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Vinyl L.P - United Artist - UA-LA100-G.
1973 - U.S.A.
George Martin, Paul McCartney & Wings, Monty Norman, BJ Arnau, Harold A. "Duke" DeJan / The Olympia Brass Band.
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Back cover.
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Inner gatefold.
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Labels.
Masters Of British Rock Vol. 1 · John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr · The Solo Years + Friends, Relatives & Special Guests
ReplyDeleteLive and Let Die is the soundtrack to the eighth James Bond film of the same name. It was scored by George Martin.
The title song was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings.
It was the first Bond film score not to involve John Barry.
Title song:
Having recorded McCartney's performance, Martin was taken aback when Saltzman asked him who he thought should sing the film's title song, suggesting to him Thelma Houston. Saltzman had envisaged a female soul singer. Martin said that it should be McCartney. He nonetheless scored a soul arrangement to accompany singer B. J. Arnau for a nightclub sequence in the film.
Live and Let Die was the first time that a rock music arrangement was used to open a Bond film. It was also the first time that McCartney and Martin had worked together since Abbey Road in 1969.
McCartney had been considered as title song composer for the previous Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. The song was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to "The Way We Were".
The ″Live and Let Die" single was a major success in the U.S. and UK and continues to be a highlight of McCartney's live shows.