Fascinating Facts and Trivia

The rights to The James Bond Theme went to court a few years ago and Vic Flick was determined that Monty Norman should be recognised as the composer.
The story goes that in persuit of evidence Flick had a go at recreating the tune and gathered together his Vox AC10 amplifier (although some sources say it's an AC15) and his Essex Paragon Deluxe electro-acoustic guitar that he used originally. Booking time in the original studio, Cine-Tele Sound in Wembley he brought along his friend to help with the engineering. His friend's a guy called Eric Clapton.
And the result? Well they couldn't recreate 'That Sound'.
Now they'll be those in the trade who maintain that with modern pro-modelling tools etc etc you can dial in the sound you want but I've never heard anyone really achieve it and the sig. is all about timbre, depth, warmth, attack and tone and I'm not surprised that it couldn't be done even under the best conditions.