Thursday, May 24, 2012

Record #0002: Jackson / You Only Live Twice – NANCY SINATRA


Reprise 0595 (original), USA, 1967
Words & Music by:  Jackson – JerryLeiber and Billy Wheeler; You Only Live Twice – Leslie Bricusse and John Barry
Musicians: Nancy Sinatra (vocals), Lee Hazlewood (vocals in Jackson), the London Symphony (in You Only Live Twice), others unknown
Recording sessions: Jackson – Los Angeles (?), CA, 1967(?); You Only Live Twice – London, UK, 1967(?)
Highest chart positions: Jackson – US # 14, UK # 11; You Only Live Twice – US #44, UK #11

It must have been a challenge to decide which song to put on the A-side. The solution was to make this a “double A-sided” single meaning that both tracks were regarded as featured songs. You Only Live Twice being the theme song for the 007 film (starring Sean Connery) got a lot of attention worldwide, but kind of failed to climb up the US charts.

List price:  “Very Good+” is $10 and “Near Mint” is $20.

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