60's / 70's Sampler Albums
Years ago listening to new music was not that easy to do. Unlike today where there are hundreds of radio stations , countless digital platforms ,internet and TV to choose from, Radio 1 was basically the only option to hear new music. Apart from Radio 1 you had to make an effort to get a listen to new music spending time with the finger on the radio dial trying to pick up a pirate station. If your taste went beyond what was likely to be in the charts then it really was difficult and you really had to make an effort. You would spend hours in the local record store flicking through album sleeves looking for one that may catch your eye and hoping the music inside might be worth hearing. You would then ask if you could listen to a couple of tracks in the shops listening booth to see if it was worth departing with your money.
Late 60's early 70's the record labels started to release what were called 'sampler ' albums. These were basically a try before you buy compilations of tracks from artists on their respective labels. These sampler albums were reasonably priced to try and entice you to buy them and hope there were a few artists tracks on that you liked and then went out to spend the bigger bucks on the artists own album.
Below are just a few of the more popular 'sampler' albums that were released with a few of the tracks listed that were on that particular album. As you can see the record labels 'big names' were included on the album along ( I presume get the punter interested) with lesser known artists who were hoping to get more fans based on listening to their songs included on the track list. The albums also varied in musical style which I think was to highlight the difference in music genre and artists that particular label consisted of. I have included a few links to some of the lesser known artists and tracks below.
I can remember owning about five of the albums listed but gave most of them away many years ago for some reason. The only one I still have is Fill You Head With Rock which to be honest form what I can remember was one of the better ones, the price label is still on it 29s/10d 😏.
Rock Buster - CBS 1970 Double Album
Fill Your Head With Rock - CBS 1970 Double Album
Suck It And See - Vertigo 1973 Double Album
Picnic (A Breath Of Fresh Air) - Harvest 1972 double Album
Nice Enough To Eat - Island 1969
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