K-tel Records "Believe In Music" commercial - 1972

[arkaeic]

Sign me up.

I wonder whatever became of my eight track collection??

[orangehornet57]

We had this album, along with others by K-Tel, Ronco, Sessions, etc.. Thanks to CDs and downloads you could recreate these collections. K-Tel even issued CD versions of some collections. But they often had fewer and different songs. They're now synomous with remakes.

[Thediscodude79]

Cher has had such a long and awesome career! She's great! I love her!

[jonx1313]

I have it

[gr8rootbear]

OMG, I haven't heard of Mouth & McNeil in 40 years! I just peed myself. Thanks!

[3Katz7]

The 70's had the best music. I have this album. "Get It together" was another great album. Double album with tons of great songs.

[HonkyTonkBuffalo]

Dear God, I miss the 70s more than words can say.

Cheers.

[MiGrm9]

We had this album.

[TheMichaelseymour]

Remember this crap ! ....next time people bitch about THAT KID ...but to be fair - at least our crap was good crap .

[elliottrainbow]

I grew up in the 1970s and I was obsessed with K-Tel. I still think 70s music and K-Tel albums are great! My favorite was one named Solid Gold.

[cwize]

My two older sisters pooled their money and bought this one. I have it now, still playable. I'm always amazed at the range of genres on one record. We have far too many "sub-genres" keeping things apart these days. Even the "Wow" CDs don't get this diverse. Donny Osmond on the same record as Slade? The O'Jays and Clapton? The Raspberries and Argent? Craziness. For whatever reason, I still love this wild mixup.

[jeatig]

By the way, how many members are in the group Argent? That photo of them (if it was them) looked like it had at least a dozen members.

[jeatig]

On this album you can hear Donny Osmond at the fade of "Sweet and Innocent" sing "leave me" and hear a strange "whistle" sound.

[phin12710]

As a kid in the 1970's I didn't know any better than to buy the low volume 10 or 11 songs per side of LP K-Tel albums. I thought they were great. I still have most of my originals to this day and the sound quality is still terrible, but nostalgic!

[NJPhotographer62]

They couldn't get MacNeal's name right? Jeez! Great commercial though. Thanks for posting!

[TimothyQStanton]

I remember this commercial so well! And I mowed some lawns to get the album. 1972 was one of the best years for pop music.

[steadfastcoward]

@TimothyQStanton Boy Howdy! That is the truth.

[reverendflash]

This album is still in the family. I was lucky to download it, as the CD version is an abomination (only half the songs and few from the original LP).

[vampirate62]

I still has this album and no scrathes! K-Tel was the best way to get great songs on one album! I bought mine at Grants before they went out of business...

[thadxxx]

omg, my family totally had this albumn.. and it was damn good. lots of good hits..

[Doctorfreek]

wat? rick springfield??? wtf??

[cwize]

@Doctorfreek Not too many people knew he was recording before his 80's fame... but if you had this record, you did!

[smittykins]

@cwize My mom had the 45.

[fgldnglbs]

I used to have this one. Threw it out in a move. D'oh!

Some of these became classics("Brandy" "Hold Your Head Up" "Long Cool Woman") "Hold Your Head Up"); others confined to local countdowns this date--("I Believe in Music" "Sunny Days" "Speak to the Sky"). Not enough hours in the day.

[NbrLine]

Those good cheap K-tel records. You could play'em 'til they warped. I had a small skip in 'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet' on a K-tel record. I can still heard it in my head when that sounds starts on the radio, "She took"

[clintonearlwalker]

@NbrLine I had a K-Tel record called Goofy Greats, the first song was Snoopy vs. The Red Baron. Every time I watch the vid on YouTube, I can still hear the skip in my head.

[fromthesidelines]

This ad was originally produced on videotape- "Image Transform" (as noted in the countdown leader) converted it to film.

Suggested live announcer tag at end- "Available at K Mart, Woolworth's, and Klein's..".

[elc1960]

@fromthesidelines And of course, the regional stores, like Woolco, Ames, McCrory's, Ann & Hope, Ben Franklin, W.T. Grant (where my younger sister actually got her copy of this album), etc.

[jjm1965]

This was my 1st K-tel LP back in the day.

[Ih8rightwingers]

The Canadian stamping was different then the US version

[bunkieb00]

good heavens!! what treasures were on this album!!! where did the music go??? can anyone answer that??

[Markieo]

12 years old, this was my very first K-Tel LP! How do they squeeze 22 jam-packed hits into 1 LP? Easy! Butchered edits, early fades, late starts, all songs edited except 2...and their both Donny Osmond songs!! Plus you had to turn the volume up due to poor fidelity and no bass. One scratch, there goes the neighborhood!

Then again, K-Tel's edits were better than Ronco's LP's!

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

@Markieo: I hear you. K-Tel's "vinyl" was so bad, a styrene 45 was like 200 gram audiophile vinyl by comparison. Been through a few in my day...putting a sapphire needle on 'em instead of the usual diamond stylus after that usualy fatal scratch usually kept them playable for a while.

[noahf67]

@SeanElGatoTelevision G. knows how many plays the 8-tracks survived..!

Maybe one, if that...

[bunkieb00]

@noahf67 ahh the good ol' days of 8-tracks..if the tape was cheap or the belt in the player was messed up, you got that horrible "wobble" one way we had of dealing with it was to slip a matchbook cover under the tape to try and prop it up!!!

[troyboy1971]

I have it as well along with "Bright Side Of Music". Which was released a few months after "Believe In Music".

Great classic film footage posted on this channel. I hope to see more. Brings back some great memories.

[Sincopare]

I still have this one too. In great condition, I might add!

[odie7]

boy, K tel sure made alot of albums! lol

[elc1960]

More "One Hit Wonders" than you can shake a stick at!