K-TEL'S MUSIC EXPRESS TE 702 (-75) UK

 

 Mentioning another TV vended K-tel issue while I'm at it. As no one in this neck of the woods seems to appreciate vinyl compilations anymore I can get them for a buck or so and therefore pick them when I see them. This one has a collection of UK hits recent to its release date, blending a multitude of genres like disco, pop, reggae and rock. What makes it for me is that apart from classics from acts like Roxy Music, K.C. & The Sunshine Band, Hot Chocolate, Roy Wood and Sparks, I also get to be acquaited whith artists new to me, as Philadelphia disco-soul combo Trammps "Hold back The Night". UK band Stretch counted former members of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and Curved Air. As the story goes it was co-founded by Mick Fleetwood who had promised to join on a US tour but failed to do so and the song "Why Did You Do It" was an attack on him for leaving them behind. Also Jamaican reggae singer Susan Cadogan's "Love Me baby" is very sweet raggae-pop. I hadn't heard any of those three cuts before. All good music and a welcome addition to the collection.  As a whole the audio shifts a little between tracks, but most sounds fine and non bad. To my knowledge this was UK only, also as cassette (CE 802). Vinyl had label as shown here in a thin laminated cover.  (SÄM*) (KÄJT*)