Kool & The Gang – Spirit Of The Boogie

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Label:	De-Lite Records – DEP-2016
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Unipak
Country:	US
Released:	1975
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Jazz-Funk, Funk

Tracklist

A1	Spirit Of The Boogie Arranged By, Vocals, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Bass Arp] – Ronald Bell	4:52
A2	Ride The Rhythm Arranged By – Ronald Bell	2:56
A3	Jungle Jazz Arranged By – Ronald Bell Flute – Dennis Thomas*	4:45
A4	Sunshine And Love	3:48
A5	Ancestral Ceremony Arranged By, Kalimba – Ronald Bell	3:50
B1	Mother Earth Arranged By, Piano – George Brown Piano, Synthesizer [Moog] – Rick West*	5:39
B2	Winter Sadness Alto Flute – Ronald Bell Arranged By – Claydes E.X. Smith*	5:16
B3	Caribbean Festival Arranged By – Kool & The Gang, Ronald Bell	7:33

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp.
Distributed By – P.I.P. Records
Recorded At – Mediasound
Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Published By – Delightful Music Ltd.
Published By – Gang Music Inc.

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1)
Art Direction – Frank Daniel (3)
Backing Vocals – Something Sweet (tracks: A5, B1)
Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell*
Clavinet – Rick West* (tracks: A2, A3, A5)
Design – Diane Nielsen
Drums – George Brown
Engineer [Overdub] – Alec Head, Godfrey Diamond, Ray Janos, Ron St. Germain, Terry Rosiello
Engineer [Record Plant Engineer] – Bob Merritt
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Harvey Goldberg
Guitar – Claydes E.X. Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3), Kevin Bell (tracks: A2, B1)
Illustration [Cover] – Goodnight
Lacquer Cut By – R.F. Janos*
Percussion – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A3, B3), George Brown (tracks: A3, A5, B1), Robert Spike Mickens (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B3), Ronald Bell (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1)
Performer [Special Guest Artist] – Don Boyce
Photography By [Double Exposure Pictures] – Henry Arvinger
Piano – Ronald Bell (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B3)
Synthesizer [Arp] – Ronald Bell (tracks: A5, B2, B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Ronald Bell (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)
Trombone – Otha Nash (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B3)
Trumpet – Spike Mickens* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)
Vocals – Dennis Thomas* (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2), George Brown (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Otha Nash (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1), Rick West* (tracks: A1, A2, A5), Robert Kool Bell (tracks: A1), Robert Spike Mickens (tracks: A1, A2)
Vocals [Boogie Man] – Don Boyce (tracks: A1)
Written-By – Claydes E.X. Smith* (tracks: B2), Don Boyce (tracks: A1), George Brown (tracks: B1), Kool & The Gang, Ronald Bell

Notes

Delite Records, Distributed Nationally by PIP Records, A Division of Pickwick International, Inc., Woodbury, N.Y. 11797 Printed in U.S.A.

Recorded at: Media Sound Studio, 311 West 57th St, N.Y.C.
Mixing at: Record Plant, L.A.
* Kevin Bell and Something Sweet appear through the courtesy of Gang Records.
All Selections Published by: Delightful Music Ltd./Gang Music Inc.
℗ 1975 Delite Recorded Sound Corp.
Distributed nationally by P.I.P. Records

Track A4 credited on front and inside cover as “Cosmic Energy”, on label as "Sunshine And Love".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): DEP 2016 RM-A 7-24-75 R.F. JANOS
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): DEP 2016 RM-B 7-24-75 HI HARV! "WE'RE SCIENTISTS OF SOUND"
Rights Society: BMI