Ford Leads the way.

[generally01]

Digging through some of my Dads old records I came across this single released by Ford to promote their range of cars.

The single has a publish date of 1968 on the disc and a pull out leaflet showing the range of cars available.

This is the front cover;

Ford leads the way by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

This is the back;

Ford leads the way by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

The inside artwork;

Ford leads the way by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

And the disc seems to have a Taunus on it;

Ford leads the way by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

And now the bit you will have been waiting for. What does it sound like?



Dave

[fred]

Blimey
I'm thinking thats quite the collectable!!

[stuartp]

groovy!

I love that gearstick logo - might have to put that on a t-shirt or a sticker

[wagoneer]

Oh superb! So simple and of it's time when the message was instant. No subliminal messaging there. Reminds me of the promotional Denis Norden narrated floppy acetate I've got about AEG washing machines.....

I'm with stuartp on the logo thing too. Wonder what the copyright issues are there?

[hamps]

Awesome

[Seth]

What's the B side sound like?!

[generally01]

May 30, 2013 12:50:54 GMT Seth said:

What's the B side sound like?!

I don't know what I was thinking but I didnt record side 2 I will dig out the record player again when I get a chance.

[sheffieldcortinacentre]

they used it for a few years as its used in some early mk3 promo stuff.

[Brian Damaged]

I've heard the B-side, unfortunately it's got naff-all in the way of automotive content, but for those of you still reading this it's a piece of typical late 60's 'blue-eyed soul' with all the trademarks of the era (stinging brass, fuzz-box guitar, looping picked bass runs, vaguely Northern Soul-esque beat etc etc), produced by Mark Wirtz of 'Excerpts From a Teenage Opera' fame.

Oh buggar....here it is, have a listen.


[/anorak]

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how the mighty have fallen. fords new tag line should be ford follows like sheep building curse word cars along the way

[sheffieldcortinacentre]

so true.

[BLU]

OP, that is so cool. Can't be many of those knocking around anymore!!

May 31, 2013 23:16:21 GMT nightmaresracing said:

how the mighty have fallen. fords new tag line should be ford follows like sheep building curse word cars along the way

I'm a huge Ford fan, but after buying a brand new Fiesta last year I sadly have to agree with your statement. The car is cr@p at best and the customer service (when things go wrong, frequently ) is even worse. Think I may have to put one of my MK2 Fiestas back on the road!!

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Jun 2, 2013 9:23:58 GMT BLU said:

OP, that is so cool. Can't be many of those knocking around anymore!!

May 31, 2013 23:16:21 GMT nightmaresracing said:

how the mighty have fallen. fords new tag line should be ford follows like sheep building curse word cars along the way

I'm a huge Ford fan, but after buying a brand new Fiesta last year I sadly have to agree with your statement. The car is cr@p at best and the customer service (when things go wrong, frequently ) is even worse. Think I may have to put one of my MK2 Fiestas back on the road!!

i came to the conclusion after many friends who have got new fords over the last few years had either had loads of trouble with them or just didn't like the way they were put together . we confirmed this last year when we hired a new focus for a holiday in Yorkshire i have driven some of the worst cheap Korean cars and they are better quality and better screwed together than the new fords everything about the focus was just plain nasty and as for its looks seriously what are ford on lately seriously fugly. they no longer make a car they are all just ugly appliances . used to be a ford fan sadly no longer