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The original album was ALL John Barry material.
I think the criticism you had in mind is that, like the Henry Mancini albums on RCA, it over-emphasised the source music and lounge tracks over the dramatic score.
That said, I love the original LP configuration. I've been able to love it more since the complete score** came out.
(** Yes, yes, I know it's missing the 5-second sting at the end of the Willard Whyte fake phone call sequence.)
I'm stil hopeful that this, alongside Thunderball, YOLT, and OHMSS, get done again, this time fully complete, with shorter tracks rather than long suites, in film sequence, and also presenting the original LP programs.
Such a presentation would be redundant for Goldfinger and Moonraker, but not for those scores.
To your question, "Can I recreate the original LP with Audacity edits?"
I think the answer is yes, except you might find it difficult to remove the added bars on the song, because they blend in.
But you might be as well to buy the original CD release of the LP program for $4 on eBay.
I don't have the timings to hand, but if no one replies before I have a chance to compile an answer, I will.
Cheers
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By the way, just for fun, I created my own 40-miniute playlist, with book-ended A and B sides to create an album experience, but one that is a more exciting presentation of the score. I'm rather fond of it. I'll dig the playlist out.
Cheers
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This, by the way, is how to sequence the originally intended LP, thanks to a post by AGM back in 2021:
Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 11:43 AM
By: AJM
Here is the original planned sequence for the Diamonds Are Forever LP based on the notes Lukas Kendall provided in a back issue of FSM.
Side A:
1. Diamonds Are Forever - Main Title (Single Version) [1M4]
2. Elevator Fight - Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd [3M2+2M1]
3. The Whyte House [4M3]
4. Moon Buggy Chase (Original) - Roof of the Whyte House [6M3+7M2]
5. Tiffany Case [2M5]
6. Death At the Whyte House [8M1]
7. Circus, Circus [5M2]
Side B:
1. Diamonds Are Forever (Bond and Tiffany) [12M3]
2. Bond Smells a Rat [8M2+8M3]
3. Q's Trick [9M4]
4. Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper (Revised) [9M2A]
5. Airport Source [3M4]
6. 007 and Counting [10M1]
7. To Hell With Blofeld [12M1]
(Again, you will probably need to split the 2003 CD tracks into their individual slates.)
Cheers
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This was my 'fantasy' album:
I set myself a challenge of creating the BEST program of Diamonds music I could, according to the following rules. It was a fun game.
1. The title song must lead.
2. It must be designed as a Side 1, Side 2 program.
3. The sides must be of similar length.
4. It must include a broad range of music and not just focus on action music.
5. It must include at least one lounge instrumental of the theme.
6. The program must not exceed 40 minutes.
What I came up with was this, and I'm really happy with it. I think it plays really well.
Side 1
Diamonds Are Forever (2:52)
Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd (2:31)
Elevator Fight (1:06)
Circus, Circus (2:50)
Moon Buggy Ride—Lean Over! (3:19)
Plenty and Tiffany (2:06)
Diamonds Are Forever—Source Instrumental (3:45)
Side 2
James Bond is Back—Manhunt! (3:11)
007 And Counting (3:31)
Bambi And Thumper—Penthouse Fight! (3:09)
Q's Trick (2:26)
Tiffany Runs For It—Following Metz (2:54)
To Hell With Blofeld (1:38)
Bond and Tiffany—Fight on the QE2 (3:39)
Side 1 length: 18:29
Side 2 length: 20:28
Total album length: 38:57
To create this, you'll probably need track numbers and cropping instructions although you could probably figure it out for yourself.
Cheers
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And this is what the 2003 CD looks like when split as much as possible into individual slates:
(Some can't be split due to cross-fades.)
