Name that Album .....PLEASE!!!

[Sherwood]

My father was an early adopter. He had a Grundig Portable Reel to Reel, and I recall him bringing back the first Philips Audio Cassette player just after it came out. I caught the bug too, and remember getting a Ronco (or equivalent) portable record player just after starting secondary school. One of my first albums was a compilation original artists volume from around 1972. I recall that it had "Schools Out" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". I know that it's a long shot, but did anyone else have that same record and can they save my sanity by pointing me to it?

In desperation .....

Geoff

[Ian7633]

That sounds like it could be a K-Tel album. There are quite a few to look at but not so many with the original artists. Might be worth a Google.

[Sherwood]

That sounds like it could be a K-Tel album. There are quite a few to look at but not so many with the original artists. Might be worth a Google.

Yes it was of that ilk! Either k-Tel, Ronco, Hallmark ...

Spent ages on Google already. It's becoming an obsession.

[Yatsushiro]

Yes it was of that ilk! Either k-Tel, Ronco, Hallmark ...

Spent ages on Google already. It's becoming an obsession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qvGUVBcPW0

[Sherwood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qvGUVBcPW0

It was of this era but sadly not this one!

[struth]

if it was the joan baez one, this has it on... ronco did it.. the band version? might be an american album to have both on



alice cooper was usually on k-tel.

[Sherwood]

if it was the joan baez one, this has it on... ronco did it.. the band version? might be an american album to have both on



alice cooper was usually on k-tel.

Yes, it was the Baez cover.

[Pigmy Pony]

Most compilation albums covered a fairly short period of time, which kept them fairly current (like "Now" compilations). "Dixie" (Joan Baez) and "School's Out" were released about Sept '71 and April '72 respectively, so probably too far apart for many compilations. Sorry that isn't much help. Hope you get to the bottom of this, as it's now doing my head in too!

[Sherwood]

Most compilation albums covered a fairly short period of time, which kept them fairly current (like "Now" compilations). "Dixie" (Joan Baez) and "School's Out" were released about Sept '71 and April '72 respectively, so probably too far apart for many compilations. Sorry that isn't much help. Hope you get to the bottom of this, as it's now doing my head in too!

Yes, it's driving me off the edge. I can't be certain, but I think the album also included this ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO5GWJJP3FM

Although the sound quality of those compilations was not great, they were great value for money. Twenty songs by original artists all on one disc!

Geoff

[struth]

sounds like it will be hallmark top of the pops one from 72 era