VA / Soul Jazz Records Presents - STUDIO ONE 007 – Licenced to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes [2CD Expanded Edition]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SJRCD515
Barcode: 5026328105154
Release Date: 14 Jul 2023
Genre: Reggae Classics/Ska

 Soul Jazz Records release a new expanded version of ‘Studio One 007 - Licenced to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes’, originally only available as a long deleted 7” RSD box set.
 This new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 super rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire.
 Featuring The Skatalites, Lee Perry, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Roland Alphonso and The Soul  Brothers - rare and classic tracks from Jamaica’s no.1 record label, Studio One.
 Extensive sleevenotes discuss the connections between James Bond, Jamaica and Ska music. Jamaica was the setting for ‘Dr. No’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ and the recent ‘No Time to Die’, and the home for Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming. There is also an extended essay on The Skatalites and their post modern love and ska-ification of all styles of music, from classical music to TV themes, from detective movies to ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.
 Aside from the James Bond-related cuts, this album also
includes killer tracks from the secret agent 1969 spoof, ‘Our Man Flint’, the Clint Eastwood-starring Spaghetti Western, ‘Hang ‘Em High’, the Brazilian movie masterpiece, ‘Black Orpheus’, and more besides.
 The album is also available for the first time ever on CD and comes in double walled slipcase with 28-page outsized booklet.
 The vinyl album is presented in superb gatefold sleeve, with full inner and house bag.
 Press - Reviews & features in Mojo, The Wire, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Pitchfork, Irish Times, The Observer, Clash, Vice, Metro, Record Collector, Uncut, Independent, Q.

Tracklisting
Jackie Mittoo and The Soul Brothers - James Bond
The Skatalites - Dick Tracy
The Soul Brothers - James Bond Girl
The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone
Roland Alphonso and The Studio One Orchestra - From Russia With Love
The Soul Brothers - Thunderball
Jackie Mittoo - Hang 'Em High
The Soul Brothers - Mr Kiss Kiss 
Bang Bang
The Soul Brothers - 007
Lee Perry and The Wailers - Pussy Galore
The Soul Brothers - Mr. Flint
The Skatalites - Ball Of Fire
The Soul Brothers - James Bond Danger Man
The Soul Brothers - Lawman
The Skatalites - Black Orpheus
The Skatalites - Exodus
The Skatalites - Dr. Kildare
The Soul Brothers - Fiddler On The Roof

More From This Artist: Jackie Mittoo Jackie Mittoo and The Soul Brothers Lee Perry and The Wailers Roland Alphonso and The Studio One Orchestra The Skatalites The Soul Brothers