1. Gunbarrel and Manhunt (1M1/1M2) (2:21)
2. Fight in Blofeld's Lair (1M3) (0:51)
3. Diamonds Are Forever (1M4) (2:52)
4. Mr Wint and Mr Kidd (1M5/2M1) (2:31)
5. Wint and Kidd to Mrs Whistler (2M2) (2:31)
6. Bond to Holland (2M3) (1:33)
7. Diamonds Are Forever (Source) (2M4) (3:45)
8. Tiffany Case (2M5) (3:46)
9. Sting—Franks Has Escaped! (3MX) (0:03)
10. Peter Franks (3M1) (0:51)
11. Elevator Fight (3M2) (1:06)
12. Diamond Chandelier (3M3) (1:00)
13 Airport Source (3M4) (2:17)
14. On the Road (3M5) (0:44)
15. Slumber Inc. (1) (3M6) (0:35)
16. Slumber Inc. (2) (3M7) (0:38)
17. Slumber Inc. (3) (4M1) (1:11)
18. Hotel Muzak (4M2) (0:38)
19. The Whyte House (4M3) (2:21)
20. Plenty (4M5) (0:39)
21. Romance with Tiffany (4M6) (1:27)
22. Bond and Tiffany Plan (5M1) (0:22)
23. Circus, Circus (5M2) (2:50)
24. Dixieland Source (5M2A) (3:27)
25. Zambora Source (5M3) (0:32)
26. Tiffany Runs For It (5M4) (1:14)
27. Airport Locker (5M5) (0:29)
28. Following The Diamonds (6M1) (2:22)
29. Bond Steals the Moon Buggy (6M2) (0:59)
30. Moon Buggy Chase (Original) (6M3) (2:00)
31. Moon Buddy Chase (Revised) (6M3A) (1:58)
32. Lean Over! (7M1) (1:21)
33. Mountaineering Outside the Whyte House (7M2) (1:10)
34. Death At The Whyte House (8M1) (3:45)
35. Bond Buried Underground (8M2) (0:34)
36. Bond Smells a Rat (8M3) (1:19)
37. Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper (Original) (9M2) (2:06)
38. Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper (Revised) (9M2A) (2:05)
39. Pool Fight (9M3) (1:05)
40. Q's Trick (9M4) (2:26)
41. 007 and Counting (10M1) (3:31)
42. Oil Rig (10M2/10M3/11M1) (2:52)
43. To Hell With Blofeld (1) (11M2) (0:41)
44. To Hell With Blofeld (2) (12M1) (1:35)
45. Villains on the QE2 (12M2) (0:14)
46. Bond and Tiffany (12M3) (2:33)
47. Fight on the QE2 (12M4) (0:54)
Cheers
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I, too, love the original album, even with its missing music.
The two DAF instrumentals are great examples of Barry late-night jazz. as is the sublime "Tiffany Case," my favorite cue on the album.
That said, I'm glad to have it all.
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I knew the original EMI/Manhattan (Capitol) compact disc releases of Bond soundtracks, like many other new-to-CD reissues, were just the repurposed LP masters and avoided them.
In 2003, my patience paid off. If it weren't for this board, I would never have known the 2003 Capitol releases of Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever were incomplete.
Upcoming releases or no, I'm extremely pleased with all those albums now and enjoy them infinitely more because I waited until the time was just right to get them.
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...by the way, if you tack onto the beginning of the previous list From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, it's all the Bond Score anyone has ever or will ever need.
It's the highest quality stretch of Bond scoring and will never be equaled, unless some other scoring savant comes along and attaches themselves to EON Productions, and EON completely overhauls their approach and returns to making movies for dating couples, not for middle aged multiple-birth mothers.
You see the difference I'm getting at?
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And this is what the 2003 CD looks like when split as much as possible into individual slates:
(Some can't be split due to cross-fades.)
Cheers
where ? there are room in between to split - i only remember the monkey source cirkus music that could be hard to split but anything else turned out fine when I, back in the days, were editing the music on my minidisc
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Nov 5, 2024 - 6:06 PM
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Cameron007
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I'm stil hopeful that this, alongside Thunderball, YOLT, and OHMSS, get done again, this time fully complete, with shorter tracks rather than long suites, in film sequence, and also presenting the original LP programs.
Such a presentation would be redundant for Goldfinger and Moonraker, but not for those scores.
I hope for the same thing. Goldfinger may not have any combined-out-of-sequence tracks, but Moonraker does. "Bond Arrives in Rio & Boat Chase" and "Cable Car & Snake Fight" immediately come to mind.
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