There was a previous CD release of this a long time ago but with a lot less music and bits of dialogue from the movie scattered throughout as separate tracks.

This expanded version from Quartet Records should be a hugely welcome addition to anyone's John Barry collection.

It's esssentially a monothematic score but what a theme! It's in swinging 3/4 and, as first stated in the "Main Theme" cue, introduced with some pensive Bondish horns before taking off with Hammond organ at the helm.

The organ takes a back seat to the trumpet for "Here Comes Nancy Now!" with the theme surrounded by strings that recall Barry's Stringbeat years.

A very slow, sultry, suggestive, bluesy version puts the "strip" in "Photo Strip" while "Three on a Bed" lets the trumpet and strings stretch out on the theme.

"Blues and Out" is a slow traditional blues for solo organ at first, eventually adding bass, drums and strings.

Then we're back to the theme for "And How To Get It", this time with the organ soloing throughout and a wordless choir joining the ensemble.

An interesting variation of the theme, sort of a next-door neighbor, follows in "Something's Up", which adds a suspense mood to the organ combo plus horns and voice group.

Then high-pitched percussion instruments get to run through a crazy cartoon take on the theme in "Door and Bikes and Things", which switches to a moody 4/4 jazz trumpet section before returning to a laidback waltz time for another moody atmosphere that strongly suggests the theme without stating it, building in intensity with erotic overtones.

A second theme shows up for "Ecstasy!". It's also in 3/4, swings a little more gently, has a more button-down melody. It's still very nice.

Before returning to the main theme, played rather solemnly with elegant and dignified harp, there's a restrained and refined introduction to "End Title".

All of that is from the soundtrack album while the rest of the CD contains mono recordings of the original film soundtrack. You can hear some interesting variations in "Tolen's Bedroom/Try It On!/Colin's Bedroom" and "Carpentry Job".