From Hooked on Classics to country compilations, K-Tel was a '70s and '80s music business success, synonymous with popular compilation albums, TV ads and early infomercials. Then the music stopped.

K-Tel - which released its first compilation in 1966 - was the original "As Seen on TV Companies," hawking record compilations featuring the ever famous "Various Artists." ...

Anyone who grew up from the late ’60s through to the early ’80s will be familiar with K-tel Records, the Winnipeg-based label founded by Phil Kives, a travelling salesman from Oungre, Sask ...

Rock critic Ken Tucker looks at the new pop compilations reminiscent of those sold by K-Tel records on TV in the seventies. This series is Now Thats What I call Music, and Ken looks at #5, with ...

I never knew Kives personally, but back in the '70s I sure knew his products--especially those K-Tel Records collections you'd see advertised on TV all the time. "20 Original Hits! 20 Original Stars!" ...

Searching for songs you loved, but don't have on your playlist is one of the joys of the Internet, especially music streaming services, including Spotify and Rdio.

Now that ”It was 20 years ago today” refers to the 1970s, Pravda Records is preparing an album tribute to K-Tel Records that will feature local bands covering those amazing, dynamic hits of ...

From Hooked on Classics to country compilations, K-Tel was a '70s and '80s music business success, synonymous with popular compilation albums, TV ads and early infomercials. Then the music stopped.