Salutations™!!

It was a treasure trove of K-Tel for me yesterday at Underdog Records! I picked up 18 of the wonderful (okay, maybe they are maybe they aren’t) compilations that I remember from my childhood. Someone unloaded their K-Tel collection (and a few Ronco) and they’re in really great shape. They’ll be awesome once I wash them. I remember seeing the commercials, I had a few, Ma Mère had a few and my aunts had a few. I hear Jonathan put out more of them after I left. I’ll have to return to see what’s there. Perhaps I can convince him to hold them back until I’ve gone through them? Probably not. Oh well… here’s the haul:

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• Kiss – Unmasked (as I convinced Eugene, try to forget this is a KISS record and listen to it as a good power-pop record. Horrible lyrics but great memories and I love the cover. New)
• Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (starting a Zep collection. Have two already; this is the first new one)
• Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair (obtained from my great pal, Clay Howard. He pitied me and my covetous posts watching people in our Facebook #nowspinning group and said, ‘here! shut up about it already! I’m kidding)
• John Lennon – The John Lennon Collection
• Tracy Chapman – Crossroads (serial numbered ‘promo’ copy)
• Monty Python – The Worst Best… Monty Python
• Joan Baez – From Every Stage (more stuff for The BCPF to listen to when I’m not here)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – So Far (cover art by Joni Mitchell)
• Various – Block Buster (the first of the K-tel that I’m listing. These are tunes that were chart toppers in 1976, I’ll just put the years unless there’s something else to know)
• Various – Power House (1976)
• Various – Mind Bender (1976)
• Various – Bright Side Of Music (1973)
• Various – Music Express (1975)
• Various – Super Bad (1973)
• Various – Reflections (1979)
• Various – Music Magic (1978)
• Various – Believe In Music (1972)
• Various – Disco Dynamite (1976)
• Various – Superstars Greatest Hits Volume One (1974)
• Various – Superstars Greatest Hits Volume Two (1974)
• Various – Today’s Super Greats Part 1 (1974)
• Various – Today’s Super Greats: Part-2 (1974)
• Various – Today’s Super Greats – Part 3 (1974)
• Various – Sounds Spectacular (1975)
• Various – Super Star Collection (1978)
• Various – Good Times In Country Music Vol. 8  (1974)
• Various – Star Trackin’ ’76 (Ronco. 1976)
• Various – Sound Explosion (Ronco 1976)
• Shirley Bassey – Live At Carnegie Hall
• Bananarama – The Greatest Hits Collection
• The Kingston Trio – Close-Up
• Brahms / Schumann – Casals Festival At Prades
• Various – Historic Voices And Music From World War II (songs (marches, fanfare, etc.) and speeches that happened during WWII)
• Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors (Ma Mère loved him and had this album)
• Randy Newman – Sail Away
• Wings – Back To The Egg
• Judy Collins – Colors Of The Day The Best Of Judy Collins
• Judy Collins – Wildflowers

That was a pretty nice haul and I can’t emphasize how excited I am about the K-Tel albums. Silly, perhaps, but I love that stuff. Check out Underdog Records for joys you never knew you’d experience. That sounds cheesy but The BCPF and I love listening to the records, we love collecting them. And, if you get into it, make sure you archive your stuff on Discogs. Use Discogs just to catalog your CDs, too.

Until tomorrow, happy listening…
Scorp out!

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