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Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
K-tel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The founder of K-Tel was Philip Kives.[2] Kives, a demonstration salesman who had previously sold cookware door-to-door and in a department store, used television advertising in 1962 to sell Teflon-coated frying pans to a large-scale audience.[3] Kives bought and marketed a number of other products from Seymour Popeil, father of Ronco founder Ron Popeil,
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Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
I hated them for the same reason I hated a lot of artists; 20 songs on an album, a handful of which I was interested in.

I always wanted them to do "K-Tel! 20 songs that DON'T suck!"

:lol:
 
AnthonyJames

AnthonyJames

R.I.P. My Brother Rick
RoseRed said:
Who remembers KTel Records?

K-tel Records "Block Buster" Commercial - 1976 - YouTube

K-tel "Record Selector" commercial - YouTube

K-tel Records "60 Juke Box Hits" commercial - 1976 - YouTube

K-tel Records "Believe In Music" commercial - 1972 - YouTube

K-tel Records "20 Electrofying Hits, 20 Original Stars" commercial - 1972 - YouTube
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I had the record selector, and it would keep flipping the albums like that, but after the last album the thing flipped forward and fell off the table every time.

I named it the "20 album pick-up" game.
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
10+ years ago, long before digital download was legal, K-Tel offered a custom CD where you could choose 10 or so songs from a huge list and they'd burn it for you. I had one made for my Mom for Mother's Day.

That seems so cute now. :lol:
 
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