Diamonds Are Forever – Shirley Bassey (1971)

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An individual, limited edition, example of vinyl art made from a genuine, original, 45rpm, 7” single featuring the  single, Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey. The record was released in 1971, on the United Artists record label and has been reworked into the silhouette of a Classic Cut Diamond.

A great framed gift for a friend or family member who is a fan of 007 James Bond, The film ‘ Diamonds Are Forever’, Bond Girl ‘Plenty O’Toole’ (Lana Wood), Sean Connery, Bond theme tunes, or has a special memory linked to the song.

Presented in a black wooden box frame
Limited Edition of 100, signed and numbered by myself, the artist

Title: Diamonds Are Forever
Media Artist/s: Shirley Bassey
Record Label: United Artists
Medium: Mixed media, hand cut from an original 7″ vinyl single
Era: 1960s
Genre: Pop / Soundtrack

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Additional information about this, Shirley Bassey vinyl art.

Shirley Bassey – The Artist

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (Born 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, and is well known both for her powerful voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In 2000, Bassey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Shirley Bassey is considered one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the second half of the 20th century.

Diamonds Are Forever – The Song

‘Diamonds Are Forever’  is the title song from the James Bond film of the same name, with lyrics by Don Black, it was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after “Goldfinger”. It has since been sampled and performed by many artists.

The Cut Diamond – The Shape

Modelled into the simple silhouette of a Cut Diamond. A diamond cut is a style or design guide used when shaping a diamond for polishing such as the brilliant cut. Cut does not refer to shape (pear, oval), but the symmetry, proportioning and polish of a diamond. The cut of a diamond greatly affects a diamond’s brilliance; this means if it is cut poorly, it will be less luminous. In order to best use a diamond gemstone’s material properties, a number of different diamond cuts have been developed. A diamond cut constitutes a more or less symmetrical arrangement of facets, which together modify the shape and appearance of a diamond crystal. Diamond cutters must consider several factors, such as the shape and size of the crystal, when choosing a cut. The practical history of diamond cuts can be traced back to the Middle Ages, while their theoretical basis was not developed until the turn of the 20th century. Design, creation and innovation continue to the present day: new technology—notably laser cutting and computer-aided design—has enabled the development of cuts whose complexity, optical performance, and waste reduction were hitherto unthinkable.

Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film, the seventh in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, having declined to reprise the role in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). The film is based on Ian Fleming’s 1956 novel of the same name and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring and soon uncovering a plot by his old enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. Bond has to battle his enemy for one last time to stop the smuggling and stall Blofeld’s plan of destroying Washington, D.C. and extorting the world with nuclear supremacy.

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Weight 1030 g
Dimensions 25 × 4.5 × 25 cm
Artist Formation

Solo Artist

Decade

70's

Gender

Female

Nationality

Welsh

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