Yep, my Canadian "22 Explosive" (one of the first dozen albums I owned) had about a half-dozen different tracks than the one above
― extremely low expectations (which, yes, were "met"). (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't thought about the song Rainy Day Feeling for a minute.These comps are all super solid!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I still have an original copy of Rock '80 I got for Christmas when I was 11! I also have K-Tel's "SoundWaves."
http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd970e83b84cd500e398cb10ce0004-200pi
SIDE ONEUpside Down - Diana RossFunkytown - T LippsCould Have Loved You For a Long Time - The SpinnersLet's Get Serious - Jermaine JacksonI Wanna Be Your Lover - PrinceThe Empire Strikes Back Medley - MecoI Was Made For Loving You - KISSYou Better Run - Pat Benatar
Also a big fan of Pravda Records' K-Tel Tribute Albums: http://www.pravdamusic.com/compilations.php?compID=1
SIDE TWOSteal Away - Robbie Dupree Tired of Toein' the Line' - Rocky BurnetteLet Me Love You Tonight - Pure Prairie LeagueDo That To Me One More Time - Captain and TennilleLost in Love - Air SupplyTake A Little Rhythm - Ali ThomsonInto The Night - Benny Mardones
― Obama, Wellstone and Darwinfish, Attorneys (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
My approximate Top 21 or so, minus whichever ones I might have missed on my compilation shelf (some of these are foreign K-Tels though):
Super Bad Is BackBody Moves: Electric BoogieRowdy CountryDisco Fever (Germany K-Tel 1977)More Rowdy CountryDisco Rocket (Germany K-Tel 1975)Rock 80Disco Fever (U.K. K-Tel 1977 - different album)Southern Fried RockHot Nights & City LightsDisco Rocket (U.S. 1978)The Beat: Sound Wave Of The '80s (more new wave, 1982/early MTV era)Super Star Collection (double LP from 1978)20 Explosive HitsGoofy GreatsFantasticDynamiteMusic PowerFull TiltHit ParadeHot Tracks
Wrote more detailed things about lots of them here:
I Have Never Heard Entire Albums By These Bands Who Have Excellent Songs On Late '70s/Early '80s European K-Tel-Style Compilations
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link