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Comments Off on Sony, Sony, Sony – Seventies Catalogues
In this day and age with companies going to the wall left, right and centre it is rare to see a company that has been trading at the top of their game for a number of decades and is still there mixing it up with the big boys. One such company is Sony which...
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Comments Off on Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali 1968 Braniff Adverts
We really should do a complete post on the 1968 re-branding of Braniff International Airways as it’s a fascinating example of the power of marketing and how most of us make decisions based on perception rather than ‘reality’. In the meantime and to whet...
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Comments Off on Slack Attack – H.I.S. Menswear Adverts
Perhaps we’re looking in the wrong place but try as we might we can’t find any background information on Seventies clothing brand H.I.S. which taking a wild guess we presume was aimed squarely at the menswear market. Not just the menswear market mind you,...
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Comments Off on Queen of The Galaxy – Ten Barbarella Posters
If you’ve never heard of the 1968 French-Italian sci-fi film Barbarella and you’re feeling a little inquisitive then we suggest you check it out – it’s fairly easy to get hold of these days. As with a lot of cult films it bombed on its initial...
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Comments Off on New Shapes in Sound – Vox Adverts
Previously we’ve posted a few adverts for Vox in our The Who (and Others) Sell out feature. This time we’re dedicating a whole page to the company that created guitars with “New shapes in Sound” and manufactured amplifiers to produce...
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Comments Off on Wheels of Man – 1972 Catalogue
Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway, looking for adventure and whatever comes our way. Yeah darlin’ go make it happen, take the world in a love embrace, fire all of your guns at once and explode into space – wearing, of course, Wheels of...
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Comments Off on Whisky a go-go – Sixties Suntory Adverts
When we take a look at Suntory Whisky we could talk about the Sofia Coppola film Lost in Translation, possibly Sammy Davis Jnr. advertising the product or even discuss the slightly crazy (to our western eyes anyway) idea of the Japanese producing what is...
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Comments Off on It’s A Moo-ving Scene -The Cowsills Milk Adverts
We imagine if your group’s name contained the word “Cow”, it would increase the chances of being picked by the American Dairy Association when they were searching for a clean cut pop combo to promote the wonders of milk. The Cowsills were...
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Comments Off on On My Radio – London Radio Ads for Movies
Whilst stumbling through the interweb the other day, we came across a Youtube member with a neat little collection of London radio ads for movies of the mid 70’s to mid 80’s (the golden age), so we decide to flag 10 up for you to enjoy. It’s...
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Comments Off on On The Sole Side – Adverts For Mens Shoes
We’ve dipped our toes into the world of shoe advertising before in our Pedwin shoes post which featured a groovy television advert from 1968. This time we’re taking a stroll into the past as we look through a variety of men’s footwear...
