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Today, from the Bond on Vinyl archives, we’re now listening to Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, and The Spy Who Loved Me!
Return of the Superpak!
So yesterday I discussed how my other ‘Super-Pak’ album had side 1 with 4 and side 2 with 3. Well, me being the vinyl newbie that I am, I completely forgot about a piece of vinyl history called Automatic Record Changers! Growing up, even my parents’ giant record cabinet had this feature (which I have no memory of this feature working successfully). Basically, you would load up multiple records on top of a catch on the spindle. After the album finished, the next one dropped into place. Once the stack was done, you flipped everything over and repeated the process in the correct order.
This feature was phased out by the 1980s and has not returned by any current turntable manufacturers, as modern audiophiles prefer other qualities with their equipment versus this minimal gain in convenience and potential for damage.
With that in mind, this 1977 Japan-only release ignores all that, pairing side 1 with 2, and 3 with 4.
Now on to the actual music… IT’S GREAT! Featuring 26 (mostly instrumental) tracks from the first 10 Bond films, it kicks off with the very funky ‘Bond 77’ and ENDS with Monty Norman’s original “James Bond Theme.” This is the first compilation album I’ve seen that is reverse chronologically, but it completely works with this release!
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