The World of James Bond Adventure was one of a quartet of Bond and spy related albums released by British arranger and conductor Roland Shaw from 1965 to 1971 on the Decca (U.K.)/London Phase 4 labels. Others included James Bond in Action, Themes for Secret Agents and World of Spy Thrillers.
Shaw's exciting arrangements were enhanced by the excellent technical quality of the recordings. Thirty-seven tracks from these four albums were released on a double-CD release James Bond in Action/Themes for Secret Agents in 2008. It's still available from several sources.
Below is a link to a sample track, Goldfinger, taken from a cassette version of the original World of James Bond Adventure album. If you like it, buy the CD.
Goldfinger
Fourteen of Roland Shaw's Bond recordings, including Goldfinger, are available for download in Europe, but not in the U.S. or Canada. These same 14 tracks were also issued in 1992 on a British CD Cinema Gala: James Bond 007.
This album is for sale in the Amazon Marketplace, but you're probably better off with the double-CD set mentioned earlier.
To finish here's Roland Shaw's version of Casino Royale, from YouTube.
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