PURE POWER [1977]

The commercial for K-tel's Pure Power is one the few HERC actually remembers viewing back in 1977.  And it made him want the album pretty bad, not gonna lie. (Why start now, right?)  Alas, he never ever got that album... until twenty years later.  And then once he had it, he realized it wasn't that great.  It's that old morlaity tale: be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.  Tellingly, HERC only has only one 45 from Pure Power and it is one of his Top 20 Most Favorite Songs Ever:

PURE POWER [1977]		K-tel Scale:				27.40
		Billboard Top 40s
		Pop	R&B	DISCO	AC	CB	WLS
Boogie Fever	The Sylvers	1	1			1	2
Hard Luck Woman	Kiss	15				19	7
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight	England Dan & John Ford Coley	2			1	4	3
Dream Weaver	Gary Wright	2			14	1	4
I Never Cry	Alice Cooper	12			24	9	29
Dreamboat Annie	Heart				17	32	8
Flight '76	The Walter Murphy Band					36
I Like To Do It	KC & the Sunshine Band	37	4	9			36
Theme From Mahogany	Diana Ross	1	14		1	1	5
Movin'	Brass Construction	14	1	1		14	26
Livin' Thing	Electric Light Orchestra	13			36	10	11
Takin' It to The Streets	Doobie Brothers	13				15	15
She's Gone	Hall & Oates	7			6	6	9
Jeans On	David Dundas	17			37	14	34
Whispering/Cherchez La Femme	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	27	31	1		23	22
Fooled Around And Fell In Love	Elvin Bishop	3				3	4
Keep On Smiling	Wet Willie	10				16	15
Me And Baby Brother	War	15	18			12	39
So Sad The Song	Gladys Knight & the Pips		12		3
(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love	Paul Anka	15			3	14

Just as HERC suspected, Pure Power under-performed on the K-Tel Scale with three songs failing to make the Pop Top 40, the largest scoring factor in the K-tel Scale formula. Most of the crossover charting was done on the Adult Contemporary (AC) chart, with half of the album's twenty tracks making that move.

Due to recent Winter Olympic drubbings diplomatic difficulties between HERC and Canada, he will no longer be featuring classic Canadian K-tel albums.  Nor will any further K-tel Canada albums be subjected to the K-tel Scale.  HERC will however continue to feature cover art variations like the one below, which was obtained before the embargo began. 

rear of cover of Pure Power from Canada