Gangthology: Deluxe Sound & Vision

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Gangthology: Deluxe Sound & Vision

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CD DISC 1

1. Kool & The Gang
2. Funky Stuff
3. N.T.
4. Street Corner Symphony
5. Hollywood Swinging
6. Rhyme Time People
7. Electric Frog Part 1
8. More Funky Stuff
9. Open Sesame
10. Come Together
11. Ladies Night
12. Steppin' Out
13. Celebration
14. Get Down On It
15. Fresh
16. Jungle Boogie

CD DISC 2

1. Breeze & Soul
2. Sea Of Tranquility
3. Wichita Lineman
4. Lucky For Me
5. I Remember John W. Coltrane
6. Heaven At Once
7. Sugar
8. Whiting H & G
9. Summer Madness
10. Winter Sadness
11. You Don't Have To Change
12. Messenger Of Wisdom
13. Free
14. Take My Heart
15. Too Hot
16. Jones Vs. Jones
17. Wild & Peaceful

DVD

1. Celebration
2. Get Down On It
3. Take My Heart
4. Fresh
5. Emergency
6. Let's Go Dancing
7. Tonight
8. Raindrops
9. Cherish
10. Big Fun
11. Strong

Price: $44.49

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 18TH
Only 1000 CD/DVD (NTSC) copies imported

Kool & the Gang, one of the most influential funk bands of the '70s (and one of the most popular R&B groups of the '80s after their breakout hit “Celebration”) originally started as a jazz band. That goes some distance toward explaining the group’s tight-knit chops, as well as their ability to improvise when the mood struck. Brothers Robert and Ronald Bell started playing together in the Jazziacs in the early 1960s with a bunch of their neighborhood friends. As their musical horizons expanded, they came to re-christen themselves the Soul Town Band.

Finally settling on the moniker Kool & The Gang, their eponymous debut album hit both the pop and R&B charts. Their sixth LP Wild and Peaceful, gave them the “overnight” success that belied their years of work on the fringes. Several years, and a fair number of R&B chart hits later, the band took the tune “Celebration” to the pop and R&B charts and never looked back, notching seven consecutive platinum albums. Just as funky (and sampled nearly as often) as James Brown or Parliament, the group has expressed a mastery of soul, R&B and funk over the span of five decades.

This Sound + Vision set not only captures the band’s career sonically on a pair of CDs, but it gathers virtually every video in the band’s career on the DVD. This collection is encoded in NTSC for Region 1 DVD players (US and Canada). The CDs, of course, will play everywhere.

Price: $44.49

DID YOU KNOW? Robert Bell is the “Kool” in Kool & The Gang.