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Vinyl Voyage Video Podcast #2--Minnie Riperton

In this video podcast, I discuss my recent record purchases, which includes Minnie Riperton's 1974 classic album, Perfect Angel .  I tried uploading this to Youtube, but the Warner Music Group content police tagged it as a copyright violation and made it unavailable for viewing in the United States.  Ooops. Facebook isn't so particular, apparently.

K-Tel's "Pure Power" This Month on Adventures in Vinyl

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This month on Adventures in Vinyl we are heading back to the 70s with a great compilation called Pure Power . This is K-Tel at its finest with a very eclectic mix of tunes.  Although it was released in 1977, most of the songs are from 1976, so I suspect it was released early in the year.   On this album you can find " Dream Weaver " and Diana Ross' "Theme from Mahogany ."   There's also ELO, The Doobie Brothers, Kiss and....Paul Anka... Alice Cooper and Hall & Oates, to name a few.  This is a great example of what I like most about K-Tel:  the hodge-podge of songs that are next to each other on a single compilation.  I have said it before and I will say it again:  K-Tel pioneered the concept of "shuffle" decades before the invention of the iPod. Here's the commercial that appeared on American tv in 1977 advertising Pure Power. <p><p>&am...