Nice collection! I have a couple of K-Tel LP's, a few I got at Goodwill yesterday when I was showing you in my record update. I used to have the K-Tel LP's "Dumb Ditties", "Rainbow" and "Together", but I got rid of them a few years ago, but I might as well get it again someday.
Because they were a Canadian company, many of the K-Tel LP's contained tunes by Canadian artists who were one-hit wonders. So the old K-Tel LP's are a great resource for finding vinyl copies of those tunes, in spite of the inferior audio quality.
That K-Tel video was great Raymond! K-Tel was a Canadian company out of Winnipeg. I think the K had something to do with the surname of the owner. I must have about 50 of them so I'll do a video one day. K-Tel also did several artists LP's like Hollies, Johnny Rivers, Elvis, Three Dog Night, etc. When I was working in record stores during the 70's, we'd often run out of hit K-Tel LP and then not be able to buy more. When the ad campaign ended, that was it!
i got some of those K-Tel lps.and you're right their earlier lps were poorly edited,but not to all of them.that second lp,20 explosive hits,has full versions of the music on there(got that on christmas of 1982).i'm surprise they haven't reissue lot of these on cd and put full versions on it too.thank you for showing those lps.
Wow thanks for sharing Raymond! I'll be doing a vid pretty soon of my K-tel collection on 8 track. I have a few of the same ones you do. And yes the sound quality did improve on the later ones as they didn't try to pack so many songs onto one Lp! Fun stuff!!!!
Oh man... this is great! I... never had one as a kid... really I didn't! I did pick the "Robbie The Robot" cover Ktel! Mindbender! That's awesome! Dance Machine! Disco Rocket! Thanks Raymond!
Awesome collection. I think I have a couple of those around here. But the Ktel album I remember most is "Disco Fire" from 1978. I still have it. They had the songs all ran together like what they did in the clubs. I also had one on cassette called "Southern Fried Rock", and that had a great line-up.
@RaymondTVinyl It has a picture of a fried egg on the cover. I don't have the cassette anymore though, it became unplayable due to sticky shred syndrome (where the tape glue's itself together after many years.)
I own an album from 1967 called 24 Happening Hits from Crystal Corporation, it's not by K-tel but I think its a precursor of some kind. Look into it please!
I much preferred the sound quality of K-Tel over Ronco. I had Chartbusters from 1984.
vinyl12s 4 months ago
Nice collection! I have a couple of K-Tel LP's, a few I got at Goodwill yesterday when I was showing you in my record update. I used to have the K-Tel LP's "Dumb Ditties", "Rainbow" and "Together", but I got rid of them a few years ago, but I might as well get it again someday.
HomeoftheGoodGuys 4 months ago
So kool, I know I gave you one of these or I hope I did.. lol I had a few growing up, just think 1974 to 1979.
CrisVangel1958 4 months ago
Great video. Thumbs up!
GuessImJustASpudBoy 4 months ago
Because they were a Canadian company, many of the K-Tel LP's contained tunes by Canadian artists who were one-hit wonders. So the old K-Tel LP's are a great resource for finding vinyl copies of those tunes, in spite of the inferior audio quality.
bluenazz 4 months ago
That K-Tel video was great Raymond! K-Tel was a Canadian company out of Winnipeg. I think the K had something to do with the surname of the owner. I must have about 50 of them so I'll do a video one day. K-Tel also did several artists LP's like Hollies, Johnny Rivers, Elvis, Three Dog Night, etc. When I was working in record stores during the 70's, we'd often run out of hit K-Tel LP and then not be able to buy more. When the ad campaign ended, that was it!
bluenazz 4 months ago
Wow, it's just like those "now that's what I call music" mainstream compilation albums. Didn't realize that had been done for so long.
ChesneyDigital 4 months ago
i got some of those K-Tel lps.and you're right their earlier lps were poorly edited,but not to all of them.that second lp,20 explosive hits,has full versions of the music on there(got that on christmas of 1982).i'm surprise they haven't reissue lot of these on cd and put full versions on it too.thank you for showing those lps.
wfarrar69 4 months ago in playlist More videos from RaymondTVinyl
Man I love K-Tel. Totally reminds me of being a little kid with my Fisher Price record player. :D
evankirk 4 months ago
@evankirk HA!!!! :)
RaymondTVinyl 4 months ago
Not crazy about "K-Tel" but you have a pretty extensive collection of them! Sal XO
TheVideostunad 4 months ago
Wow thanks for sharing Raymond! I'll be doing a vid pretty soon of my K-tel collection on 8 track. I have a few of the same ones you do. And yes the sound quality did improve on the later ones as they didn't try to pack so many songs onto one Lp! Fun stuff!!!!
CapitolLimited 5 months ago
@CapitolLimited Oh 8-track K-tel would be a lot of fun!!! Yes! Please share!
RaymondTVinyl 5 months ago
Oh man... this is great! I... never had one as a kid... really I didn't! I did pick the "Robbie The Robot" cover Ktel! Mindbender! That's awesome! Dance Machine! Disco Rocket! Thanks Raymond!
rylandheights 5 months ago
Awesome collection. I think I have a couple of those around here. But the Ktel album I remember most is "Disco Fire" from 1978. I still have it. They had the songs all ran together like what they did in the clubs. I also had one on cassette called "Southern Fried Rock", and that had a great line-up.
727JeffN 5 months ago
@727JeffN OOOoooo...I need to find Southern Fried Rock!!!!
RaymondTVinyl 4 months ago
@RaymondTVinyl It has a picture of a fried egg on the cover. I don't have the cassette anymore though, it became unplayable due to sticky shred syndrome (where the tape glue's itself together after many years.)
727JeffN 4 months ago
VERY VERY FUN! Probably the most comprehensive K-tel collection around!! I always remember K-tel commercials on TV. ALL the time!
sideshowtink 5 months ago
No, I was asking you since you are always teaching ME all sorts of information about records.
calvertsch 5 months ago
as i a child of the 70's i loved the ktel albums too.even though the sound wasnt
the best it was cool to be able to have all the latest 45's in one spot and for
alot less money than if we bought them individually.i still have many of my original
ktel albums
chompo7 5 months ago
Thanks for the chronological order presentation---quite a learning experience for me, Raymond! ☺☺ K-Tel--meaning?
calvertsch 5 months ago
@calvertsch I have no idea what K-Tel stands for. Please share if you do!
RaymondTVinyl 5 months ago
I have a few Ktel's. They really packed them. I remember music express. I have one I played a million times over when I was younger called Fun Rock.
garyandleslied 5 months ago
@garyandleslied I've not heard/seen Fun Rock!! I'll have to look for that.
RaymondTVinyl 5 months ago
I own an album from 1967 called 24 Happening Hits from Crystal Corporation, it's not by K-tel but I think its a precursor of some kind. Look into it please!
2ndPyleOfVinyl 5 months ago
@2ndPyleOfVinyl I have Happening Hits....Not sure if its related to K-Tel. I should do my Ronco collection too!! LOL!!
RaymondTVinyl 5 months ago
Street Beat is my favorite Ktel album that I own. A/I just love 1980s music and B/The sound quality was the best, really sings on my Shure.
2ndPyleOfVinyl 5 months ago
I wonder if they always had that rounded logo. Now I know their logos changed. Does anyone have VOLUME ONE of 22 explosive hits?
2ndPyleOfVinyl 5 months ago