That has to be a first having stars appear in a KTEL commercial…. And it just happens to be two of my favorites MILlLIE JACKSON and the great JOE SIMON!
I saw everyone of these acts live at the Apollo theatre and other venues. The only one I didn't see was Bill Withers. This is back when we were beautiful Black people with real music!
Generally speaking, most music is garbage these days. But you put on earth wind and fire, and you see people get in the groove. There just isn't music that affects people that way anymore. It has no soul.
From the songs, I'm guessing 1973? Would be nice to date these.. I still have my K-tel albums.. Some great collections!! RANDY A CARLISLE - DJ - KSGV The Real Oldies Show
Thank you for posting this, this is awesome. I just got this record at a garage sale, and I TOTALLY did not expect to be seeing a commercial for it!!! The album has a lot of really good tunes on it. Where did you find this? (The commercial I mean.) Who had enough foresight to preserve commercials for 40 years? Love it, though, thank you.
groooovy. listened to this ktel collection on cd and my ipod obsessively. so many cool songs with a great afrocentric vibe of the early 70s. btw many tracks on this album are very rare n hard to find on other 70s soul compilations ie jungle fever !
MY ABSOLUTE FAVES FROM THIS COLLECTION R "Armed And Extremely Dangerous" "Evil" n "Stoned Out Of My Mind" lol. HAVE YET 2 FIND ANY EARLY 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO COMPS IN STORES OR ONLINE THAT EVER MATCH THE COOL N RARE TRACKS INCLUDED HERE. AS A 70s TV ICON WOULD SAY "DY-NO-MIIITTEE". Groove On N PEACE ;)
pre-queen of raunch miss Millie. pre pastor in the Bahamas, Joe Simon. he looks very cool and unique and wore make up when he wore those black David Bowie costumes.
Have they ever released this awesome comp on CD? i would buy it ASAP if it wuz available. Just the cover n this ad r sooo groovy n totally vintage ! If anyone has any info lemme know ;)
Surprisingly , Joe Simon seems a lot more at ease , announcing , on camera , than Isaac Hayes does in his "Super Bad" ad ,and he branched out into acting , of course . Was the Canadian version censored because of the "I was Checking Out (She Was Checking In" segment ? I remembered it showed a Black man "Checking out " a White woman in the U.S. version. I could be wrong , that's just how I remember it... Great ad , anyway
