Rock N Roll Story Guys

K-tel vs the music business


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A photo of a whole lot of famous rockers in one place gets the guys researching a record label that redefined the way music was listened to and sold in 1970’s America.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-tel

The photo: https://qr.ae/psvMqm

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dire-straits-thin-lizzy-eric-clapton-led-zeppelin-bad-company-and-109755815.html

https://www.discogs.com/release/12787001-Various-The-Summit

https://www.loudersound.com/news/led-zeppelin-once-released-a-song-on-k-tel-the-result-was-one-of-the-great-all-star-photos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_the_Child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_the_Child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerts_for_the_People_of_Kampuchea

https://americansongwriter.com/remember-when-the-concerts-for-the-people-of-kampuchea/

https://hercsktelalbums.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-summit-uk-january-1980.html

https://mymusicthroughtheyears.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-k-tel-records/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/k-tel-as-seen-on-tv-compilation-album-history

1997 Billboard ads celebrating KTEL: https://books.google.com/books?id=qQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47-IA3&lpg=PA47-IA3&dq=K-Tel&source=bl&ots=C4AWmvPyX7&sig=ACfU3U2g9VCfSsuB5DT3Z-h2QJLfq56mZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_-eXsav5AhUTg4kEHXgrDpg4WhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=K-Tel&f=false

https://www.tampabay.com/incoming/k-tels-shouting-infomercial-legend-dies-at-87/2275511/

Fun stuff about the history of Teflon: 

https://misen.com/blogs/news/polytetrafluoroethylene

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202104/history.cfm

https://playback.fm/charts/top-100-songs/1938

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