever (Main Title) - Shirley Bassey
Bond Meets Bambi And Thumper
Moon Buggy Ride
Circus, Circus
Death At The Whyte House
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
Bond Smells A Rat
Tiffany Case
007 And Counting
Q's Trick
To Hell With Blofeld

Bonus Material:

Gunbarrel and Manhunt
Mr.Wint and Mr.Kidd / Bond To Holland
Peter Franks
Airport Source / On The Road
Slumber Inc.
The Whyte House
Plenty, Then Tiffany
Following The Diamonds
Additional and Alterante Cues

In sequence:

By Neil S. Bulk

Again, Diamonds are Forever requires very little editing, but I'll get to that in a moment.

13, 1, 14 ,9 ,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 4, 20, 3, 6, 5, 8, 2, 11, 10, 12, 7, 21

Now this is the way the album was assembled initially. Now track 6 ("Diamonds are Forever - Source") Lukas sequenced later than it's initial appearance. I've always known this as the music used when Bond first meets Tiffany ("If the collars and cuffs match"), but I think it's used several times. If you want to sequence the cue earlier, it comes before track 9 ("Tiffany Case").

As for track 21, I've read of some people cutting it up and sequencing that, but some of the cues are so short or incidental, I don't feel the need. If you really want to do it the Volume 8 Number 5 edition of Film Score Monthly has all of the details and more.

Neil.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Barry

Bonus Material:

Journey To Draco's Hideaway
Bond and Draco
Gumbold's Safe
Bond Settles In
Bond Meets The Girls
Dusk At Piz Gloria
Sir Hillary's Night Out (Who Will Buy My Yesterdays)
Blofeld's Plot
Escape From Piz Gloria
Bobsled Chase

In sequence:

By Neil S. Bulk:

Here is the way Lukas Kendall intially sequenced On Her Majesty's Secret Service, until the lawyers butted in.

2, 6, 8, 3, 12, 13, 1, 14, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 5, 4, 9, 10, 21, 11

No editing required on that one.

James Luckard points out:

On the OHMSS track listing, the instrumental version of We Have All The Time In The World is between Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway and Bond Settles In. There is indeed a version of the tune at the place in the film, but it is a very brief statement of the march version also heard in Journey to Draco's Hideaway, and not this light, jazzy version. This version is much like Try, and sounds like source music. It appears nowhere in the film, so I stuck it on the end as a bonus track.

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

Barry

1. You Only Live Twice (Title Song) - Nancy Sinatra
2. Capsule In Space
3. Fight At Kobe Dock-Helga
4. Tanaka's World
5. A Drop In The Ocean
6. The Death Of Aki
7. Mountains And Sunsetsv 8. The Wedding
9. James Bond - Astronaut?
10. Countdown For Blofeld
11. Bond Averts World War Three
12. You Only Live Twice (End Title) - Nancy Sinatra

Bonus Material:

13. James Bond In Japan (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
14. Aki, Tiger And Osato (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
15. Little Nellie (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
16. Soviet Capsule (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
17. Spectre And Village (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
18. James Bond - Ninja (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
19. Twice Is The Only Way To Live (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)

In sequence:

Guide to Cutting and Sequencing the Complete You Only Live Twice

By Neil S. Bulk

1. Gunbarrel and Capsule in Space 3:04

The “gunbarrel” comes from the first 23 seconds of “James Bond in Japan”. I cut off the first .414 seconds of “Capsule in Space” to get rid of the silence.

I overlapped “Capsule in Space” onto the “Gunbarrel” at 23.018 seconds, and they segue perfectly into one another.

2. Dead on the Job :57

This cue is from “James Bond in Japan”. It comes right after the “Gunbarrel” at the 23 second mark (23.777 to be precise)

I added about 2 seconds of silence at the end of this track, so the transition to the title song is not as jarring.

3. You Only Live Twice - Title Song 2:45

4. Burial At Sea 2:01

This cue comes right after "Dead on the Job" in the cue, "James Bond in Japan" It includes an unused section

5. James Bond in Japan 7:20

This is the remainder of the "James Bond in Japan" cue.

6. Chasing Aki 1:14

This is the first 1:14 of "Aki, Tiger and Osato"

7. Tanaka's World

8. Tiger, Aki and Osato 4:29

This is the remainder of "Aki, Tiger and Osato" re-titled only because the characters come in at different times now.

9. A Drop in the Ocean 2:58

10. Fight at Kobe Dock - Helga 4:01

11. Little Nellie 3:45

12. Soviet Capsule 2:05

13. SPECTRE 3:41

This track needs music from "James Bond - Astronaut?"

To assemble this track, the first 1:03 is from this track ("SPECTRE and Village").

Then you must cut out the first 1:41 from "James Bond - Astronaut?" and cut that section onto the tail of the first 1:03 of "SPECTRE and Village".

At the 2:41.951 mark into this combined cue I mixed the next minute of music from "SPECTRE and Village". You will need to fade out this track.

The final track runs 3:41.

14. The Death of Aki 4:19

15. Assassination Attempt :29

This is a very short cue. It comes from the "Village" portion of "SPECTRE and Village".

16. The Wedding 2:45

17. Nightfall

This is the last 1:14 of "SPECTRE and Village".

18. Mountains and Sunsets 3:09

19. James Bond - Ninja 5:23

This is the first 5:21 of this track.

I added about 2 seconds of silence to this track so that the start of the next track isn't jarring.

20. James Bond - Astronaut? 1:48

This is the second half of the cue from 1:41 to 3:29.

The first half of this cue was cut into track 11, "SPECTRE and Village".

21. Countdown for Blofeld 2:37

22. Ninjas 1:28

This runs 1:27 and is the second part of "James Bond - Ninja".

There is a short unused section at the end of this cue, that I have chosen not to include here.

23. Bond Averts World War Three 2:17

24. Coda and Twice is the Only Way to Live 3:04

The short coda is the last 17 seconds of "James Bond - Ninja". I simply mixed that into the beginning of "Twice is the Only Way to Live" and it worked out fine.

25. You Only Live Twice (Julie Rogers) 3:07

This is the "demo" version of the song from the 30th Anniversary album.

26. You Only Live Twice (radio spot) 1:01

27. You Only Live Twice - End Title

This is the revised final end titles as heard on the album.

If there are any errors or suggestions, feel free to let me know.

Neil

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