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Title: K-Tel Presents
Source:
AceOfSpades
URL Source: http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=373354
Published: Jan 11, 2018
Author: WeirdDave
Post Date: 2018-01-12 00:06:02 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 1798
Comments: 19
Daddy Dewdrop! Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods! Paper Lace! The Original Caste! The Royal Guardsmen! Rick Dees! The Captain and Tennille! And many more! All together you get 25 original hits by the original artists on two jam-packed LPs or one long playing 8-track! Act now, send your entire wallet to PO Box 5170, Grand Michids, Rapigan. 90051! ORDER TODAY! ... The Yahoo Group knows that this may read like a parody, but K-tel actually put out loads of albums filled with bad music just like this, and even advertised them as such. Poster Comment: Also at AoS yesterday: 
Stupid Hits of the 70s! Announcing a new collection of all of the songs that you knew and loved, yet can't quite believe were hits! You'll get The Bouys!
That's right, this album contains songs so bad, they're good! "How on earth did these songs become hits?" you'll ask yourself. We don't know, but we do know you remember Zager and Evans!
(1 image)January 10, 1976, CW McCall went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Convoy', it made No.2 in the UK. CW McCall was in fact an advertising agent whose real name was Bill Fries. via thisdayinmusic.com
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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
A few of these certainly had a social/cult appeal, like Billy, Don't Be A Hero, 2525, and One Tin Soldier. That can make up for any musical deficiency, though I don't think any of those three were deficient.
#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)
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I'd include The Night Chicago Died. There were far more schmaltzy songs back in the day. It had a story, memorable words, multiple hooks, percussion. I had forgotten entirely that first one about cannibalism in a collapsed mine. I tossed in Convoy just because it was so utterly phony and almost the lone example of a song by a "singer" who could not carry a tune of any kind while he grunted along in a bass voice. But it was fun and hit #1 despite that.
Speaking of musical deficiency, K-Tel had a habit of ignoring any theme whatsoever. One one album you might have the Osmond's 'One Bad Apple' followed by Cream's 'White Room.' You really couldn't play the albums in front of your friends.
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