Vinyl Album - Various Artists - Goofy Greats - K-Tel

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	Goofy Greats
Label:	K-Tel
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	NE 707
Date:	1975
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	11 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The New Beats	Bread And Butter	L. Parkes, G. Turnbow	6.0 Rate
A2	Hollywood Argyles	Alley Oop	D. Frazier	6.0 Rate
A3	Johnny Thunder	Loop Di Loop		6.0 Rate
A4	Troggs	Wild Thing	C. Taylor	9.0 Rate
A5	Jewel Akins	The Birds And The Bees	H. Newman	9.0 Rate
A6	Judge Dread	Big Six	Ranelin, Alex	5.0 Rate
A7	Curtis Lee	Pretty Little Angel Eyes	Lee, Boyce	8.0 Rate
A8	Joe Jones	You Talk Too Much	J. Jones, R. Hall	6.0 Rate
A9	The Trashmen	Surfin' Bird	Wahrer	9.0 Rate
A10	Larry Verne	Mr Custer	Dolory, Darlon, Van Winkle	5.0 Rate
A11	The Goodies	Funky Gibbon	Oddie	3.0 Rate
A12	1910 Fruitgum Company	Simon Says	E. Chiprut	5.0 Rate
B1	Hot Shots	Snoopy V. The Red Baron	J. Weiss, L. Weiss, G. Weiss	6.0 Rate
B2	Bobby Day	Rockin' Robin	Thomas	6.0 Rate
B3	Larry Williams	Bony Moronie	Williams	8.0 Rate
B4	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	Blackwell, Marascalco	5.0 Rate
B5	Johnny And The Hurricanes	Beatnik Fly	King, Mac	8.0 Rate
B6	Fendermen	Mule Skinner Blues	J. Rodgers	6.0 Rate
B7	Lovin' Spoonful	Nashville Cats	Sebastian	10.0 Rate
B8	Olympics	Western Movies	F. Smith, G. Goldsmith	7.0 Rate
B9	Ohio Express	Yummy Yummy Yummy	A. Resnick, J. Levine	5.0 Rate
B10	John Fred And His Playboy Band	Judy In Disguise	J. Fred, A. Barnard	10.0 Rate
B11	Tommy James And The Shondells	Mony Mony	B. Bloom, T. James, G. Gentry, J. Cordell	8.0 Rate
B12	Cockerel Chorus	Nice One Cyril	Clarke, Spiro	Rate

Notes

Listing above is from back cover - however, discrepancy shown A1 on cover is B9 on label, where as B9 on cover is A1 on label!!!

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Trester 19th May 2015		The back cover of my copy shows the same track order as the labels, beginning with Yummy Yummy Yummy and ending with Nice One Cyril. Still, it has Tommy "Jones" and The Shondells instead of Tommy James (B11).



Record Collector 6th Feb 2015		Going by the Australian issue little green bag is in mono and edited I recreated the track listing including Johnny thunders loop de loop as I have the stereo mix and the original version of bread and butter by the new beats



Pridesale 5th Feb 2015		Simple Answer - Marketing. For a mass market more tracks was better than fewer , complete tracks. Unfair maybe, but if you wanted the uncut items, go buy the original 45, or original label album, etc



Record Collector 5th Feb 2015		As you can see in comparison the British track listing and the Australian issue a big difference



Neil Forbes 5th Feb 2015		All I was saying is: If K-Tel(anywhere in the world) kept the number of tracks per LP side down to 8 or 9, they wouldn't need to edit the tracks down so much.



Record Collector 5th Feb 2015		Likes his own issue



Neil Forbes 5th Feb 2015		Why does American K-Tel insist on squeezing 24 tracks onto an album? Did they not realise they'd have to edit the tracks(cut some down by a minute or more) to fit them onto the disc? An LP side can go 32 minutes at a pinch but 12 tracks on a side is sure to bulge the envelope somewhat. When K-Tel(still as Majestic) issued 24 Solid Hits in 1969 for Australia, at least 3 quarters of the content(18 tracks) were cut-down versions that ran anything up to 2 minutes less on that album than they would've on their original 45rpm issues. When the Power Hits LP came out later in 1969, the total of tracks was cut back to 20(10 per side) even then "The Real Thing"(Russell Morris) had to be shortened to roughly half it's original length. That's probably the reason why the track numbers dropped still further, to 9, then 8 per side, to avoid having to cut a song down.



