Sunday, February 11, 2007

There's Music In The Air!

For those of you who think the only way to serve a martini is at 30,000 feet, here's a collection of lounge faves to listen to as you sip amongst the clouds.
This collection is from the Qantas in-flight library circa 1973. Cruise to the sounds of the Harry Roche Constellation, the John Keating Orchestra, Ron Goodwin, Pepe Jaramillo, and other luminaries of the genre.

As The liner notes say: "Music to relax by, music to tap your feet by. Music to match your mood and serve as a memory of your flight on the Qantas 747B. So take to the clouds and distant places. Switch on your record [mp3] player and switch off the everyday hum drum of the world. Take off with the sounds of the 747B and Qantas."

And don't forget that martini.


p.s. Despite the Mr Snookles quality vinyl restoration process, the first minute of so of track one has a hint of distortion as the record has been played so often the grooves have become worn. Back in those days, styli were much heavier than today, and repeated playing could cause damage. After the first minute the vinyl comes good, and the quality thereafter is first-class (and is there any other way to fly?)

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6 comments:

Blog-a-roonie said...

Thanks for this one. Love it.
Got any more like this?

Blog-a-roonie said...

Second attempt...!!!

Like this a lot. Thanks.

Got any more like this one?

Anonymous said...

when i was very small i flew to mallorca with quantas, the pilot seemed to be drunk when we landed, it was awful. at least the sound was good heheheh.

Licorice Pizza said...

Nice and easy just like I like my landings. Thanks, LP

Chris said...

Very cool indeed! Always suspected that something like this existed, but have never found anything. It is very similar to one of my recent compilations. If you like this sort of stuff, check out "Space Age Lounge Volume 3 - Love at First Flight" on my site. Thanks for sharing this album! Now, all we need is TWA's and Pan AM's flight music.

http://blog.thirdphaze.com/2006/11/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at.php

Anonymous said...

Very tasteful release! Especially the latin organ version of Aquarius, loved it.

Thank you