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It’s the K-Tel Records’ Music Machine with Robby the Robot!

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It’s the K-Tel Records’ Music Machine with Robby the Robot!

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Jan 12, 2015
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It’s the K-Tel Records’ Music Machine with Robby the Robot!

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My record collection when I was younger was riddled with K-Tel Records. My Mom was a big fan of “Greatest Hits” albums and back in the day, no one did it better than K-Tel. While I have many great memories of whiling away weekends playing video games and listening to vinyl from K-Tel, what I remember most of about them were their ads.

It was sort of jarring to hear popular songs played during commercials, even if it was just a snippet of it. Combine that with some interesting visuals, like the use of Robby the Robot in this ad for their “Music Machine” collection, and you have some potent advertising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6NGRyt_YHE

I still see the K-tel Music Machine for sale at Garage Sales and Flea Markets, sometimes for as low as 99 cents, although it has gone up a bit lately. So if you are a Robby the Robot fan and like the following songs, you might want to pick up a copy.

If you do, here is the great music you will get:

  • I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb

  • Keep It Comin’ Love – KC & the Sunshine Band

  • Don’t Give Up On Us – David Soul

  • Do You Wanna Make Love- Peter McCann

  • Hot Line – The Sylvers

  • Got to Give It Up – Marvin Gaye

  • You Don’t Have to be A Star – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.

  • Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry

  • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) – Bill Conti

  • Dancing Queen – ABBA

  • Beth – Kiss

  • Blinded by the Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

  • Car Wash – Rose Royce

  • Lucille – Kenny Rogers (What’s THIS doing here?)

  • I Like Dreamin’ – Kenny Nolan

  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John

  • You and Me – Alice Cooper

  • Feels Like the First Time – Foreigner

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