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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 443202" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes - it looks comfortingly budget, doesn&#039;t it. Kind of reminds me of the old <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/260919245017086/posts/1355592082216458/" target="_blank">Woolworths &quot;Worth It&quot; el cheapo brand</a>.&nbsp; It looked tacky even back then, but nowadays it gives me waves of nostalgia.All the Naxos International CDs I&#039;ve seen have the same basic design, but with a different (and very nice) drawing in the box on the front of each. Also, all seem to be orchestrated by Richard Hayman. I only have a couple (he does the Peyton Place theme on the other one I have), but they&#039;re actually really nice arrangements.They sound incredibly good as well, especially Diamonds and Moonraker (apparently the master tapes for the first three films are missing, but Goldfinger sounds as good as possible considering).They&#039;re also making a John Barry fan of me. Despite his reputation, I&#039;ve never appreciated his work as much as I feel I could&nbsp; have, and the previous version of Moonraker I owned sounded off-puttingly terrible as it&#039;s from before the masters were &quot;rediscovered&quot;. Hearing these cues in such clarity has given me a yen to explore more of his work. I have The Deep on CD, so perhaps I&#039;ll revisit that. Also, I have Body Heat, which I&#039;ve hardly played (any album that has a track called &quot;Kill For Pussy&quot; has to be worth a second go, I&#039;d say).Incidentally, here&#039;s an interview with the guy that produced the restoration of the Bond albums, talking specifically about Diamonds (including a transcript on the page for anyone who prefers to read). Who knew that the familiar title track used was actually Take 20):[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319576/episodes/18937172-diamonds-restored-at-55-the-mob-interview-with-la-la-land-records-producer-neil-s-bulk-mixer-chris-malone[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 443202, member: 23"] Yes - it looks comfortingly budget, doesn't it. Kind of reminds me of the old [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/260919245017086/posts/1355592082216458/']Woolworths "Worth It" el cheapo brand[/URL]. It looked tacky even back then, but nowadays it gives me waves of nostalgia. All the Naxos International CDs I've seen have the same basic design, but with a different (and very nice) drawing in the box on the front of each. Also, all seem to be orchestrated by Richard Hayman. I only have a couple (he does the[I] Peyton Plac[/I]e theme on the other one I have), but they're actually really nice arrangements. They sound incredibly good as well, especially [I]Diamonds[/I] and [I]Moonraker [/I](apparently the master tapes for the first three films are missing, but [I]Goldfinger[/I] sounds as good as possible considering). They're also making a John Barry fan of me. Despite his reputation, I've never appreciated his work as much as I feel I could have, and the previous version of [I]Moonraker[/I] I owned sounded off-puttingly terrible as it's from before the masters were "rediscovered". Hearing these cues in such clarity has given me a yen to explore more of his work. I have [I]The Deep [/I]on CD, so perhaps I'll revisit that. Also, I have [I]Body Heat[/I], which I've hardly played (any album that has a track called "[I]Kill For Pussy"[/I] has to be worth a second go, I'd say). Incidentally, here's an interview with the guy that produced the restoration of the Bond albums, talking specifically about [I]Diamonds[/I] (including a transcript on the page for anyone who prefers to read). Who knew that the familiar title track used was actually Take 20): [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319576/episodes/18937172-diamonds-restored-at-55-the-mob-interview-with-la-la-land-records-producer-neil-s-bulk-mixer-chris-malone[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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