K-tel Australia Index – 7
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Serial number
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Title
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Artist
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Year
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Matrix Number
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Notes
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NA575 Majestic |
Who’s Best | The Who | 1979 | – | Manufactured in Australia under licence from Polygram Pty Limited, special products divisio. |
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NA576 Majestic |
Dancin Exercise | Various Artists | 1980 | 198999 | – |
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NA577 Majestic |
Shirley, Squirrely & Melvin – Live | The Chipmunks | 1980 | – | – |
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NA578 Majestic |
Details Unknown | Details Unknown | – | – | – |
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NA579 Majestic |
Details Unknown | Details Unknown | – | – | – |
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NA580 Majestic |
Best of Bowie | David Bowie | 1980 | 199197 | Manufactured in Australia under licence from R.C.A. Limited, Special Products Division.
Released – 15th December 1980 |
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NA581 Majestic |
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | – | 199199 | – |
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NA582 Majestic |
Collection | Diana Ross | – | – | – |
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NA583 Majestic |
Platinum | Various Artists | 1981 | 199419 | – |
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NA584 Majestic |
Hooked On Classics | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1981 | – |
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NA585 Majestic |
Elvis Live | Elvis Presley | 1981 | 199567 | – |
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NA586 Majestic |
Classic Moments with the Chanelle Players | Chanelle Players | – | MX199418 | – |
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NA587 Majestic |
Davy Jones Sings The Best Of The Monkees | Davy Jones | – | – | Recorded in Japan May 1981. |
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NA588 | Summer Moves | Various Artists | – | – | – |
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NA589 Majestic |
Frizzle Frazzle Frozzle | Victoria Nicholls | 1981 | – | Victoria Nicolls colouring book is included!
” NOT so successful, although slightly more original, is Frizzle Frazzle Frozzle, an album of 20 songs featuring Victoria Nicholls, and produced by K Tel. Sale of the Century fans may wish to follow their star, but quiz show fame cuts no ice in the kindergarten world. Among the original songs, there are some good ideas, as in Sixty Seconds Got Together. But mostly the lyrics are banal and unimaginative. Miss Nicholls’s voice is clear and she sounds sincere about her audience but lacks the expertise to reach out and communicate. It’s a pity that the marketing extras (free-feeling cover photograph and printed texts of the songs) were not devoted to a more worthy vehicle. But we can all do without the Victoria Nicholls Coloring Book (a free enclosure). Kids draw their own pictures freehand these days. (Victoria Nicholls Frizzle Frazzle Frozzle K T NA589).” Age – Green Guide – 24 December 1981. |
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NA590 Majestic |
Mini Pops | Various Artists | 1982 | – | – |
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NA591 Majestic |
Hooked on Swing | Kings Of Swing Orchestra | – | – | – |
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NA592 Majestic |
Greatest Hits | Johnny Rivers | – | – | $5.99 – Platinum Picks. |
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NA593 | Star Signs and Predictions | Details Unknown | 1982 | 199921 | A truely weird album combining Beatles songs with spoken word horoscopes for 1982! |
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NA594 Majestic |
Love Songs | John McNally | 1982 | – | – |
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NA595 Majestic |
The Magic of ABBA | ABBA | 1982 | 205383 | Warner Special Products |
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NA596 Majestic |
Rock Classics | London Symphony Orchestra | – | – | – |
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NA597 | Born A Woman | Sandy Posey | – | – | – |
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NA598 | Without You – Vol. 1 & 2 | Various Artists | – | – | – |
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NA599 Majestic |
Details Unknown | Details Unknown | – | – | – |
Notes
This page covers the seventh tranche of the NA series from NA575 to NA599, that were either single artist or various artist compilations. Most were advertised on television and radio in some form. The NA series was the main consolidated series of serial numbers and seems to have covered anything that didn’t fit the TA (Teenager) and WA (Western and Country) music genres, although they increasingly slipped into the later NA series.
Numbering
The order of the early releases is based on the Australian Matrix system that many record companies adhered to. This is often referred to as the MX number. The MX number is not on many later issues and some international re-issues. Furthermore, many of the issues that K-Tel Australia simply acted as a distributer for, or where they did budget reissues for other labels also don’t have MX numbers. Publishing year is given on the rare occasions when printed on the cover or label, or if there is clear evidence that it was issued in a particular year.
(Please note: Inside flip back and double record images will come as I get time to photograph them, and some the front covers will be redone. Enjoy.)
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