Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Pop, Pop Rock Compilation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Matrix #: TU 2500
Condition: VG, sounds good, some marks

Cultural Facts:

1. Media Narrative: K-Tel pushed these through loud TV ads—“20 Original Hits! 20 Original Stars!”—selling LPs like an infomercial product.

2. Scene Ecology: Multi-label licensing let kids build a radio-style library cheap, without buying 20 separate singles.

3. Personal Struggle: Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott battled heroin addiction and died in 1986 at 36.

3/7/2026 CC