Albums Vol. 1 (1970-1978) – 13CD Boxset (CD) – Kool & the Gang

Limited 13 CD set. With a cannon of more than 20 albums, Kool & the Gang are one of the most sampled Bands in music history. From their roots in the mid-late ’60s, the Band has explored many musical styles from jazz and soul, funk and rock, R&B/Pop, with Gene Redd at the helm for their first handful of albums. The Albums 1 1970-1978 is the first of two box sets that cover the Band’s first 20 years. The set contains 119 tracks across 13 CDs, from the Band’s twelve studio and live albums, released worldwide from 1970’s debut Kool & the Gang and 1978’s Everybody’s Dancin’, as well as a bonus Singles Selection disc, containing singles edits and non-LP tracks. Kool & the Gang’s musical legacy remains in full force with their brand of melodic jazz, funk soul and pop.

Track List

1. Kool ; the Gang
2. Breeze ; Soul
3. Chocolate Buttermilk
4. Sea of Tranquility
5. Give It Up
6. Since I Lost My Baby
7. Kools Back Again
8. The Gangs Back Again
9. Raw Hamburger
10. Medley: What Would the World Be Like Without Music / Let the Music Take Your Mind
11. Walk on By
12. Chocolate Buttermilk
13. Trying to Make a Fool of Me
14. Who’s Gonna Take the Weight Part 1 ; 2
15. Pneumonia
16. Wichita Lineman
17. I Want to Take You Higher
18. Funky Man
19. The Touch of You
20. N.T
21. Ricksonata
22. Sombrero Sam
23. Ronnie’s Groove
24. Ike’s Mood/You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
25. Lucky for Me
26. Dujii
27. Music Is the Message
28. Electric Frog (Part 1)
29. Electric Frog (Part 2)
30. Soul Vibrations
31. Love the Life You Live (Part 1) } Segued As Per the Original LP
32. Love the Life You Live (Part 2)
33. Stop Look ; Listen
34. Blowing with the Wind
35. Funky Granny
36. Good Times
37. Country Junky
38. Wild Is Love
39. North East South West
40. Making Merry Music
41. I Remember John w. Coltrane
42. Rated X
43. Father Father
44. Funky Stuff
45. More Funky Stuff
46. Jungle Boogie
47. Heaven at Once
48. Hollywood Swinging
49. This Is You This Is Me
50. Life Is What You Make It
51. Wild and Peaceful
52. Street Corner Symphony
53. Fruitman
54. Rhyme Tyme People
55. Light of Worlds
56. Whiting H. ; G
57. You Don’t Have to Change
58. Higher Plane
59. Summer Madness
60. Here After
61. Spirit of the Boogie
62. Ride the Rhythm
63. Jungle Jazz
64. Sunshine and Love
65. Ancestral Ceremony
66. Mother Earth
67. Winter Sadness
68. Caribbean Festival
69. Love ; Understanding
70. Sugar
71. Do It Right Now
72. Cosmic Energy
73. Hollywood Swinging [Live]
74. Summer Madness [Live]
75. Universal Sound [Live]
76. Come Together [Live]
77. Open Sesame
78. Gift of Love
79. Little Children
80. All Night Long
81. Whisper Softly
82. Super Band
83. L-O-V-E
84. Sunshine
85. A Place in Space
86. Slick Superchick
87. Just Be True
88. The Force
89. Mighty Mighty High
90. Oasis
91. Life’s a Song
92. Free
93. Everybody’s Dancin’
94. Dancin’ Shoes
95. Big Chief Funkum
96. I Like Music
97. You Deserve a Break Today
98. At the Party
99. Stay Awhile
100. It’s All You Need
101. Peace to the Universe
102. Raw Hamburger
103. Let the Music Take Your Mind
104. Can’t Stop (Doing It to You)
105. Kool It (Here Comes the Fuzz)
106. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
107. Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (Part One)
108. Pneumonia
109. The Penguin
110. Higher Plane
111. Spirit of the Boogie
112. Caribbean Festival
113. Caribbean Festival (Disco Version)
114. Get Down with the Boogie
115. Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)
116. Love ; Understanding (Come Together)
117. Super Band
118. Slick Superchick
119. Everybody’s Dancin’