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Light Of Worlds

Kool & The Gang

1974 · Jazz, Funk / Soul

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Light Of Worlds by Kool & The Gang

Light Of Worlds is a Soul & Funk album by Kool & The Gang, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 37 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.

About

Even as Earth, Wind & Fire married rock-inspired funk to jazz-informed playing, Kool & the Gang topped R&B and pop charts with an even harder amalgam of similar styles. Long a moderately successful act with jams like "Let the Music Take Your Mind," the Gang hit big in 1973 and '74 with irresistibly raucous singles like "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging." <i>Light of Worlds</i> was their first album after this breakout, and continued to offer a nearly surreal approach to the funk ("Rhyme Tyme People") while tweaking the mellower side of the band's influences (the original, superior version of "Summer Madness," an often sampled classic). Soon enough, such venturesome reach would be a thing of the past, as Kool & the Gang headed for the middle of the road. But this album captures them at a peak of inventiveness and happy mischief.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Street Corner Symphony4:35
  2. A2Fruitman5:22
  3. A3Rhyme Tyme People3:21
  4. A4Light Of Worlds4:23

Side B

  1. B1Whiting H. & G.3:20
  2. B2You Don't Have To Change2:40
  3. B3Higher Plane4:59
  4. B4Summer Madness4:16
  5. B5Here After2:55

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Funk
  • lush
  • hypnotic
  • spacey

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Claydes SmithGUITAR, PERCUSSION, VIBRAPHONE GUITAR, VIBRAPHONE, PERCUSSION ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR, COMPOSED BY
  • Dennis D.T. ThomasALTO SAXOPHONE, CONGAS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS, CLAVINET ALTO SAXOPHONE, PERCUSSION, CLAVINET, CONGAS, VOCALS ALTO SAXOPHONE
  • George BrownDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, GONG, DRUMS , VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
  • Ricky WestPIANO, VOCALS PIANO, VOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO ARRANGED BY, PIANO, LEAD VOCALS
  • Robert Kool BellBASS, VOCALS BASS
  • Robert Spike MickensTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, VOCALS ARRANGED BY, TRUMPET ARRANGED BY, VOCALS
  • Ronald BellFLUTE , TENOR SAXOPHONE, SYNTHESIZER , CLAVINET, PERCUSSION, BASS, PIANO, VOCALS TENOR SAXOPHONE, PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, KALIMBA, KEYBOARDS , ELECTRIC PIANO, ALTO FLUTE, BASS ARRANGED BY, TENOR SAXOPHONE, MELLOTRON, ELECTRIC PIANO, VOCALS, KALIMBA, PIANO , SYNTHESIZER
  • Alton TaylorLEAD VOCALS VOCALS
  • Alvin PazantTRUMPET
  • Eddie PazantOBOE , SAXOPHONE OBOE, ALTO SAXOPHONE OBOE, SOLOIST, ALTO SAXOPHONE
  • Herb LaneBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
  • Kenny BanksBACKING VOCALS
  • Khalis BayyanARRANGED BY, MELLOTRON, ELECTRIC PIANO, VOCALS, KALIMBA, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER ARRANGED BY, PIANO, CLAVINET, BASS, SYNTHESIZER , LEAD VOCALS ARRANGED BY, PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER , LEAD VOCALS
  • Noel PointerSTRINGS
  • Noel Pointers StringsSTRINGS
  • Penni SaundersVOCALS
  • Richard ShadeBACKING VOCALS

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