Metal Lungies

Ancient Lungies is where we share tunes from ages past, when our hair was thicker and we didn’t have to bother with orthopedics.

Jacques Siroul of Belgium reached for the cosmos on this prog rock opener from his 1973 LP Midway on library label St Germain Des Prés.

Ancient Lungies is where we highlight music from days when phones had cords and everyone was content with that.

Los Gatos Blancos (translation: missing) are a Peruvian band probably from the 1970s. Discogs puts a few 7″ singles to their name, but I always come back to this track, with its nasty guitars, that appeared on a 2013 compilation by Tigers Milk Records.

Ancient Lungies is where highlight music from simpler times, when you didn’t have to creep with the Russian ambassador.

Il Guardiano Del Faro (the lighthouse keeper) is the alias of Italian musician Federico Monti Arduini, an early proponent of the Moog synthesizer.

Ancient Lungies is where we highlight music from decades past, when our grandparents were probably trading their first DMs.

Here’s François De Roubaix with a decidedly French thriller soundtrack from 1970. I recommend Les Plus Belles Musiques De Films, a three volume compilation of Roubaix soundtracks.

Ancient Lungies is where we’ll occasionally highlight music from before we were born. Here’s a John Barry deep cut from between Diamonds are Forever and The Man with the Golden Gun. The Follow Me soundtrack is a great non-Bond John Barry record.