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dimanche 12 août 2018

KOOL & THE GANG SPIRIT OF THE BOOGIE

DE-LITE RECORDS 1975                             DEP-2016

Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold

credits:

 Alto Saxophone – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1)
Artwork By – Diane Nelson, Frank Daniel, Goodnight
Backing Vocals – Something Sweet (tracks: A5, B1)
Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell*
Clavinet – Rick West* (tracks: A2, A3, A5)
Drums – George Brown
Guitar – Claydes Smith (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Kevin Bell (tracks: A2, B1)
Lacquer Cut By – Ray Janos
Percussion – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A3, B3), George Brown (tracks: A3, A5, B1),
Robert Spike Mickens (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B3), Ronald Bell (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1)
Performer [Special Guest Artist] – Don Boyce
Piano – Ronald Bell (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B3)
Synthesizer [Arp] – Ronald Bell (tracks: A5, B2, B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Ronald Bell (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)
Trombone – Otha Nash (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B3)
Trumpet – Robert Spike Mickens (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)
Vocals – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2), George Brown (tracks: A1, A2, B1),
Otha Nash (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1), Rick West* (tracks: A1, A2, A5),
Robert Kool Bell (tracks: A1), Robert Spike Mickens (tracks: A1, A2)
Vocals [Boogie Man] – Don Boyce (tracks: A1)
Written-By – Claydes Smith (tracks: B2), Don Boyce (tracks: A1),
George Brown (tracks: B1), Kool & The Gang
Written-By, Arranged By – Ronald Bell


Recorded at: Media Sound Studio, 311 West 57th St, N.Y.C.
Mixing at: Record Plant, L.A.
Engineer [Overdub] – Alec Head, Godfrey Diamond,
Ray Janos, Ron St. Germain, Terry Rosiello
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Harvey Goldberg


tracks listing:

A1 Spirit Of The Boogie
Synthesizer [Bass Arp], Vocals, Clavinet – Ronald Bell 4:52
A2 Ride The Rhythm 2:56
A3 Jungle Jazz
Flute – Dennis Thomas 4:45
A4 Sunshine And Love 3:48
A5 Ancestral Ceremony
Kalimba – Ronald Bell 3:50
B1 Mother Earth
Arranged By, Piano – George BrownPiano, Synthesizer [Moog] – Rick West 5:39
B2 Winter Sadness
Arranged By – Claydes SmithFlute [Alto] – Ronald Bell 5:16
B3 Caribbean Festival
Arranged By – Kool & The Gang 7:33







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