Do you own any K-Tel records? If so what was you first K-Tel purchase or gift?

Question

K-Tel was a company that began in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada back in the late 60's by my former boss Philip Kives. Phil eventually ventured into other areas such as cook-ware, and household products. He eventually hired American 'Ron Popeil', who developed such wonders as the 'Veg-O- matic', and the 'Feather Touch Knife', along with various dicing and slicing contraptions, and quite possibly some groovy fishing devices!
But for me they were best known for their cheap vinyl LP's, and small paychecks.
What are some of your K-Tel record memories?

RoVale - Did you know that Old Slim sold more records than Elvis and the Beatles combined!
(in Latvia) Haaaaa!

Answer 1

Well Smiley My first (Of many) K-Tel complialtion albums was actually a cassette that had quite an impact on turning little old pop teenager Me into a metalhead.
For the life of Me I can't remember what it was called but I remember 4 of the songs on it quite well
Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden
Street Of Dreams by Rainbow
Holy Diver by Dio
Screaming In The Night by Krokus
My idea of Metal before that was Def Leppard, so that was quite an eye opener. So I'm real glad I bought that particular K-Tel product.


NP: Tears In My Eyes-Uriah Heep

Answer 2

22 EXPLOSIVE HITS!!
22 FANTASTIC HITS!!

Wow, that brings back grade 5... I remember hearing the real versions of some of those songs years later, and realizing that about half the music had been cut out to make room for more songs! But there were some cool songs on there.

Answer 3

I remember their advertisements on TV in the 1970s. One that particularly stood out for me was the greatest-hits compilation for Slim Whitman. I had never heard of him before but upon doing a little research, he was very popular in Great Britain and had a minor hit in the US in the late 1950s.