K-TEL'S HIT MACHINE/22 ORIGINAL HITS 22 ORIGINAL STARS TE 713 (-76) UK STEREO + MONO

 Continuing my K-Tel marathon.This time with songs popular in Britain around mid-seventies. Of course Small Faces "Itchycoo Park" was first released 1967, but I guess the reason it's included here is the 1975 re-issue, which also became popular. That is by far my favourite track on here, but I also dig Bay City Rollers raw "Money Honey", Paul Davidson's odd reggae "Midnight Rider", Surprise Sisters perky "La Booga Rooga" and Mary Hopkins emotional "If You Love Me". "Itchycoo Park" comes in mono, the rest stereo and the audio very good all through. So to my ears a very nice one from K-Tel with upstanding cuts providing all over good listening. Reason I'm doing so many K-Tel issues here is I can't believe that in the midst of vinyl revival it's still possible to get so much good analog music for almost nothing. It seems nobody is interested in vinyl compilations nowadays and they're always in the cheapest bins. Good luck for me and anyone who don't care if it's on some fancy label as long as they get good music in listenable shape. To my knowledge this was UK and Irish only, also on cassette (CE 813). UK vinyl had label as shown here in a laminated cover. (SÄM*)  (KÄJT*)