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Apr 24th 2008 by Christopher

Advertising More airline retro goodness from a TWA commercial made in the early 1970s. Looks cheesy but still delicious in some odd way. ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Fly Eastern – With Bossa Legend Astrud Gilberto
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Fly Eastern – With Bossa Legend Astrud Gilberto

Mar 26th 2008 by Christopher

Music Here in Sweden we just skipped spring, summer and autumn and went directly back to winter again, so what could be better than taking a trip to the sun with glamourous Eastern Airlines? Here is a compilation with six one-minute vintage commercials with none other than Brazilian bossa legend Astrud Gilberto on vocals. The jingles were recorded in the late 1960s and styled in different variations and themes. Taken from a promotion 7″ record intended for their employees only, but now offered to the Ultra Swank readers as well. “The soaring spirit of the New Eastern…the lyrical beauty of an ( continue reading... )

Fly the Friendly Skies

Mar 19th 2008 by Christopher

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Advertising Remember what is was like before Southwest Airlines? Well, I don’t. But it looks all good to me. Here are two early 1970s ads from the Dallas based airline Southwest Airlines and Miami based National Airlines. Both rather sexist, created to attract the attention of male passengers using tightly fitted outfits on the stewardesses along with broadcast and print campaigns suggesting that you could “fly” ( read more... )

Space Age Lounge Volume 3 – Love at First Flight

Nov 25th 2006 by Christopher

Space Age Lounge Volume 3 – Love at First Flight
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Compilation As hinted in a previous post, here is my latest custom made compilation. The theme for this one is jet travel in the late 60s / early 70s – which basically means lots of delicious strings, brass and funky bass lines in every form. This is the kind of music you would listen to when jet-setting around the globe first class in a Boeing 747. ( read more... )