John Barry: The Mono Years 1957 - 1962, 3CD Boxset

"If you think in terms of the sixties as a revolution in England, it was music-led. The Beatles led the rock 'n' roll and John Barry led the movie music." MICHAEL CAINE

"John's got this facility of writing a tune, a very simple tune and that's the most difficult one to write of all. The one that you think you must have heard somewhere before but you haven't and he's got the gift. It's quite hard to write a simple tune. It's quite easy to write a complicated one." GEORGE MARTIN

A three CD box set released in association with Geoff Leonard, biographer and world authority on the life and work of the great British film composer, John Barry.

The edition includes every single John Barry Seven A & B side published between 1957 and 1962 in true mono housed together under one roof for the very first time. A unique opportunity to listen to these seminal recordings as they were originally heard.

The first bona fide CD appearance of the “Stringbeat” LP in mono, together with various singles also making their mono debuts on CD.

A chronological audio history of the group combined with authoritative booklet notes and rare period photos/images.

The inclusion of impossible rarities, including the debut CD release of the original version of 'Three Little Fishes' plus many sought-after Chappell Music Library recordings.

A fascinating insight into John Barry's early work as a film composer, comprising as it does The James Bond Theme and his scores for Beat Girl, Never Let Go and The Amorous Prawn.

DISC ONE:
THE PARLOPHONE YEARS PLUS
1. ZIP ZIP
2. THREE LITTLE FISHES (ORIGINAL VERSION)
3. LET'S HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME (LIVE)
4. ROCK-A-BILLY BOOGIE (LIVE)
5. EVERY WHICH WAY (LIVE)
6. YOU'VE GOTTA WAY
7. THREE LITTLE FISHES (US VERSION)
8. EVERY WHICH WAY
9. BIG GUITAR
10. RODEO
11. PANCHO
12. HIDEAWAY
13. FARRAGO
14. BEE'S KNEES
15. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (LIVE)
16. PANCHO (LIVE)
17. LONG JOHN
18. SNAP 'N' WHISTLE
19. LITTLE JOHN
20. FOR PETE'S SAKE
21. BEES KNEES (LIVE)
22. LITTLE JOHN (LIVE)
23. REBEL ROUSER (LIVE)
24. MAD MAB (LIVE)
25. TWELFTH STREET RAG
26. CHRISTELLA
27. MOOD ONE
28. MOOD TWO
29. MOOD THREE
30. MOOD FOUR
31. SMOKY BLUES

DISC TWO:
THE COLUMBIA YEARS PLUS
1. HIT AND MISS
2. ROCKIN' ALREADY
3. BEAT FOR BEATNIKS
4. BIG FELLA
5. BLUEBERRY HILL
6. NEVER LET GO
7. WALK DON'T RUN
8. I'M MOVIN' ON
9. SATURDAY'S CHILD
10. BLACK STOCKINGS
11. GET LOST JACK FROST
12. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
13. SKID ROW
14. A MATTER OF WHO
15. THE MENACE
16. SPINNEREE
17. ROCCO'S THEME
18. WATCH YOUR STEP
19. TWIST IT
20. CUTTY SARK
21. LOST PATROL
22. TEARS
23. THEME FROM 'THE ROMAN
SPRING OF MRS STONE’
24. THE JAMES BOND THEME
25. TIT WILLOW TWIST
26. THE BLACKSMITH BLUES
27. THE LOLLY THEME
28. MARCH OF THE MANDARINS

DISC THREE:
BEAT GIRL / STRINGBEAT
BEAT GIRL
1. BEAT GIRL
2. THE OFF BEAT
3. I DID WHAT YOU TOLD ME – Adam Faith
4. LONDON HOME ROCK
5. TIME OUT
6. THE SHARK
7. THE BEAT GIRL SONG – Adam Faith
8. THE CITY 2000 A.D
9. THE STRIPPER
10. THE CAVE/BEAT GIRL/KIDS STUFF
11. MADE YOU – Adam Faith
12. CAR CHASE/NIGHT CHASE
13. CHICKEN
14. BLUES FOR BEATNIKS
15. IT'S LEGAL – Shirley Anne Field
16. THE IMMEDIATE PLEASURE
17. BLONDIE'S STRIP
18. END SHOT/ SLAUGHTER IN SOHO/MAIN TITLE – BEAT GIRL

STRINGBEAT
19. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
20. SWEET TALK
21. MOODY RIVER
22. THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD BOY YET
23. A HANDFUL OF SONGS
24. LIKE WALTZ
25. RODEO
26. DONNA'S THEME
27. STARFIRE
28. BAUBLES BANGLES & BEADS
29. ZAPATA
30. RUM-DEE-DUM-DEE-DAH
31. SPANISH HARLEM
32. MAN FROM MADRID
33. THE CHALLENGE