Records issued by/ sponsored by Airlines

**d7bohs** · 25-06-2012, 06:22 PM

The Mulatu got me thinking....

I have this sponsored by Brazilian Arlines

And this by Trinidad and Tobago Regional Airlines

Any more interesting ones?

**mr sayers** · 25-06-2012, 07:33 PM

Escale Party : Air France

Which features this amongst other things -

Various - Airport Zürich Black Out

Which features a great funky Lyn Colins cover - 'Skorpyons Of Jamaica - Think About It'

Skorpyons Of Jamaica – Think About It

**effi_deep** · 25-06-2012, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by mr sayers

Various - Airport Zürich Black Out

Which features a great funky Lyn Colins cover - 'Skorpyons Of Jamaica - Think About It'

Skorpyons Of Jamaica – Think About It

"blackout" was a club at the airport zurich in the 70s. so not sure if it really was issued/sponsored by the airport. should check.
nice oddity nonetheless. didn't know this lp was known outside switzerland...

**effi_deep** · 25-06-2012, 08:25 PM

i should finally listen to that escale party lp.
bought it a couple of years ago and filed it and don't think i've ever put it on my turntable

**mr sayers** · 25-06-2012, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by effi_deep

"blackout" was a club at the airport zurich in the 70s. so not sure if it really was issued/sponsored by the airport. should check.
nice oddity nonetheless. didn't know this lp was known outside switzerland...

Well I know it so I guess it's fairly well known, I should try and dig it out see if they issued/sponsored it, there's money behind it from somewhere as it's a nice package what with the press foto's and stuff!

*EDIT* BTW Sevi mate it was featured on the James Brown covers comp a few year ago.

**mr sayers** · 25-06-2012, 08:36 PM

[QUOTE=effi_deep;490613]i should finally listen to that escale party lp.
bought it a couple of years ago and filed it and don't think i've ever put it on my turntable

[/QUOTE

I'm still on the hunt as Ive never seen a copy cheap at Utrecht!

**Tinhat Toyboy** · 25-06-2012, 08:58 PM

**Lord Thames** · 25-06-2012, 09:32 PM

Composed by John Shakespeare for a BEA advertising campaign, and allegedly arranged by Quincy Jones, though I'd be surprised if Quince was even in the same country when this was made. Kenny Clare on drums, too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_soi-j6a6E

**LDJB** · 25-06-2012, 09:52 PM

quite a few reggae ones especially on the Dynamic Sounds label - ill dig some out later.

**Plainstone** · 26-06-2012, 12:38 AM

Air Zaire have their logo on a number of rumba/soukous LPs.

photos to come ...

**Mescal** · 26-06-2012, 06:42 AM

Pim Jacobs - Come fly with me.

There's a KLM airplane on the cover

**wrongtom** · 26-06-2012, 09:49 AM

this kind of thing's very popular with calypso and soca.

aside that this is a great one, if only for the version of Fever...

**Col Wolfe** · 26-06-2012, 10:09 AM

A plane full of Argentine hipsters

**babycart** · 26-06-2012, 10:12 AM

More Varig. This one's polite trio bossa standards, but the package is great - pic disc, gatefold, photos of guys fixing engines.

That one won't be flying anywhere when you can find it for a tenner elsewhere, though. .

**emperor tomato ketchup** · 26-06-2012, 10:28 AM

Just got one from the postie yesterday by Tomorrow's Children. Reggae/rocksteady with some psychy elements. Issued by London in association with Pan Am.

**Mang** · 26-06-2012, 01:04 PM

Concorde. Not sure if this one was officially sanctioned, but it's great nonetheless.

**gogo** · 28-06-2012, 09:12 AM

Balkan Airlines - I know 3 of them.
http://serendipityproject.wordpress....kanton-c-1980/

**babycart** · 28-06-2012, 09:35 AM

Were these handed out in-flight to jetsetters, given away as promos at travel fairs or sold in shops?
I read somewhere that the Varig ones were freebies for travellers.

**medlar** · 28-06-2012, 01:37 PM

Les Wanyika, looking very natty

http://acbia.wordpress.com/2012/05/2...olydor-pol513/

Good looking blog too, probably up Babycart's street

**Parkz** · 03-07-2012, 11:55 PM

Airlines, ha yesterdays news

This one was released with supported from DLR (The German Space Agency or something along those lines):

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Lets-...elease/3388405

**Diskos** · 03-09-2012, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by d7bohs

The Mulatu got me thinking....

I have this sponsored by Brazilian Arlines

And this by Trinidad and Tobago Regional Airlines

Any more interesting ones?

What was the first one?

**d7bohs** · 03-09-2012, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Diskos

What was the first one?

This lad

**Head Gardener** · 03-09-2012, 04:03 PM

MADY MESPLE & DANIELLE MILLER : Flower Duet

This was used to advertise British Airways and it was also used to great
effect in David Bowie’s middling vampire movie The Hunger in 1983.

John & Joan Shakespeare : Number One Theme

This tune was specially composed by the husband and wife duo as a commercial
for long defunct BEA Airways. The B side Fade Out was the title music for the
Stanley Baker film of the same name and both sides were arranged by Quincy Jones.
Decca ~ 1969
.

**Boi Bach o Bethel** · 05-09-2012, 06:40 PM

Pan Am sued Silver apples and Kapp Records for using their plane on the cover of Contact. Does that count?

**babycart** · 06-09-2012, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by medlar

Les Wanyika, looking very natty

http://acbia.wordpress.com/2012/05/2...olydor-pol513/

Good looking blog too, probably up Babycart's street

Yeah, suppose it might be if the cunt didn't still owe me 30 quid and a bunch of records.

**medlar** · 06-09-2012, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by babycart

Yeah, suppose it might be if the cunt didn't still owe me 30 quid and a bunch of records.

Arse!

**JGBollard** · 06-09-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Boi Bach o Bethel

Pan Am sued Silver apples and Kapp Records for using their plane on the cover of Contact. Does that count?

My understanding is that the band got permission from Pan Am to shoot the photo for the front cover on the provision that the airline got a "thank you" credit on the finished LP (which they did)

Unfortunately no one at Kapp Records saw fit to tell Pan Am about the planned rear cover of the band sat among the apparent wreckage from a plan crash, and upon seeing the finished item Pan Am took umbrage and threatened to sue the label for defamation or some such.

Talking of Pan Am, I found this a few weeks ago but didn't buy it as the LP had a big chunk missing out of it.

**Col Wolfe** · 06-09-2012, 08:36 PM

**pitch** · 06-09-2012, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by Tinhat Toyboy

Two LPs - similar names - This one which includes above track - and this one (which I prefer)

... and this one - which I love:

**giantchicken** · 11-09-2012, 11:05 PM

I own a copy of this rather so-so record -

which was issued to promote BOAC's 'Polaroute' over the North Pole direct from London to Tokyo and on to Osaka.

Staying on a Japanese theme, my favourite airline related records must be this brace from Yoshinori Sunahara

and

both released in the late nineties. Both heavily reflect Sunahara's well-known obsession with planes and airports and sample widely from the airline record idiom. A collector of airline memorabilia, he allegedly spent bucketloads when Pan-Am had a big clearout auction around that time.