Record Collector 5th Feb 2015		WD RC you did get the month right



Neil Forbes 20th Dec 2014		Actually, R.C., I'd have suggested "I've Had Everything" by Geoff "Tangletongue" Mack. He took the basic idea from what he'd already written as "I've Been Everywhere" and turned it into a hypochondriac's anthem! I found the single of this some time back and I'm looking for an excuse(chance) to include it on one of my "Vinyl To CD" compilations which I occasionally throw together.



Record Collector 20th Dec 2014		As I have the Australian issue and Neil you have the same as me look at side one good track listing but when you look at side two starts off ok but the 1910 fruit gum company spoils the track listing ktel Australia could have include a Australian track Minnie the moocher by the Cherokees for example



Neil Forbes 20th Dec 2014		Yeah, R.C., look what the Brits missed out on, but by the same token, look what we in Australia missed out on!



Trainman 19th Dec 2014		As far as the "edited" tracks, both K-Tel and Ronco (In fact Ronco more than K-Tel) were infamous in the early years to edit down the originals in order that they could get up to 12 tracks per side. They would cut verses or even speed up the recording to keep them all about the same length



Record Collector 19th Dec 2014		Mah Na Mah Na always cracks me up when I first got this album in December 1975 thirty nine years later it still does



Neil Forbes 19th Dec 2014		There are(after a breakdown of contents) only 13 tracks this version has in common with the Australian compilation. There are 11 from the Brit. version we did not get, as opposed to only 7 which the Brits missed out on. I won't list them, it'd take too much space!



Neil Forbes 19th Dec 2014		I think the Brits might've been duded on this one, in spite of the fact that there are 24 tracks, or more likely because of this, several of the longer tracks may have been "edited"(shortened) so you don't get the complete version, I cite the 1969 issue, 24 Solid Hits(Australian edition) as an example of this, plus the complete lack of composer credits, but that's a side-issue. But once again, a lack of originality, same title, save cover art, but in essence a completely different album!



Record Collector 19th Dec 2014		Goofy Greats ktel Australian pressing Catalogue number NA 464 20 Tracks year released November 1975 Side One 1. Rockin Robin Bobby Day 2. Alley Oop Hollywood Argyles 3. Mule Skinner Blues The Fendermen 4. Mah Na Mah Na Piero Umilliani 5. Chewy Chewy The Ohio Express 6. Surfin Bird The Trashmen 7. Little Green Bag The George Baker Selection 8. Yummy Yummy Yummy The Ohio Express 9. Loop De Loop Johnny Thunder 10.Bread And Butter Newbeats Side Two 1. Snoopy Vs The Red Baron The Royal Gaurdsmen 2. 123 Red Light 1910 Fruitgum Company 3. Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Company 4, Bon Maronie Larry Williams 5. Mr Custer Larry Verne 6. The Birds and the Bees Jewl Atkins 7. Nashville Cats Lovin Spoonful 8. A Little Bit Of Soap Jarmels 9. Leader Of The Park Shangri Las 10. Western Movies Olympics



23skidoo 21st Aug 2014		I have the Canadian pressing of this, which has a sticker on the cover covering up the 24 and instead showing "18"! It also says "Greatest Stars" instead of "Original Stars". I'm indexing it separately.



camshaft 15th Jun 2014		Extra tracks as follows :- A11 : The Goodies : Funky Gibbon (Oddie). A12 : 1910 Fruitgum Company : Simon Says (E. Chiprut). B11 : Tommy James And The Shondells : Mony Mony (B. Bloom, T. James, G. Gentry, J. Cordell). B12 : Cockerel Chorus : Nice One Cyril (Clarke, Spiro).

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