The Flying Club Cup [SEP] record label
The Flying Club Cup
The Flying Club Cup is the second studio album by Balkan folk-influenced indie folk band Beirut, released on October 9, 2007 on 4AD Records. The album was released on iTunes on September 4, 2007.
The album features string arrangements by Arcade Fire contributor Owen Pallett, also known by his former stage name Final Fantasy.
Background.
Condon said about the name and inspiration for the album: "Back in the early 1900s...there used to be this hot air balloon festival
he based himself at Brooklands and quickly established a reputation as an able pilot, flying an Anzani-engined Blériot XI monoplane which he named "Big Bat" at the aviation meetings at Lanark and Wolverhampton. On 30 Sep he made a flight setting a record for flights at Brooklands, staying in the air for over an hour. At the end of 1910 he was supplied with a Bristol Boxkite by the Bristol Aeroplane Company which he fitted with a loaned E.N.V. engine to make an attempt at winning the Michelin Cup, but the