Various Artists (Saint Etienne) - Motorway City: The Golden Age Of Car Travel Various Artists (Saint Etienne)

We all could use a little 1960s utopianism at this time. Here’s an incredible new library music compilation by Bob Stanley

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.All 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. 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’. 

Fun Fun Fun On The Autobahm = Hey Hey Hey On The Motorway. Beautifully packaged, Monorail Exclusive edition with a signed postcard.