Kool & The Gang Albums Vol. 1 (1970-1978) CD

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.

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'