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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 24, 2015 4:52:14 GMT -5
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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 24, 2015 5:24:46 GMT -5
In 1988, K-Tel released a 60s garage band CD called "Battle Of The Bands". Definitely my favorite K-Tel compilation, it included "A Question of Temperature" by the Balloon Farm, the Shadows of Knight's "Shake", and "Blue's Theme" by Davie Allan and the Arrows.
I know that you can purchase and download pretty much anything you want, and I have on occasion. For some reason, I always preferred the physical media. Through the years, I've been able to find CDs containing the above songs that were digitally remastered, etc. The one track which I never found an updated version is "Road Runner" by the Gants.
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Post by unclesox on Sept 25, 2015 19:20:27 GMT -5
My sister had one called "Fantastic", from around '73. It had "Tie A Yellow Ribbon...", "Morning After", "Rocket Man" and Rod Stewart's "Twisting The Night Away" amongst others. I had one called "Music Power" from '74-ish. I loved that album. it had "Smoking In The Boy's Room", "Spiders and Snakes", "Two Dived By Love" and a song I've had a very tough time finding over the years, "By The Devil I Was Tempted" by a group called Blue Mink. Loved that song. Finally found it on youtube a few years ago. was the very first album I ever owned. It also had "Crocodile Rock," "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," "Little Willy," "Hocus Pocus" and "The Twelfth of Never," among others. Yeah, that's the one! I remember those songs on there. "Crocodile Rock" and "Little Willy" also appeared on Music Power that I had, iirc. |
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Post by gallery606 on Sept 26, 2015 9:10:48 GMT -5
As others have mentioned, I loved "Fantastic", and also "Believe in Music". It had Brandy, Long Cool Woman, Backstabbers, Maggie May.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Sept 27, 2015 9:55:07 GMT -5
About 10 years ago my dad bought me a K-Tel record set from a garage sale as a gag gift for me. I kept it though.  It's "Disco Fire", and included instructions on how to do dance the "Hot Chocolate":   |
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 27, 2015 20:04:57 GMT -5
Superhits of the Superstars, 1975. First LP my older sister ever bought. As my username would indicate, I was eight years old.
"Rockin' Chair," Gwen McCrae; "The Hustle," Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony; "Fire," Ohio Players; "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You," Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta; "Poetry Man," Phoebe Snow; "Life Is a Rock (but the Radio Rolled Me)," Reunion; "Radar Love," Golden Earring; "Rock the Boat," Hues Corporation; "The Night Chicago Died," Paper Lace; "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," BTO; "Stuck in the Middle with You" and "Star," Stealers Wheel; "Get Dancin'" and "I Wanna Dance Wit'choo," Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes.
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 27, 2015 20:10:22 GMT -5
I bought this one used in about the early to mid-'90s. It had the full album version of "Sweetheart," which you'll never hear anywhere else -- not on Rhino's Radio Daze collection, not on satellite radio. |
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Post by tarobe on Sept 28, 2015 8:18:57 GMT -5
Fantastic was the very first album I ever owned. It also had "Crocodile Rock," "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," "Little Willy," "Hocus Pocus" and "The Twelfth of Never," among others. Yeah, that's the one! I remember those songs on there. "Crocodile Rock" and "Little Willy" also appeared on Music Power that I had, iirc. Here's the track listing: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," Dawn, featuring Tony Orlando "Crocodile Rock," Elton John "Hocus Pocus," Focus "Little Willy," Sweet "Lean on Me," Bill Withers "I Wanna Be with You," Raspberries "The Free Electric Band," Albert Hammond "Misdemeanor," Foster Sylvers "L.A. Freeway," Jerry Jeff Walker "I'm Doin' Fine Now," New York City "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby," Barry White "The Morning After," Maureen McGovern "Twistin' the Night Away," Rod Stewart "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," Elton John "The Twelfth of Never," Donny Osmond "Armed and Extremely Dangerous," First Choice "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time," Lobo "Randy," Blue Mink "Back When My Was Short," Gunhill Road "Rock and Roll Part 2," Gary Glitter "Power to All My Friends," Cliff Richard "Rocket Man," Elton John 22 explosive hits, five of them #1! |
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It's "Disco Fire", and included instructions on how to do dance the "Hot Chocolate":
