@OlegKostoglatov: Imperial House was a brand name used by K-Tel (like Commonwealth Music and Dominion) to market these re-recorded oldies it produced throughout the Seventies and Eighties. When K-Tel couldn’t get its mitts on the original master, it would get the original artist to re-record the song.
The present-day K-Tel makes its money mostly from these re-recordings (leasing them out to other outfits like Madacy to put on their budget “oldies” compilations).
@SeanElGatoTelevision It isn’t a K tel record, it’s a release from some outfit called “Imperial House” notice the crown logo in the corner of the screen. My guess is that “Imperial House” was a cheap knock off of “K tel” as even “K tel” at least made the effort to put out a compilation of the original recordings by the original stars not cheap remakes. But that same scam goes on today, the cheap CD bin at Walmart often has CDs like this “Imperial House” album, you need to read the fine print.
“To order, send check or money order for $7.99 to ’60 JUKE BOX HITS, Box I.O.U., Credibility, Questionable’. That’s $7.99 for three LP’s, featuring all ORIGINAL STARS, to ‘Suckered Again, Box Foo-You, Insolvent, You Deserve It’. Order today! This offer will NOT be repeated…..much”.
They’re the “original stars”, all right….but, in the case of some “impoverished” record outfits, it was cheaper for them to have the artists re-record their biggest hits than to pay royalties on the originals. It was like drinking “New Coke” in 1985: it tasted okay, but SOMETHING was missing…..
The Top 40, or top forty, whether surveyed by a radio station or a publication, was a list of songs that shared only the common characteristic of being newly released. Its popularity coincided with the rapid changes in recording technology in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, the recording industry agreed upon a standard recording format for higher fidelity music, so any new record player could play any new record. Also in that year, new single records were released on 45 rpm records, and the Top 40 thereafter became a survey of the popularity of these records. Tape recording had become perfected, allowing artists more freedom as they composed songs, especially novelty songs.
October 17th, 2011 - 19:11
‘Remember Timi Yuro?’ Well, quite frankly, no.
October 17th, 2011 - 19:32
@OlegKostoglatov: Imperial House was a brand name used by K-Tel (like Commonwealth Music and Dominion) to market these re-recorded oldies it produced throughout the Seventies and Eighties. When K-Tel couldn’t get its mitts on the original master, it would get the original artist to re-record the song.
The present-day K-Tel makes its money mostly from these re-recordings (leasing them out to other outfits like Madacy to put on their budget “oldies” compilations).
October 17th, 2011 - 19:45
@SeanElGatoTelevision It isn’t a K tel record, it’s a release from some outfit called “Imperial House” notice the crown logo in the corner of the screen. My guess is that “Imperial House” was a cheap knock off of “K tel” as even “K tel” at least made the effort to put out a compilation of the original recordings by the original stars not cheap remakes. But that same scam goes on today, the cheap CD bin at Walmart often has CDs like this “Imperial House” album, you need to read the fine print.
October 17th, 2011 - 20:39
Originals rock. Remakes stink.
October 17th, 2011 - 20:53
“To order, send check or money order for $7.99 to ’60 JUKE BOX HITS, Box I.O.U., Credibility, Questionable’. That’s $7.99 for three LP’s, featuring all ORIGINAL STARS, to ‘Suckered Again, Box Foo-You, Insolvent, You Deserve It’. Order today! This offer will NOT be repeated…..much”.
October 17th, 2011 - 20:58
They’re the “original stars”, all right….but, in the case of some “impoverished” record outfits, it was cheaper for them to have the artists re-record their biggest hits than to pay royalties on the originals. It was like drinking “New Coke” in 1985: it tasted okay, but SOMETHING was missing…..
October 17th, 2011 - 21:17
Not the original versions. DAMN them!!!! Who wants re-recorded imposters?
October 17th, 2011 - 21:30
Notice the re-recordings heard in the commercial?
K-Tel would peddle these remakes for years.