Vinyl Voyage Radio

This month on Adventures in Vinyl we are taking a trip back to 1976 for K-Tel's Right On , a great compilation that features a very 70s blonde, decked out in denim, giving the "thumbs up" on the cover.  That's always one of the great things about K-tel:  unadulterated 70s kitsch.  This album was advertised on TV and the woman on the album cover also appears in the commercial, uncomfortably dancing under an array of disco lights.  This could be the best K-Tel commercial ever: This album features another eclectic collection of hits (and misses).  From Thin Lizzy to the Bay City Rollers, from Paul Anka to Heart, this album is a nice snapshot of popular music in the mid-1970s.   So, take a nostalgic trip back to 1976 on Adventures in Vinyl.  The show can be heard at the following times (all times Central): Sunday 4 pm Tuesday 1 pm  Wednesday 2 am Thursday 10 am Saturday 12 pm (note that this is a change in time.)

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...