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The Best Of Kool & The Gang (1969-1976) (CD)

By: Kool & The Gang (Artist)

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Kool & The Gang Artist Snapshot:

Kool & The Gang were one of the most popular outfits to emerge from the 1970s funk/R&B movement. They began life as a hard-grooving funk band, hitting big with "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging," but they later incorporated disco and pop into their sound. Their greatest success actually came after disco began to fade, with their classic 1981 pop smash (and subsequent sports anthem/wedding favorite) "Celebration." Kool & the Gang would regularly scale the charts with both slow jams like "Joanna" and "Cherish" and party anthems like "Fresh" and "Victory" throughout the '80s, continuing to tour and record for decades.

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DISC 1 for The Best Of Kool & The Gang (1969-1976) (CD) Album By Kool & The Gang (Artist)
1   Funky Stuff
2   Who's Gonna Take The Weight (Parts 1 & 2)- (live)
3   Rhyme Tyme People
4   Hollywood Swinging
5   Love The Life You Live (Parts 1 & 2)
6   Give It Up
7   Chocolate Buttermilk
8   Jungle Boogie
9   Let The Music Take Your Mind - (previously unreleased)
10   Open Sesame (Part 2)
11   Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)
12   Summer Madness - (live)
13   N.T. (Parts 1 & 2) - (single mix, live)
14   Pneumonia - (live, single version)
15   Love & Understanding (Come Together)
16   Spirit Of The Boogie
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (5/28/93, p.65) - "...endlessly booty-shakable..." - Rating: B
Q (8/93, p.113) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a carefully selected cross-section of one of the most exciting New York bands of the early '70s..."
NME (Magazine) (7/31/93, p.27) - 7 - Very Good - "...the Koolsters still strike timeless poses here...."

Title Note

Kool & The Gang: Robert "Kool" Bell (vocals, bass); Amir Abdul-Salaam Bayyan (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Charles Smith (vocals, guitar); Khalis "Ronald Bell" Bayyan (vocals, flute, soprano & tenor saxophones, keyboards, percussion); Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas (vocals, flute, alto saxophone); Robert "Spike" Mikens (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion); Larry Gittens (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Clifford Adams (vocals, trombone); Ricky "Richard Westfield" West, Caldwell MacMillan, Kevin "Ice" Lassiter (vocals, keyboards); George "Funky George" Brown (vocals, drums, precussion); Donal Boyce (vocals, sound effects); Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow (guitar); Otha Nash (trombone).

Producer: Kool & The Gang.

Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.

Recorded between 1969 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Cleveland Brown.

THE BEST OF KOOL & THE GANG, 1969-1976 culls highlights from the band's creatively rich, pre-"Celebration" years. Given the album's concentration of intricate horn melodies and catchy synth lines, it's hardly surprise that 1969-1976 occasionally plays like an encyclopedia of contemporary hip-hop samples.

The party whistle that sounds just seconds into the opening "Funky Stuff" sets a celebratory tone that rarely lets up during the 74 minutes that follow. The 1976 B-side "Open Sesame, Pt. 2" is rife with frenetic horn colorings. On "Who's Gonna Take the Weight, Pts. 1 & 2," a short sample of crowd noise played in a loop throughout the song gives the track a carnival-esque feel. "Kool It (Here Comes the Fuzz)" is another studio track that features ersatz crowd noise, and the effect only adds to the festivities. The cooled-out and synthesizer-rich "Summer Madness" and the deeply grooved "N.T., Pts. 1 & 2" are downright infectious. Also included is the classic "Jungle Boogie," a song given new life as part of the PULP FICTION soundtrack. This essential collection makes clear how Kool & the Gang left its indelible imprint on the spirit of the boogie.

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