WARNING SHOT/ FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Just missing the deadline on this occasion are two superb debut releases, one of which includes Jerry Goldsmith’s excellent score (performed by Si Zentner) for Warning Shot (1967). Originally released on LP (LST 7498), Vocalion’s new CD (CDLK 4470) has smartly doubled up the release to include Si Zentner’s 1964 album From Russia With Love (originally released LP LST 7353). Warning Shot is a relatively short score, but as with the original album, it includes some great interpretations of Goldsmith favourites such as the Von Ryan march, The Prize, A Patch of Blue and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Warning Shot is a film that generally tends to slip under the radar. However, it’s a neat little thriller starring the ever reliable David Janssen and a host of other great character performers. Made in the 1967, it came to Janssen during the same year that his enormously successful TV series The Fugitive entered its final season. Goldsmith’s music plays perfectly as an accompaniment to this minor action thriller. The composer’s score in its original form has never been released on any format, but Zentner’s arrangement does a highly capable job of capturing the essence of Goldsmith’s composition. As always, Vocalion have dressed this release to replicate the original album, adapting the LP artwork to also incorporate Zentner’s From Russia with Love sleeve. From Russia with Love (as with Warning Shot) contains a straight remastered version of the album content. Its twelve tracks include a superb array of crime jazz themes from the day including Burkes Law, Mr Lucky, Dragnet, The Third Man, Peter Gunn, Charade and the aforementioned The Fugitive. Vocalion’s latest CD provides a cracking stereo mix and again proves that modern day collectors are only too eager in welcoming these charismatic crime jazz classics from the past. Keep ‘em coming!

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From Russia With Love
The original LP LST 7353 (1964) Stereo

The James Bond Theme (Norman)
Burke's Law (Gilbert)
Mr Lucky (Mancini)
Dragnet (Schumann)
The Third Man (Karas)
Peter Gunn (Mancini)
From Russia with Love (Bart)
M Squad (Basie)
Charade (Mancini; Mercer)
007 (Barry)
The Man with the Golden Arm (Bernstein; Fine)
The Fugitive (Rugolo)

Warning Shot
The original LP LST 7498 (1967) Stereo

Warning Shot (Goldsmith)*
The Gasser (Goldsmith)*
Messed Up (Goldsmith)*
Back to the Seascape (Goldsmith)*
Miss Alice (Goldsmith)*
Cornering the Suspect (Goldsmith)*
Von Ryan March (Goldsmith)
Mona Lisa (Livingston; Evans)*
The Prize (Goldsmith)
A Patch of Blue (Goldsmith; Wayne)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Goldsmith)

* Tracks from the Warning Shot soundtrack