Vinyl Album - Various Artists - The Best Of Country Music - K-tel

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	The Best Of Country Music
Label:	K-tel
Country:	Australia
Catalogue:	WA-343
Date:	Aug 1974
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Don Gibson	Touch The Morning	E. Raven	Rate
A2	Olivia Newton John	Banks Of The Old Ohio	Traditional	Rate
A3	Glen Campbell	By The Time I Get To Phoenix	J. Webb	Rate
A4	Jade Hurley	Down In The Riverina	J. Hurley	Rate
A5	Roy Orbison	In Dreams	R. Orbison	Rate
A6	Don Williams	Amanda	B. McDill	Rate
A7	Judy Stone	Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone	D. A. Cole	Rate
A8	Frank Ifield	My Happiness	Bergantine, Peterson	Rate
A9	Jim Reeves	He'll Have To Go	J. Allison, A. Allison, Burns, Haynes	Rate
A10	Johnny Chester	Lets Build A Love Togeather	J. Chester	Rate
B1	Jerry Reed	Amos Moses	G. Hubbard	Rate
B2	Anne Murray	Snowbird	G. MacLellan	Rate
B3	Charlie Rich	The Most Beautiful Girl	N. Wilson, B. Sherrill, R. Bourke	Rate
B4	Reg Lindsay	Too Many Memories	B. Lewis	Rate
B5	Slim Dusty	Travelling Country Band	Foster, Rice	Rate
B6	Kris Kristofferson	Why Me	K. Kristoffferson	Rate
B7	Sue Thompson	Candy And Roses	J. Mundy	Rate
B8	Tom T. Hall	I Love	Tom T. Hall	Rate
B9	Col Joye	Sweet Country Woman	St. John, Tharp	Rate
B10	George Hamilton IV	Abilene	L. Brown, B. Gibson	Rate

Notes

a few current hits of the time when this album was released why me by Kris Kristofferson and down the riverina by by jade hurley just a name of few

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Record Collector 22nd Jul 2015		Jimmys version is more uptempo than gbs version so with my mixing software I adjusted the pitch to match gbs version clever ay



Neil Forbes 22nd Jul 2015		I'd have gone with the Jimmy Little track, Baby Blue(he was covering the George Baker Selection song) that would've boosted the Australian content on this album.



Record Collector 22nd Jul 2015		Two tracks would have been good choice one Joanne (already mentioned) by Michael Nesmith and the other baby blue by Jimmy little



Neil Forbes 22nd Jul 2015		Funny this album popping up again in the random list. It was a good album but spoiled by the Kris Kristofferson track(but that's the atheist in me coming out).



Neil Forbes 1st Mar 2015		Sorry to disappoint you, re: Joanne, RC. Good track though! Actually you could see where Mike Nesmith was heading as far back as 1967 when The Monkees recorded "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round, The country music influence on that track stood out like dogs' .....er, you know...! Further evidence of that influence came in 1969 with the song "Good Clean Fun" just before the remaining three Monkees went their separate ways and Nesmith concentrated still further on that style. Another good single from Nesmith(& his phantom group, the First National Band) was "Silver Moon" with an honourable mention to the B-side, "Lady Of The Valley"., Along with "Joanne" c/w "One Rose", these were issued in 1970.



Record Collector 1st Mar 2015		Many,many Years ago I thought Joanne by Michael nesmith would be on this album



Record Collector 1st Mar 2015		Ahh right thanks



Neil Forbes 1st Mar 2015		Sorry to have to disagree with you, RC, but upon checking a CD that I'd made some time ago of this album(mastered from the cassette I had of it before I'd acquired the LP), a quick listen revealed the track on the LP is in full, normal stereo, though the spread is not that well defined. Nonetheless, "Down In The Riverina" is normal stereo.



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Record Collector 1st Mar 2015		strange as this is in Fake Stereo as the single is in stereo



Neil Forbes 27th Feb 2015		Actually, RC, it isn't so much as "K-Tel taking control" as Majestic asserting itself under its new trading name and identity. Through 1970 to 1973, the company was undergoing a transitioning, reinventing itself, as it were, from being Majestic Products Ltd. to K-Tel Products Ltd. It must be remembered the record albums were still just one component of this company, they were still, in the early70s, marketing all manner of "gadgetry"(the lint-removing clothes-brush, one that springs to mind) but the gadgetry side of the business was on the way out and they were concentrating more on the records side of things as the 1970s wore on. Later they got into video movies, issuing VHS tapes(and maybe Beta as well), but by the 1990s or so, it all came crashing down around the company's collective ears. K-Tel went belly-up! Or in the words of the dead parrot(Monty Python sketch), "pulled down the curtains and went to join the choir invisible"(I really wanted to use that line!).



Neil Forbes 27th Feb 2015		When K-Tel issued this on cassette, the artwork for the cassette card was minus the title at the top of the cover photo, and the list of artists at the bottom. I know this as I have the cassette version.



Record Collector 27th Feb 2015		thankyou neil saves me the trouble putting mine up these are one of the first albums when Ktel here in Australia took full control and the first to use the stanarded record label (different colours each issue) until 1980 when these sort of labels ceased to a more mixed colour one until 1984 as I put the month of August 1974 the year would be right not to sure about the month maybe it be September but it was in October Bobby Dazzler was also issued note the cover is a overseas layout on that one I played it the other day still sounds good after forty years



Neil Forbes 27th Feb 2015		As promised, RC, here are the covers and labels for this album.



Record Collector 25th Feb 2015		Yes thanks neil that great



Neil Forbes 25th Feb 2015		I'll put the artwork up for this when I get a chance, RC, I have the LP. Unless, of course, you get in ahead of me! By the way, 1974 is correct though I can't confirm the month, maybe others might know.



Record Collector 25th Feb 2015		Ok I hope I got the month of release right



Record Collector 22nd Feb 2015		Aha got it

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