{"product_id":"various-motorway-city-the-golden-age-of-car-travel-1966-19982-2-lp-import","title":"Various - Motorway City: The Golden Age of Car Travel 1966-1982 - 2 LP import","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Various | Label: Ace |  Format: 2xLP |  Genre: Library | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Mint | Jacket: Sealed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr noshade size=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVarious\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMotorway City: The Golden Age of Car Travel 1966-1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAce XXQLP2 176 - import 2 LP compilation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     MOTORWAY CITY is a superb, driving-based collection of library music. The tracks on this album were all written between the mid-60s and the early 80s to hymn car travel, back when the petrol-operated motor car was seen as the transport mode of the future, when motorways were new and thrilling. It was car travel’s golden age.\u003cbr\u003e     The tracks are highly collectable rarities from the libraries of De Wolfe, Chappell and Hudson. It has been compiled by Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne who has also written the informative sleevenotes. It stretches from mod movers to proto-ambient, something for every car journey.\u003cbr\u003e      Library music soundtracked the many short films that extolled the virtues of TopTray restaurant at Watford Gap or the comfortable leather seats in an Alpine Sunbeam. These tunes illuminated the joys of motor travel, and were given titles such as ‘Fast Lane’, ‘Super City’ and ‘Clearway’.\u003cbr\u003e      Many of these tracks seem time specific. The sun peeks over the horizon for Basil Kirchin’s ‘Through New Territory’; Reg Tilsley’s ‘Hold The Road’ is so bright at midday that you’ll need to wear shades to stop the sun getting in your eyes; John Fiddy’s ‘City Skyline’ has to be seen (and heard) at dusk.\u003cbr\u003e     Ex-Soft Machine Karl Jenkins provides the tense ‘Wheeling’, and Peter Reno’s thunderous ‘Convoy’ shifts the mood up a gear. Maybe you should risk nudging the speed up, 80-plus, to the soundtrack of Alan Hawkshaw’s ‘Fuel Injection’ or Simon Park’s mellow-but-dynamic ‘Big Road’.\u003cbr\u003e     Beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve, MOTORWAY CITY could be the soundtrack to your summer holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n     Track Listings\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWire Wheels - International Studio Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn The Move - Johnny Hawksworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotorway - Cliff Johns\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough New Territory - Basil Kirchin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuper-Travel - James Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDriving Force - Herbert Chappell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTown Beat - Jack Trombey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHold The Road - Reg Tilsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eConvoy - Peter Reno\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotordown - John Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoul City Drive - Soul City Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Road - Simon Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheeling - Karl Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNevada Junction - Steve Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHighway Song - The Cool\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilver Thrust - Peter Reno\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLorry Load - Frank McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFast Lane - Mike Gillingham \u0026amp; Roy Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalk the White Line - Peter Reno, Reg Tilsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFuel Injection - Alan Hawkshaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuper City - John Fiddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake a Break - Reg Tilsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eClearway - Frank Ricotti\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoft Throttle - Alan Hawkshaw\u003cbr\u003eNight Moves - Patchwork\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCity Skyline - John Fiddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFreeway - Roger Webb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHometown - Alan Parker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSEALED\u003c\/b\u003e NEW import 2 LP compilation \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ace \/ Steve Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49255941341435,"sku":null,"price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/4553\/files\/MotorwayCity-TheGoldenAgeofCarTravel1966-1982LPback.png?v=1788320642","url":"https:\/\/orbitrecords.com\/products\/various-motorway-city-the-golden-age-of-car-travel-1966-19982-2-lp-import","provider":"Orbit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}