Best Song on K-tel's 1974 Super Bad Compilation

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone	15
"Backstabbers" O'Jays	10
"Gimme Just A Little More Time" Chairman of the Board	7
"Band of Gold" Freda Payne	6
"Superfly" Curtis Mayfield	5
"Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas	3
"Everybody Plays the Fool" Main Ingredient	2
"Someone's Been Sleeping in My Bed" 100 Proof Age in Soul	1
"Hot Pants" James Brown	1
"I Gotcha" Joe Tex	1
"Love Jones" Brighter Side of Darkness	0
"Jungle Fever" Chakakas	0
"5-10-15-20(25-30)Years of Love" President	0
"My Man, A Sweet Man" Millie Jackson	0
"Power of Love" Joe Simon	0
"Want Ads" Honey Cone	0
"Give Me Your Love" Barbara Mason	0
"Walkin In the Rain with the One I Love" Love Unlimited	0
"Baby Let Me Take You" Detroit Emeralds	0
"Power to the People" Chi-Lites	0

― chromecassettes, Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link

Band of Gold
Backstabbers
Family Affair
Superfly

― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link

impossible. Chose "Backstabbers" but it could've been six or seven other tracks.

― col, Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link

"Gimme Just a Little More Time" is one of my favourites ever so

― chimped the keeper (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link

Superfly

― Darin, Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link

The Detroit Emeralds one is a gem, it's the one sampled by De La Soul. But I went for Backstabbers as well because it is a great song.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link

Always an insane amount of groove cramming on these K-Tel rekkids...

― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link

The Citizen Kane of K-Tel albums--ubiquitous at one time, but I then spent a number of years trying to find a copy in good shape. (I thought I did, but I just checked and I guess not.)

1. "Family Affair"
2. "Band of Gold"
3. "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
4. "Jungle Fever"

― clemenza, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link

Voted O'Jays over Curtis, Timmy Thomas, Sly and Chairman.

― jetfan, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link

"Family Affair" is just so...unique and cool sounding.

― timellison, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link

And not just the sound, but the way the song is put together, the phrasing. So good.

― timellison, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link

^OTM. Voted Family Affair.

― that's not my post, Sunday, 20 October 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link

Edna Wright from Honey Cone one of my favorite singers, by the way. "Stick Up" was another great hit of theirs. Very close to Jackson Five sound.

Didn't realize "Want Ads" went to number one - that is really cool.

― timellison, Sunday, 20 October 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link

Give Me Just a Little More Time is magic

― g simmel, Sunday, 20 October 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link

voted timmy thomas over sly, o'jays, freda

― balls, Sunday, 20 October 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link

Is the Joe Simon Power of Love lp any cop?
I just found out it seemed to be worthy of investigation last week after it had been sitting in a sale for a few weeks and when I went back to get it it was gone. So just wondering to what extent I missed out?

― Stevolende, Sunday, 20 October 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link

Give Me Just A Little More time is one of the greatest songs ever recorded, so that.

― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Sunday, 20 October 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link

Band of Gold

― Bee OK, Sunday, 20 October 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link

Guys, I own this album.

I donlt recognise this tracl listing.

― Mark G, Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link

I also don't recognise this track listing.

― Mark G, Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link

http://thriftyvinyl.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/super-bad-k-tel-ne-499-1974/

this offers a clue

― chimped the keeper (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Super-Bad/release/338679

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Super-Bad/release/548040

US vs UK releases

― chimped the keeper (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link

ah, I mean I think I prefer this one, but.

― Mark G, Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link

also, that is definitely the UK LP pictured, 24 tracks not 20

(also the 50p sticker)

― Mark G, Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link

the catalogue number on the pic is the UK edish but i can understand not realizing there was two versions

― chimped the keeper (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link

On this one, "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas

On the other one, um, "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas

ahem.

― Mark G, Monday, 21 October 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link

Freda, just a hair over the O'Jays.

― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Monday, 21 October 2013 12:18 (ten years ago) link

(xp) You can't have too much of a good thing

― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 21 October 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link

I think I did know there were a couple different versions but forgot. Confusing, sorry.

― chromecassettes, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link

Right now feeling "Want Ads" but this is one tough poll.

― Sodade Stereo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link

very tough to make a choice

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link

Youtube might say ChairmAn of the Board, but others list it as ChairmEn of the board. The song is great

This is right:

Give Me Just a Little More Time is magic

― g simmel, Sunday, October 20, 2013 5:31

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link

best or baddest?

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link

Superbaddest

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link

http://images.45cat.com/chairmen-of-the-board-give-me-just-a-little-more-time-invictus.jpg

― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link

"Backstabbers," lots of great songs here but I'm going for ultra-smoov harmonies + early 70s paranoia

― Brad C., Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link

and yet again...

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-3300900-1324686166.jpeg

― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link

"Give Me Your Love"....one of my all-time favorites!!!!

― Sweetfrosti (I M Losted), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link

yeah the Chairman of the Board song has one of the best vocals ever.

― GM, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 2 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link

Family Affair. One of the great vocals ever

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 2 November 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 3 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link

This album shouldve had Bobby Womack's Across 110th street on, that would have been my winner. Otherwise any of the top six here

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 3 November 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link

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