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oldiesfanjohn
AGURbut? *Argued" *Agreed* ... Working for K-TEL > An acid trip in itself? You Americans always tipped over your watered-down beer, eh? Even your canoes were tipped to the water. (Chear beer comment.) Favourite College Fraternities - 1) Tappa Kega Beera - 2) Phi Phelta Thigh... Lived in watered down canoes with SCTV Alums. Bad canoe joke. Fake Fridge worked?!?!?!!!!!!!
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oldiesfanjohn
Whew! Was makin' sure that last one went thru !!! Hallelulah,Brah. The song "Absolutely Right" by the 5MEB got me to thinking how promoted it was/wasn't. K-TEL had a " Greatest Hits" out by late Summer 1971 by 5 Man Electrical Band. The song,"Absolutely Right" was always on it, but "Signs" the bigger hit never was. (Billboard No #3 vs # 26) This went on forever... Til this day, I could never figure out what idiot(s) was behind that. Subsequent visits to the old dusty record bins of the day were all met with "Absolute.."-yay/ "Signs"-nay. Not that big a deal, at the time I AGURbut I always wondered what other songs K-TEL butchered? Anyone?
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oldiesfanjohn
For real..this story(s) is/are. Spellcheck anyone? This was any trip back then. <3<3<3(Mood for a day) to ye local record store circa 1970 - 1974 (Most were Mom & Pops) A few were bigger (*Yawn*) like Grant's, Loblaw's, GC Murphy's, Gold Circle, Steven Richard's maybe? Missing any? Hmm, how 'bout S&H GreenStamps..um..usable maybe? (Shh !!! Getting to my point......) The main tie-in w/ all these stores back then circa 1970-74 wass the "dreaded" K-TEL Album - Ugh !!! (Cue "Twilight Zone" theme music, now!) K-TEL ,you ask? Usually a horrible album by a horrible star. Or a really bad album w/ 1-2 "hits. Horrrible brand, cut of album, promoted by,warped easily... etc. Bad for business. Nuff said. Mainly albums w/cheaper 8-Tracks, Cassettes, Reel-to-reels. Stories for another day... (Continued)
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oldiesfanjohn
Yes, back in the daze. <3<3<3 Played The Paleolithic Era. Before Stoneman Barney Dylan plugged in. Am a R&R dinosaur. Retired chiseler of rock n' granite for Ol Mr Slate's Bands. The Quarrymen(Yep,I am almost 58 yrs old. I counted my tree rings, haha ( : More to follow, got me to thinking......
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awhellno123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzbwELM_s_8&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=5+man+electrical+band&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_re&fmt=18 for those who enjoy "Julianna"
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Phillyzero
Canada! lol, people should get Absolutely Right, as it's fairly easy to obtain in comparison to anything else..
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