Thunderball, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. & Other Secret Agent. Design Records.
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A French ep of early James Bond soundtrack music. Pye Records.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!” “Thunderball and Other Secret Agent Themes” Eliott fisher and His Orchestra. Capitol Records.
Chinatown (1974). One of the greatest movies ever made! And great poster and soundtrack cover art . Original music by Jerry Goldsmith. Regarding the music:
Chinatown is a 1974 Robert Evans production, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunway and directed by Roman Polanski. Resulting in Goldsmith’s 7th Academy Award nomination, the incredible score was spotted, written, and recorded in only ten days!
Robert Evans had fallen in love with the Bunny Berigan recording of “I Can’t Get Started” and, as a result, used it as source music. While Evans felt that the entire score should have this flavor he was quickly talked out of it by Goldsmith, who created one of his finest compositions ever. The trumpet based theme Goldsmith created is a true classic.
Sixties hits on Korean (thanks Andy!) album with cool James Bond cover art.
Aside from being a cool 60’s soundtrack with great art, this recording was picked up by audiophiles about 20 years ago as having exemplary stereo sound. It was highly collectible - only the Stereo version — during the lp era’s last gasp.
“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” (And Other TV Themes). David McCallum (l) and Robert Vaughn (r), the stars of the hit sixties tv spy series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” The show ran for four seasons (1964-68). A spin-off, “The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.” aired one season (1966) and starred Stephanie Powers. I just learned (or was reminded) that the acronym stands for “United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.”! Cool.
Get Smart writers included Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. There’s currently a feature film scheduled with Steve Carrell as Max.
Like a pulp magazine or dimestore paperback illustration, this cover tells the story of the music dramatically. “Spanish Spy” on the small Rep Records label.
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