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Sorry the audio test has been removed. It was only posted at the beginning of this week!

Captives Of The Heart (Dionne Warwick)- audio test Just 1.25 but a gorgeous version

Giianddon wrote: I sadly have to note zero response to Dionne Warwick's birthday (and 50th anniversary in song) on this site apart from Ron Hertel and myself. ---------------------- Why would anyone post birthday wishes to Dionne Warwick on a Burt Bacharach discussion group when she has an excellent...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... album.html

19th October interview with Dionne from UK daily The Mail

Interesting.
I'll only add at this point that the Dionne version was clearly meant for the opening credits. It fits and runs for 3.06. The Bassey version is shorter at 2.28. Too short for the opening credits but probably suitable for the end credits.

The sequence of events regarding Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Source The Music Of James Bond by Jon Burlingame (Oxford University Press) 1. John Barry (music) and Leslie Bricusse(lyrics) compose a song Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for the opening titles of the 4th Bond film ,Thunderball 2.Early Autumn 1965...

Dionne Warwick arranged and produced "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for the 1965 film Thunderball...in what John Barry called one of the most interesting arrangements of the tune he had ever heard. Warwick's recording of Kiss Bang was removed from the film at the last minute and replaced with ...

And the greatest Bond theme that never was. Dionne's stunning "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which the stupid producers cut from "Thunderball" because it was considered too suggestive. Not true. Dionne's version of Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was dropped because at the last minute, th...

I wasn't expecting much from this. I'm not a great fan of much of Dionne's recent work and the voice is, as others have said, inevitably much diminished. However, I really like the samples great songs beautifully sung. I'll be ordering this CD for sure. Nice to have Dionne deliver a strong album aga...

Absolutely gorgeous song and performance.

Obituary from UK daily 'The Telegraph'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... David.html

I'm very sorry to hear this news. One of the very best lyric writers and so many great songs with Burt Bacharach and others.

Hal has gone but his work will live on.

May he Rest In Peace.

Peter Greenhill

Have just set my dvd recorder!!!

Fabulous release. Great to hear the complete score. Didn't cause too much excitment here though.
Quartet are a classy Spanish soundtrack label.
It sold out anyway!

"Let The Love Come Through" is a Bacharach/David song which uses a melody from the Casino Royale score. Whether the song was written specifically for the movie but rejected or lyrics were added later, I don't know. Only recording is by The Roland Shaw Orchestra on one of their Bond music a...