The Albums, Vol.1 1970-1978

Compilation by Kool & the Gang

Released 17 June 2022

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CD 1: Kool and the Gang (1969)
1
Kool & The Gang
2:58
2
Breeze & Soul
5:29
3
Chocolate Buttermilk
2:15
4
Sea of Tranquility
3:34
5
Give It Up
3:41
6
Since I Lost My Baby
2:09
7
Kools Back Again
2:54
8
The Gangs Back Again
2:44
9
Raw Hamburger
3:37
CD 2: Live at the Sex Machine (1971)
1
Medley: What Would the World Be Like Without Music / Let the Music Take Your Mind
4:29
2
Walk on By
5:15
3
Chocolate Buttermilk
2:09
4
Trying to Make a Fool of Me
4:29
5
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight Part 1 & 2
6:19
6
Pneumonia
5:22
7
Wichita Lineman
5:25
8
I Want to Take You Higher
4:12
9
Funky Man
3:24
10
The Touch of You
4:14
CD 3: Live at P.J.’s (1971)
1
N.T.
6:31
2
Ricksonata
5:41
3
Sombrero Sam
6:43
4
Ronnie’s Groove
2:59
5
Ike’s Mood / You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
10:29
6
Lucky for Me
3:06
7
Dujii
6:03
CD 4: Music Is the Message (1972)
1
Music Is the Message
5:19
2
Electric Frog (Part 1)
3:43
3
Electric Frog (Part 2)
3:02
4
Soul Vibrations
4:40
5
Love the Life You Live (Part 1)
2:53
6
Love the Life You Live (Part 2)
2:48
7
Stop, Look & Listen
3:26
8
Blowing With the Wind
2:31
9
Funky Granny
5:56
CD 5: Good Times (1972)
1
Good Times
4:17
2
Country Junky
2:55
3
Wild Is Love
3:25
4
North, East, South, West
3:39
5
Making Merry Music
3:04
6
I Remember John W. Coltrane
4:03
7
Rated X
4:02
8
Father, Father
5:38
CD 6: Wild and Peaceful (1973)
1
Funky Stuff
3:03
2
More Funky Stuff
2:53
3
Jungle Boogie
3:06
4
Heaven at Once
5:05
5
Hollywood Swinging
4:39
6
This Is You, This Is Me
5:26
7
Life Is What You Make It
3:56
8
Wild and Peaceful
9:30
CD 7: Light of Worlds (1974)
1
Street Corner Symphony
4:38
2
Fruitman
5:24
3
Rhyme Tyme People
3:23
4
Light of Worlds
4:25
5
Whiting H. & G.
3:20
6
You Don’t Have to Change
2:42
7
Higher Plane
5:01
8
Summer Madness
4:17
9
Here After
2:56
CD 8: Spirit of the Boogie (1975)
1
Spirit of the Boogie
4:53
2
Ride the Rhythm
2:55
3
Jungle Jazz
4:49
4
Sunshine and Love
3:46
5
Ancestral Ceremony
3:38
6
Mother Earth
5:38
7
Winter Sadness
5:06
8
Caribbean Festival
7:33
CD 9: Love & Understanding (1976)
1
Love & Understanding
7:50
2
Sugar
5:36
3
Do It Right Now
3:55
4
Cosmic Energy
3:10
5
Hollywood Swinging [live]
5:39
6
Summer Madness [live]
8:01
7
Universal Sound [live]
4:03
8
Come Together [live]
2:47
CD 10: Open Sesame (1976)
1
Open Sesame
3:46
2
Gift of Love
4:07
3
Little Children
5:28
4
All Night Long
3:53
5
Whisper Softly
6:04
6
Super Band
4:54
7
L‐O‐V‐E
3:23
8
Sunshine
3:28
CD 11: The Force (1977)
1
A Place in Space
4:48
2
Slick Superchick
4:01
3
Just Be True
4:21
4
The Force
4:19
5
Mighty Mighty High
6:49
6
Oasis
6:02
7
Life’s a Song
2:54
8
Free
2:07
CD 12: Everybody’s Dancin’ (1978)
1
Everybody’s Dancin’
8:01
2
Dancin’ Shoes
3:53
3
Big Chief Funkum
4:49
4
I Like Music
3:37
5
You Deserve a Break Today
3:34
6
At the Party
3:29
7
Stay Awhile
4:42
8
It’s All You Need
3:13
9
Peace to the Universe
0:30
CD 13: Singles Selection
1
Raw Hamburger
2:43
2
Let the Music Take Your Mind
2:58
3
Can’t Stop (Doing It to You)
2:50
4
Kool It (Here Comes the Fuzz)
2:48
5
1‒2‒3‒4‒5‒6‒7‒8
3:08
6
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (Part One)
3:37
7
Pneumonia
3:02
8
The Penguin
2:47
9
Higher Plane
3:17
10
Spirit of the Boogie
3:13
11
Caribbean Festival
3:42
12
Caribbean Festival (disco version)
4:06
13
Get Down With the Boogie
4:46
14
Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)
4:26
15
Love & Understanding (Come Together)
3:24
16
Super Band
3:21
17
Slick Superchick
3:27
18
Everybody’s Dancin’
3:59