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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 9:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 14, 2012 11:53:48 GMT -5
Great stuff there. Not everyone on this board will agree...as you have noticed by now, there are some who for whatever reason, don't like roof-raising R&B. Be that as it may, the songs on this album which I bought back in the day are classics.
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Post by 40fan on Jan 14, 2012 12:33:10 GMT -5
The link posted above by doomsdaymachine goes to a radio spot for the album. Here is the very cool TV version I remember. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b0rgmOMdys&feature=relmfu. That guy had to be a well-known DJ in some big city. A more detailed track listing crawls at the bottom of the video. Strange thing is...I can't seem to find a listing for that album; even on the K-Tel classics site www.ktel.com/search_results.php?q=2&search=music. There were later editions of Super Bad and that's all I can find. At the time, $3.99 was a darn-good price for such a package. But there were many songs shortened and the pressing of the record was of lesser quality! I think K-Tel's rival Ronco was also in the game with similar soul-themed albums. |
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 14, 2012 12:36:14 GMT -5
Don't forget the at least 2 Soul Train albums.....Soul Train hits that made it happen and Soul Train super tracks, both of which I bought. Think that was a third company that put those out.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 14, 2012 14:54:26 GMT -5
I had the Hits That made It Happen one on 8 track. Was very upset when it wore out.
K tel and Ronco shortened things WAY too often. I realize they wanted to fit alot onto 2 sides of an album, but 14-16 songs was a bit much to hope for.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 14, 2012 17:25:07 GMT -5
LOL....yeah you thought some of these Premiere late 70s show were bad. K-Tel was the ultimate editing machine!!
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 17:41:25 GMT -5
Great stuff there. Not everyone on this board will agree...as you have noticed by now, there are some who for whatever reason, don't like roof-raising R&B. That's their problem!  |
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jan 14, 2012 17:44:07 GMT -5
At the time, $3.99 was a darn-good price for such a package. But there were many songs shortened and the pressing of the record was of lesser quality! I have an original LP of the follow-up, Super Bad is Back! The songs are cut even worse than anything that AT40 or Premiere would have done! |
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Post by 40fan on Jan 14, 2012 20:18:29 GMT -5
Another thing I remember about that commercial; there was a kid I knew in school named Joe Simon and other kids used to say his name like the DJ says in the ad. "Joooooee Simon!"
Is it just by chance that the "Shaft" riff leads off leads off both the radio and TV versions? That has to be the soul music equivalent of Beethoven's Fifth!
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Post by mrjukebox on Jan 15, 2012 11:59:02 GMT -5
In the January 2012 Collector's Choice Music catalogue,they're selling sone of the vintage K-Tel albums on CD which is quite cool.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 15, 2012 14:16:33 GMT -5
Are they still chopped up?
I remember having one compilation and the song Turn, Turn Turn by The Byrds was cut to 1:15. AWFUL!
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 12, 2012 7:57:50 GMT -5
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Post by mstgator on Feb 12, 2012 11:56:53 GMT -5
Featuring that thumping disco classic, "Lady" by Styx!  |
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Post by reachinforthestars on Feb 12, 2012 13:20:33 GMT -5
Featuring that thumping disco classic, "Lady" by Styx! Or the disco sounds of Kiss performing "Rock And Roll All Nite". "Disco Baby" should say "Disco Queen" by Hot Chocolate. |
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Post by donwa001 on Feb 14, 2012 22:32:45 GMT -5
I bought the Super Bad album back then just so I could get 'Theme From Shaft" - Issac Hayes. Still have the album.
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