Sleeping Beauty [Remastered] - Original Soundtrack

Advantages: Every one can sing along
Disadvantages: Chitty Bang Bang Repeated 5 Times

...Got this one fairly cheaply at HMV for £8.99 recently. With Sixteen tracks on this Compact Disc sung by the original artists from the film including Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lional Jefferies,Gert Frobe, Anna Quayle, this makes an excellent additional purchase to the film, if you haven't got time to watch the film again. With timeless classics including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain (Twice), Chitty Bang Bang (5 times) think that might be a bit of over kill and it does get a bit tedious towards the end of the compact Disc when it is played twice in sucsession, Me ole Bamboo, (which is my personal favourite), Truly Scrumptious (which by the way is Sung on a nudist beach in the South of France, near San Tropez !, which I have visited but kept my clothes on !!) I put this one on for my 3 year old daughter when it is time... Read review

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Advantages: Remixed, Remastered and Extended
Disadvantages: Import only at present

...When 'Diamonds' first appeared as a soundtrack album it was a threadbare affair, rushed into release before John Barry had even completed the score. In their bid to capitalise on the pre-release frenzy of Connery's return to the 007 fold, the marketing bods at United Artists did Mr Barry a great disservice and we were landed with an album bereft of some great cues and themes. Instead, the original release largely featured background music composed for Bonds exploits in the Las Vegas Casinos. More than 30 years on, EMI Capitol are setting the record straight with a remixed, remastered and extended release of the 'Diamonds' score. What's more, much like the DVD release, we get deleted and unused cues too. The album runs to 21 tracks and to around 70 minutes, with every track getting the full treatment. While the track names remain... Read review

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Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...for the film “Chistiane F.” catalogue number 7243 5 33093 on the EMI label, RCA originally released this soundtrack in 1981, the EMI version of the soundtrack was re-issued in 2001. To get the 7” version in English check out “The Best of Bowie” issued in 2002 on the EMI label catalogue number 7243 5 39821 2 6, I have seen this in shops like W H Smith’s for as little as £5.99 which isn’t bad for a double album containing 39 tracks. The German 7” version which has unfortunately been given a 1989 re-mix is now available on the “Sound and Vision” 4 CD box-set catalogue number 24359 45112 small piece of trivia here a version of the same box set came out in the States in 1989 on the Rykodisc label catalogue number RCD 90120/21/22 on the American pressing of the set the track appeared... Read review

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