# Old K-Tel comp album with a Rainbow 12 on the cover?

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**Created:** [February 6, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010 "2012-02-06T20:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![hodgezilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aca169/32.png) [@hodgezilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hodgezilla)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010/1 "2012-02-06T20:41:03Z")

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Can anyone help me? I’ve been trying to track down this compilation for awhile now with no luck. It figured prominently in my childhood but I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the album… It had Summer in the City and Green Tambourine on it but I can’t recall any others right now… I’d love to add it to my collection.

No it wasn’t Starflight. I have that one and while it does have a rainbow on it, its not a rainbow 12. My sisters and I simply called it “Rainbow 12”…

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**Author:** ![ShallowEnd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ShallowEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShallowEnd)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010/2 "2012-02-07T06:23:49Z")

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It sounds like you’d know it if you saw it. Try this, [k-tel albums](http://www.ktel.com/search_results.php?q=1&search=music) .

I hope you find it!

Also, have you tried just a google image search for k-tel 12 or k-tel rainbow?

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**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010/3 "2012-02-07T08:28:06Z")

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This one has the right songs but the wrong cover. K-Tel´s Pop Greats (1974):

[http://www.musikadj.net/otros-estilos/248356-k-tel-s-pop-greats-1974-a.html?langid=1](http://www.musikadj.net/otros-estilos/248356-k-tel-s-pop-greats-1974-a.html?langid=1)

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010/4 "2012-02-07T08:33:03Z")

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Not ‘12’, but rainbow swirls, those two songs and produced by K-tel…

> **[Various - Flower Power](https://www.discogs.com/master/212433-Various-Flower-Power)**
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> Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Flower Power by Various. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

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**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-k-tel-comp-album-with-a-rainbow-12-on-the-cover/612010/5 "2012-02-07T08:43:28Z")

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I looked a little more, and there seem to be a lot of compilations with those two songs. It will narrow it down if you’re sure it’s K-tel, or if you can remember a couple more songs.

Here are some compilations not by K-tel:

> **[Various - Buddah In Mind](https://www.discogs.com/release/3391667-Various-Buddah-In-Mind)**
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> View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1970 Vinyl release of "Buddah In Mind" on Discogs.

> **[Various - Oldies But Goldies](https://www.discogs.com/release/2984809-Various-Oldies-But-Goldies)**
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> View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1978 Vinyl release of "Oldies But Goldies" on Discogs.
