Nancy Sinatra was strangely a strong influence among female Asian singers in the 60's. Quite a few singers here covered her songs, as you would have discovered on that ever-popular "Girls in the Garage Oriental Special". This is Lara Tan (backed by The Trailers) with her version of the James Bond theme "You Only Live Twice". Incidentally, The Trailers also recorded an instrumental version of this same song. All I know about Lara is that she is Singaporean, and her records are extremely rare today. I still haven't seen a single one!
Lara & The Trailers - You Only Live Twice
More Lara record covers online, here.
6 comments:
Nice version,thanks for sharing! :)
Wow thanks!!!!
Has a nice charm about it to my European ears.
I know ya ain't got any, but any one got more of Katherine and the Firebyrds?
Very distinctive.. Lara's version sounds fast, yet slow at the same time. How is that even possible?
Thanx! :-)
Yeah I've never noticed that before! Lara sounds so hypnotising and I guess that makes it seem "slower", even though the instrumental background is fast. I think it's a cha-cha beat. =)
Fantastic, eery version.
I have a couple of skips at the beginning. Is this a download error, or is your copy like this as well?
Thanks for posting all these great songs - lots I've never heard (of) before.
-b
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