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Here is some tracks that i think are not just very different but better than the actual scores :
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5- FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (John Barry made this version in 1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELqVLc9ox8...
It's a shame this video won't play as I'd like to know which recording you have linked. John Barry recorded cover versions of the film's theme in 1963 (Ember label) and 1966 (Columbia/CBS label) but - as far I know - only ever revisited the theme as part of his James Bond Suite - in 1972 (Polydor label) and in 1995 (Epic label).
But I struggle to think you mean that symphonic version from 1972.
As for your Franck Pourcel cover of the James Bond Theme ... certainly good but not even close to being the best of the covers ... or better than the original!
Mitch
The FRWL appears to be from this album:
https://www.discogs.com/John-Barry-The-Film-Music-Of-John-Barry/release/7848445
As for Pourcel, and covers in general, it depends. Some of his recordings are fine, others are not so. There's room for scrupulous recreations (Tadlow), particularly of scores that are lost or stuck with poor audio quality, and then there's room for different takes and ideas (Geoff Love, Pourcel, The Joe Bloggs Funky Five Play The Hits Of Gerard Schurmann).
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Apr 11, 2021 - 3:19 AM
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... The FRWL appears to be from this album:
https://www.discogs.com/John-Barry-The-Film-Music-Of-John-Barry/release/7848445
Yes, that's the Columbia/CBS recording from 1966 (or maybe 1965). An excellent variation on the OST version (not that the OST version was from the film score ... that particular version is better represented by one of Barry's 1963 recordings (on the Ember label)
As for Pourcel, and covers in general, it depends. Some of his recordings are fine, others are not so. There's room for scrupulous recreations (Tadlow), particularly of scores that are lost or stuck with poor audio quality, and then there's room for different takes and ideas (Geoff Love, Pourcel, The Joe Bloggs Funky Five Play The Hits Of Gerard Schurmann).
I have numerous re-recordings/cover versions of many film themes and have a large number of Franck Pourcel tracks ... his album James Bond's Greatest Hits (1973) is highly enjoyable ... except for the excruciating take on Live and Let Die ... but I've other James Bond Theme covers I'd take in precedence to his, e.g. Si Zentner (1964), Frank Chacksfield (1968), Geoff Love (1975) and, of course, Roland Shaw [1964)
But, John Barry's own 1962 EMI recording takes top slot ... followed by his 1965/6 Columbia/CBS recording (which is where we came in).
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... The FRWL appears to be from this album:
https://www.discogs.com/John-Barry-The-Film-Music-Of-John-Barry/release/7848445
Yes, that's the Columbia/CBS recording from 1966 (or maybe 1965). An excellent variation on the OST version (not that the OST version was from the film score ... that particular version is better represented by one of Barry's 1963 recordings (on the Ember label)
As for Pourcel, and covers in general, it depends. Some of his recordings are fine, others are not so. There's room for scrupulous recreations (Tadlow), particularly of scores that are lost or stuck with poor audio quality, and then there's room for different takes and ideas (Geoff Love, Pourcel, The Joe Bloggs Funky Five Play The Hits Of Gerard Schurmann).
I have numerous re-recordings/cover versions of many film themes and have a large number of Franck Pourcel tracks ... his album James Bond's Greatest Hits (1973) is highly enjoyable ... except for the excruciating take on Live and Let Die ... but I've other James Bond Theme covers I'd take in precedence to his, e.g. Si Zentner (1964), Frank Chacksfield (1968), Geoff Love (1975) and, of course, Roland Shaw [1964)
But, John Barry's own 1962 EMI recording takes top slot ... followed by his 1965/6 Columbia/CBS recording (which is where we came in).
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Barry provided a wide range of variations on the James Bond theme during the 1962 to 1985 period - and each one worked perfectly for the movie it was written for. The ultimate versions for me are the 45rpm version and the LP/film version.
The same goes for FRWL: the best one is the LP version - followed by the film version (if that one would be available in acceptable audio quality).
I own a broad range of 007 cover albums (and some of them are quite nice), but I consider the originals to be the ultimate versions.
Maybe I'm a purist, but the same goes even for scores where the original exists only in scratchy sound: re-recordings or covers versions are merely an alternative (or replacement) for the original recording. Notable exceptions are the 1950s/1960s recordings by the likes of Sinatra, Ella, Mel Tormé, Sassy, Doris Day, et al. of 1920s to 1940s standard repertory.
I quite enjoy the cover versions of "Un homme et une femme" by artists like Henry Mancini, Mireille Mathieu, Matt Monro or Walter Wanderley, but Francis Lai's version remains the reference.
Just as I was typing, I was thinking perhaps of a sole exception: Henry Mancini's arrangement of "Z" 
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Apr 11, 2021 - 6:01 AM
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MusicMad
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I have it on this album
https://www.discogs.com/release/1898098-Theme-From-The-Persuaders!/images
Here is some tracks that i think are not just very different but better than the actual scores :
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5- FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (John Barry made this version in 1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELqVLc9ox8...
Yes, that's one of its many releases!
That particular album was released to capitalise on the popularity of the title track's hit record (UK top 20) but the other eleven tracks, including From Russia With Love, had been available for two or more years, appearing on John Barry's earlier LPs released on the same label (i.e. Great Movie Sounds of John Barry, John Barry Conducts His Greatest Movie Hits and Ready When You Are, J.B., except for the two themes from the TV programme Vendetta - I believe these had been available only of 45rpm release at that time.
Since then, many, but not all, of his recordings for the Columbia/CBS label have appeared on numerous compilations (both vinyl and CD) ... many of which I've bought these last near 50 years!
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Is NO NAME a better 'cover' version than the original NUMBER 6? 
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