Kool in the Gang released their first album in 1969, and had their first big hits in 1973 with "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging." But then their commercial fortunes went steadily down as the 1970s went on. A big problem was they didn't have a great lead singer, so they did a lot of instrumentals. But in 1979, the got a new lead singer, James "J.T." Taylor (not to be confused with the singer-songwriter with the same name), and moved in more of a mainstream pop direction. That resulted in two big hits in 1979, "Ladies' Night" and "Too Hot." Then in 1980 they did even better, getting their first Number One on the main U.S. singles chart with "Celebration." They had another big hit in 1981 with "Get Down on It."
That's the point when this concert happened, in late 1981. They went on to have a few more big hits in the next few years, especially "Joanna," which was the most played song on the radio in 1984. Most of their hits through 1981 were performed here, although I was a bit surprised not to see "Jungle Swinging" or "Ladies' Night." Probably the BBC edited those out to make a longer concert fit within an hour-long time slot.
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.
This album is 55 minutes long.
01 Take It to the Top (Kool & the Gang)
02 Hangin' Out (Kool & the Gang)
03 Hollywood Swinging (Kool & the Gang)
04 Jones vs. Jones (Kool & the Gang)
05 If You Feel like Dancin' (Kool & the Gang)
06 Steppin' Out (Kool & the Gang)
07 Get Down on It (Kool & the Gang)
08 Take My Heart (Kool & the Gang)
09 Love Festival (Kool & the Gang)
10 Too Hot (Kool & the Gang)
11 Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
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The cover photo is from an appearance on the "American Bandstand" TV show in February 1982. I also found a logo of the band's name, and used that at the top.
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