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Kool & The Gang - Gold (CD1)<br />
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Artist...............: Kool & The Gang<br />
Album................: Gold (CD1)<br />
Genre................: R&B<br />
Source...............: CD<br />
Year.................: 2005<br />
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N<br />
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)<br />
Version..............: FLAC 1.2.1 20070917<br />
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 76 %)<br />
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit<br />
Tags.................: VorbisComment<br />
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Ripped by............: Warlordhunter on 9/8/2008<br />
Posted by............: Warlordhunter on 9/9/2008<br />
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Included.............: NFO, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE<br />
Covers...............: Front,Leaflet <br />
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Tracklisting<br />
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1. (00:02:57) Kool & The Gang - Kool & The Gang<br />
2. (00:02:56) Kool & The Gang - Kool's Back Again<br />
3. (00:02:58) Kool & The Gang - Let The Music Take Your Mind<br />
4. (00:03:11) Kool & The Gang - Funky Man<br />
5. (00:06:23) Kool & The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight<br />
6. (00:05:41) Kool & The Gang - Love The Life You Live<br />
7. (00:03:02) Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff<br />
8. (00:03:05) Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie<br />
9. (00:04:38) Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging<br />
10. (00:04:59) Kool & The Gang - Higher Plane<br />
11. (00:03:21) Kool & The Gang - Rhyme Tyme People<br />
12. (00:04:20) Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness<br />
13. (00:04:54) Kool & The Gang - Spirit Of The Boogie<br />
14. (00:07:35) Kool & The Gang - Caribbean Festival<br />
15. (00:07:52) Kool & The Gang - Love And Understanding (Come Together)<br />
16. (00:03:49) Kool & The Gang - Open Sesame<br />
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Playing Time.........: 71 min 43 sec<br />
Total Size...........: 482.06 MB<br />
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Kool & The Gang - Gold (CD2)<br />
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Artist...............: Kool & The Gang<br />
Album................: Gold (CD2)<br />
Genre................: R&B<br />
Source...............: CD<br />
Year.................: 2005<br />
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N<br />
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)<br />
Version..............: FLAC 1.2.1 20070917<br />
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 85 %)<br />
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit<br />
Tags.................: VorbisComment<br />
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Ripped by............: Warlordhunter on 9/8/2008<br />
Posted by............: Warlordhunter on 9/9/2008<br />
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Included.............: NFO, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE<br />
Covers...............: Front, Leaflet<br />
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Tracklisting<br />
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1. (00:03:29) Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night<br />
2. (00:05:05) Kool & The Gang - Too Hot<br />
3. (00:05:00) Kool & The Gang - Celebration<br />
4. (00:04:03) Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It)<br />
5. (00:04:52) Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It<br />
6. (00:03:51) Kool & The Gang - Big Fun<br />
7. (00:06:42) Kool & The Gang - Let's Go Dancin' (Ohh, La, La, La)<br />
8. (00:04:00) Kool & The Gang - Joanna<br />
9. (00:04:14) Kool & The Gang - Tonight (AOR Mix)<br />
10. (00:04:06) Kool & The Gang - Misled<br />
11. (00:03:49) Kool & The Gang - Fresh<br />
12. (00:05:42) Kool & The Gang - Cherish<br />
13. (00:05:16) Kool & The Gang - Emergency<br />
14. (00:04:04) Kool & The Gang - Victory<br />
15. (00:03:55) Kool & The Gang - Stone Love<br />
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Playing Time.........: 68 min 05 sec<br />
Total Size...........: 452.49 MB<br />
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Kool & the Gang are a highly successful American jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco <br />
group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. in 1964. They <br />
went through several musical phases in their career, starting out with a purist <br />
jazz sound, becoming practitioners of R&B and funk, progressing to a smooth <br />
disco ensemble, and ended the successful period of their career producing <br />
pop/R&B crossovers. They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.<br />
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History<br />
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The group's main members over the years included brothers Robert Bell <br />
(known as "Kool") on bass (born October 8, 1950, Youngstown, Ohio) and <br />
Ronald Bell on tenor saxophone (born November 1, 1951, Youngstown, <br />
Ohio); George Brown on drums (born January 5, 1949); Robert Mickens on <br />
trumpet; Dennis Thomas on alto saxophone; Claydes Charles Smith on guitar <br />
(born September 6, 1948; died June 20, 2006), and Rick Westfield on <br />
keyboards. The Bell brothers' father was an acquaintance of Thelonious Monk <br />
and the brothers were friends with Leon Thomas.<br />
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In 1964 Robert formed an instrumental band called the Jazziacs with five high <br />
school friends. They changed their name to Kool & the Gang and were signed <br />
by Gene Redd to his then new De-Lite Records in 1969. They first hit the pop <br />
charts with the release of their debut eponymous album.<br />
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Though none of the three singles from the album went far on the pop charts, <br />
their R&B success was swift and massive. Several live and studio albums <br />
followed, with 1973's Wild and Peaceful breaking into the mainstream with <br />
"Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging". Many reviews see the Gang's <br />
1974 album Light of Worlds and 1975 album Spirit of the Boogie as the <br />
greatest achievements of the band, with the 1975 single "Summer Madness" <br />
gaining much attention. However, after the release of those albums the band <br />
abandoned deep funk-music and switched to disco. Generally, the albums <br />
released after 1975 have not received the same critical recognition as their <br />
early work.<br />
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The late 1970s saw a lull in Kool & the Gang's career that ended — after new <br />
lead singer James "J.T." Taylor joined the group — with 1979's Ladies' Night, <br />
the title track from which spawned a 25-year-long tradition of ladies' nights in <br />
New Jersey dance clubs and bars. Their only #1 hit was 1980s "Celebration", <br />
off Celebrate!, produced by Eumir Deodato. More international hits followed <br />
in the early 1980s, including "Big Fun", "Get Down on It" and "Joanna". Their <br />
1984 album Emergency yielded four top 20 hits, including "Fresh" and <br />
"Cherish." Their chart presence stopped abruptly after the Forever album, <br />
when both Taylor and Ronald Bell (who started using the name Khalis <br />
Bayyan) left the group; both would eventually return, but the hits would not.<br />
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Kool and the Gang rose to some popularity again in 1994 after "Jungle <br />
Boogie" was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's hit cult classic <br />
Pulp Fiction. The band released the album "Still Kool" in 2007.<br />
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"Hollywood Swinging" was performed by Jon Arons in his dance/trombone <br />
number on "Steve Harvey's Big Time" thus earning him the title, "The <br />
Trombone Guy."<br />
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"Hollywood Swinging" was also sampled by DJ Kool in his song "Let Me Clear <br />
My Throat".<br />
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Kool & the Gang's "Summer Madness" off their 1974 album Light of Worlds has <br />
been sampled numerous times. Most notably, it was used by DJ Jazzy Jeff <br />
and the Fresh Prince for their version of "Summertime" as well as being <br />
featured in the 1976 smash hit Rocky. More recently, Also, Live at PJ's' track <br />
"N.T" has been sampled extensively, by artists such as Boogie Down <br />
Productions, Brand Nubian, De La Soul, N.W.A and Kriss Kross.<br />
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