PRE-ORDER: V/A "Motorway City: The Golden Age Of Car Travel 1966-82" 2xLP (Import)
PRE-ORDER: V/A "Motorway City: The Golden Age Of Car Travel 1966-82" 2xLP (Import)
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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around AUGUST 7th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items.
UK Import.
"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. 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. 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'. 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. 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'.Beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve, "Motorway City" could be the soundtrack to your summer holiday.
Track List:
- Disc 1 -
1 Wire Wheels - International Studio Orchestra
2 On the Move - Johnny Hawksworth
3 Motorway - Cliff Johns
4 Through New Territory - Basil Kirchin
5 Super-Travel - James Clark
6 Driving Force - Herbert Chappell
7 Town Beat - Jack Trombey
8 Hold the Road - Reg Tilsley
9 Convoy - Peter Reno
10 Motordown - John Scott
11 Soul City Drive - Soul City Orchestra
12 Big Road - Simon Park
13 Wheeling - Karl Jenkins
14 Nevada Junction - Steve Gray
- Disc 2 -
1 Highway Song - the Cool
2 Silver Thrust - Peter Reno
3 Lorry Load - Frank McDonald
4 Fast Lane - Mike Gillingham & Roy Stone
5 Walk the White Line - Peter Reno, Reg Tilsley
6 Fuel Injection - Alan Hawkshaw
7 Super City - John Fiddy
8 Take a Break - Reg Tilsley
9 Clearway - Frank Ricotti
10 Soft Throttle - Alan Hawkshaw
11 Night Moves - Patchwork
12 City Skyline - John Fiddy
13 Freeway - Roger Webb
14 Hometown - Alan Parker
street date 8/7/2026
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