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.
SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-tel
The photo: https://qr.ae/psvMqm
https://www.discogs.com/release/12787001-Various-The-Summit
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Gr%C3%A9goire
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Leave A Comment