Vinyl Voyage Radio

This month on AiV, we are going back to 1976 for K-Tel's Disco Mania . As a kid, I loved this album.  And the main reason I loved this album were for two songs: "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss and "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas There are some bonafide disco hits on this album.  But there are many other decidely non-disco songs, too.  Along with Kiss, Styx also appears on this album.  As does Bachman Turner Overdrive. Listen to this entire album on Adventures in Vinyl , the only radio show dedicated to the lost art of the K-Tel record compilation. Saturday, 12:30 pm Sunday, 4 pm Tuesday, 1 pm Wednesday, 2 am Thursday, 10 am

This weekend will be your last chance to hear the After Hours , the 1982 classic from K-Tel.  This album features Rick Springfield reminding us not to talk to stangers.  The Little River band wants you to take it easy on me, as well. In addition, this album features Lindsey Buckingham, Air Supply, Paul Davis and Journey. Check out the commercial below: Adventures in Vinyl can be heard at the following times (central) Saturday, 12:30 pm Sunday, 4 pm Tuesday, 1 pm Wednesday, 2 am Thursday, 10 am

Going back to 1975 for this one.  K-Tel's Music Express was one of the first albums that I ever got. It features Captain and Tennille, Elton John, 10cc, Jigsaw and Barry Manilow.  Plus many, many more. Here is a detailed look at K-Tel's Music Express , including chart data for all of the songs.  This album features 20 songs....most of which were heavily edited. For example, Phoebe Snow's "Poetry man" is a mere 1 minute, 58 seconds. But that's K-Tel for you. Music Express will be streamed in its entirety on Adventures in Vinyl this month.  Only on Vinyl Voyage Radio. Adventures in Vinyl can be heard Saturday 12:30 pm Sunday 4:00 pm Tuesday 1:00 pm Wednesday 2:00 am Thursday 10:00 am All times Central.

This summer, I have been busy adding new vinyl to the Vinyl Voyage library.  Here are just a few of the new albums you will be able to hear streaming on Vinyl Voyage Radio.  More to come!

Tom Flannery’s new album, Under the Covers , is one of the most unique albums released by the singer-songwriter. Flannery himself only appears on one track; the rest are his songs interpreted by other artists. The result is magical and truly captures Flannery’s brilliance as a songwriter. There is not a bad song on this album. Artists include many of Flannery’s friends, including Lorne Clarke, whose rendition of “The Show” beautifully harbors the feelings of a big league baseball player unwittingly reaching his end in the game. Kris and Julie Kehr kick off the album with "Fool For You Again," a melancholy ode to relationships: Outside it's cold...the wind united it's blowing us to and fro we're growing old like a landscape blighted whispering "even though... Likewise, “In Lieu of You,” is another agonizingly realistic slice of life and love Flannery does so well and captured with an emotional intensity by John Canjar. There’s “Leaving Home” ...

Happy 4th of July!  We are in the midst of another great Funky, Feel-Good Friday---all 70s music, all day long! For those of you who grew up in the 70s, relive you childhood today with music, news clips and commercials from the 70s.  We are even extending the day, continuing the music theme until 9pm Central. Get out your grill, your sparklers and tune in for some great 70s tunes from Barry Manilow to the Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor to Shaun Cassidy, Fleetwood Mac to Paul Simon....we've got a great mix perfect for a 4th of July Celebration. Happy 4th of July!

This month on Adventures in Vinyl, we will highlight 20 Dynamic Hits, Volume 2 from 1972.  I bought this album brand-new.  When you listen to this episode, you will hear the first time it was ever played. The album came out in 1972 and was advertised like any other K-Tel album on television.  It contains hits from James Taylor, Elton John, the Osmonds, Rod Stewart and many, many more--another great sampling of music from the time. And, as a special treat, it also has a very rare recording of Aretha Franklin covering Frank Sinatra's "My Way."  This was never released until 2008.  How K-Tel got a hold of that recording, I do not know. The album begins with a song that actually began as a television commercial jingle. Remember "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke"?  That song proved so popular it was worked into a hit song and was covered by two bands in 1972:  the New Seekers and the Hillside Singers.  The version performed by the Hillsid...