Thanks so much for your comment. I also love the Charles Napiers’ version of “You Only Live Twice,” but you guys were the only ones I found who covered “From Russia With Love,” so that pretty much locked you in for that one. I’ll edit the post to point that out. If I remember correctly (because I’m too lazy to walk upstairs to check), this is the album that starts off with a pretty rocking cover of Secret Agent Man too, with the Blazing Saddles dialogue? I’ll actually just amend the post to point out to readers that they should pick up anything by the Charles Napiers that they see.

I’ve only heard two of the covers that you suggested (the James Taylor Quartet, and the Barry Adamson — he’s kind of an unclassifiable genre, like John Zorn who I think he worked with?), so I’ll try to track the rest down. I’d love to hear that version of Thunderball!

Also, a few other cracking covers of Bond Themes (not necessarily spy/surf covers but great all the same) are The Green Hornets’ James Bond Theme, The O’Haras’ On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, JTQ’s Goldfinger, The Scientists You Only Live Twice and The Adventures of Parsley’s Casino Royale. AoP also do Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice and The Bond Theme. Oh, and Barry Adamson’s 007 – A Fantasy Bond Theme is excellent too.