Cathay Pacific has fallen on hard times, so I had to pick this quaint time capsule up in Singapore’s Chinatown. Singer Frances Yip served as the airline’s brand ambassador during the 1970s, and this tape implores residents of Singapore to visit Hong Kong.
https://c.mail.com/@649543521753114149/XnYlJQSySTuJIH38_-H3Jg
國泰航空近年來受疫情影響很大，所以我在新加坡的中國城裡買到了這個穿梭時空的磁帶。唱上海灘出名的葉麗儀，是當年國泰的brand ambassador，在這個專輯裡用歌聲鼓勵新加坡居民到香港旅遊。
More interesting than the music is dating the tape by the Cathay Pacific livery, or logo, on the case. There’s no other information except this “Brunswick green” tailfin livery, which was first used by CP as early as 1971 on Lockheed and Boeing 707s, the airlines’ first jet planes. This would roughly match the timing of Yip’s release of two multilingual Discovery albums in 1974 and 1978, inspired by Yip’s travels along Cathay routes in Asia.
比音樂更有意思的是如何在時間上定位這個作品 – 從logo來講應該是1970年代左右，因為從1971開始，國泰噴射機上的尾翼就是使用這種磁帶上畫的“Brunswick green”。葉麗儀本身分別在1974和1978年發布兩個Discovery專輯，是受到她在亞洲乘坐國泰的航班路線啟發的作品。
This tape is short, only one-side (it’s basically a tourism promotion). Continuing that 1970s Canto vibe and moving into the 1980s, we have a “Chinese Lyrics, English Music” tape from 1989 that covers popular Bee Gees and Elvis songs in Cantonese.
https://c.mail.com/@649543521753114149/6RQ_IranS2e4cRLD4e-dyQ
磁帶裡內容不多，只有一面，全是promotion。所以為了讓我們的1970年代Canto Vibe繼續下去並且進入80年代，我順便也買了一個”中詞西曲“專輯，裏面用廣東話cover了Bee Gees還有貓王等等。
Rounding out the Hong Kong action is the 2000 Movie Soundtrack from In The Mood For Love ! 除了上面兩張以外，我還po了花樣年華的電影配樂專輯。之後會再提到它吧。。
https://c.mail.com/@649543521753114149/1DmisnJTTQG2kdZ-L5_Byw
And of course, the full zusi Tape History collection:
https://c.mail.com/@649543521753114149/A7iTxK5eS5ec797K4gH5rQ
And the story behind it: