Vinyl Voyage Radio

I am at a loss:  with so many K-Tel albums to choose for February's edition of Adventures in Vinyl, I am not sure what to pick. Therefore, I am leaving it up to you.  Vote below for the K-Tel album you would like to hear on February's edition of Adventures in Vinyl . (vote below) Super Bad (1973) : Isaac Hayes, Joe Tex, Millie Jackson, Staple Singers, James Brown Hit Machine (1976) :  KC & the Sunshine Band, Frankie Valli, Elton John, Kiss, War, Rick Springfield Hot Lights & City Nights (1979) : Jacksons, Village People, Sister Sledge, Blondie, Instant Funk Pure Rock (1981) : ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Heart, Eddie Money, Styx, Foghat Online Surveys  &  Market Research

A year ago, I started this radio station.  During the holidays back in 2010,  I started going through my old record collection, fixed a turntable and rediscovered the joy of vinyl.  One thing was for sure:  I have a lot of old K-Tel albums.  These albums not only represented formative years of my childhood, they also were interesting musical time capsules of the 1970s and 80s. As a result, Vinyl Voyage Radio was born in February 2011 and I started hosting the K-Tel-themed show, Adventures in Vinyl , which featured a different K-Tel album every month.  It's been fun hosting the show and becoming reacquainted with the music, history and memories.  We've been on the air now for just about a year.  Over the year people from all over the world have listened.  Recently, the station has clocked hours from Israel, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Belgium, Ukraine and Mexico.  Total listening hours is relatively small, however.  Just under 1000 hours ...

In 1977, robots were all the rage.  After all, the most popular movie of the year introduced the world to two of the most famous robots of all time:  R2-D2 and C3PO.  It would only make sense that K-Tel would cash in by putting the previous most famous robot on the cover of it's new compilation album, Music Machine.  That robot is, of course, " Robby " from Forbidden Planet and Lost in Space .  Here, he dances to the various hits of 1977 in the commercial aired for the album: Music Machine is the featured album on this month's Adventures in Vinyl .  It is actually a pretty good album. In fact, all but one of the songs appears on the Year End Billboard Hot 100 .  On this album you will find Foreigner, Andy Gibb, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Manfred Mann, Elton John and even Bill Conti with his theme song to the movie Rocky . The album came with two posters as well: one of Andy Gibb and the other of K.C. from K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Adventur...