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In a press release Lalaland Records announce: "We will be releasing John Barry's mostly unused score to the 1977 Romantic Drama FIRST LOVE, starring William Katt and Susan Dey. This is a gorgeous Barry score in the great style of his 1970's period.

A more detailed press release for all these titles will be forth-coming."

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The guitar used to create the most famous film theme in the world, The James Bond Theme, is to be auctioned on 16th December. The Clifford Essex Paragon De Luxe, manufactured around 1939, was purchased by its current owner, guitarist Vic Flick, in 1958.

Originally an acoustic instrument, it was later converted to an electric guitar on being fitted with a DeArmond pick-up, and was frequently used by Flick on his recordings with The John Barry Seven & Orchestra.

Flick used it in June and July of 1962 when the two original recordings of The James Bond Theme were made. The first of these was recorded at CTS Studios, Bayswater, London, and could be heard as the opening theme and throughout the very first Bond film, Dr. No, and the second at Abbey Road Studios, London, for a commercial release on EMI's Columbia label. The latter recording became a big hit for The John Barry Seven & Orchestra.

Bidding in a range of $30,000 to $50,000 is suggested but this historic guitar could be sold for a great deal more.

Profiles in History - Drama, Action, Romance: The Hollywood Auction, takes place on 15th & 16th December in California. On-line bidding is encouraged, see http://www.profilesinhistory.com/buyers/bid-online/ for more details.

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The Omnibus documentary "John Barry-Licence to Thrill" will be repeated on BBC 4, 8.10pm and 11.30pm on December 14.

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Hello,

At Classic FM we're huge fans of film music, John Barry and in particular the sound and style of the iconic James Bond soundtracks. Great film music paints a scene and creates suspense in an unique and stylish way – and when it comes to Bond composers, especially John Barry, well, nobody does it better.

We've got a couple great, exclusive pieces about James Bond music…

On Friday we interviewed Skyfall Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman and Bond music great David Arnold. You can listen again to the interview here: http://www.classicfm.com/ composers/newman/news/ james-bond-celebration-music-00 7/

We've also created this stunning infographic showing 50 years of music for 007: http://promo.classicfm.co.uk/ misc/infographics/bond/ embed.html

We'd be delighted if you would share these with your fans and followers. 

Best regards,
Kyle Macdonald
Community Manager

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"Brighton Rock" 2004 newpaper (pre)reviews added - doesn't time fly...

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Best and worst James Bond themes named in new chart
"A new chart has listed all of the signature songs from each of the 22 films in order of popularity, based on the numbers of plays they have had on television, radio and the internet... ... in the fifteen years covered by the data."
The Telegraph.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Celebrates Bond
Moderated byJon Burlingame, author of The Music of James Bond

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Happy James Bond 50th anniversary to EON Productions! 

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Mark Morton's round-table interview involving a host of today's film, television, and video game composers. Throughout the piece, the panel have nothing but amazing things to say about John Barry and his work.

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King Kong: deluxe edition, Composed by John Barry, $24.95 (2 CD), Ships October 2nd!