Kool & The Gang – Emergency
| Label: | De-Lite Records – 823 823-1, De-Lite Records – 823 823-1ME |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album |
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Disco |
Tracklist
| A1 | Emergency | 5:17 | |
| A2 | Fresh | 4:22 | |
| A3 | Misled | 4:56 | |
| A4 | Cherish | 4:45 | |
| B1 | Surrender | 5:00 | |
| B2 | Bad Woman | 5:35 | |
| B3 | You Are The One | 7:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp.
- Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
- Distributed By – Metronome Musik GmbH
- Made By – Metronome Musik GmbH
- Pressed By – PRS Hannover
- Published By – Delightful Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
- Recorded At – House Of Music, West Orange, NJ
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – PRS Hannover
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Dennis "D.T." Thomas*
- Art Direction – Murry Whiteman
- Art Direction, Cover [Cover Concept], Design – Joni Weinstein
- Backing Vocals – James Taylor*, Starleana "Star" Young*
- Backing Vocals, Engineer, Mixed By – Kendal Stubbs
- Backing Vocals, Mixed By, Producer – Ronald Bell
- Bass Guitar – Robert "Kool" Bell*
- Drums – George Brown
- Engineer [Assistant] – Joe Roth
- Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Jim Bonnefond
- Graphics – Lumel/Whiteman Graphic Design*
- Guitar – Charles Smith*, Rick Iantosca (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2)
- Keyboards, Synthesizer [Yamaha DX-1, Yamaha DX-7, Oberheim Xpander, OBX-A, OB-8, Juno-60] – Curtis "Fitz" Williams, "D.S.C."*
- Lead Vocals – James "J.T." Taylor*
- Make-Up – Roz Burns
- Mastered By – Jose Rodriguez*
- Mixed By, Coordinator – Gabe Vigorito
- Percussion – Jimmy Maelen
- Photography By [Cover Photography] – Brian Hagiwara
- Producer – Kool & The Gang
- Stylist – Lazaro Arias
- Tenor Saxophone, Synthesizer [OB-8] – Ronald "Khalis" Bell*
- Trombone – Clifford Adams
- Trumpet – Michael Ray, Robert "Spike" Mickens*
Notes
Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas & The House Of Music, West Orange, New Jersey.
Mastered at Sterling Stound.
All tracks published by Delightful Music Ltd.
Inspiration for the song "Fresh" - Muhammed Bell, Hakim Bell, Jacinta Manning, Yolanda Hagins, Gina Merritt & Rasheed Merritt
On cover:
© 1984 PolyGram Records, Inc.
℗ 1984 De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp.
Im Vertrieb der Metronome Musik GmbH
Made in W.-Germany
On labels:
P. 1984 De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp., New York
Made in Germany by Metronome Musik GmbH
Version with different inner sleeve and different pressing rings you find here Emergency
Mastered at Sterling Stound.
All tracks published by Delightful Music Ltd.
Inspiration for the song "Fresh" - Muhammed Bell, Hakim Bell, Jacinta Manning, Yolanda Hagins, Gina Merritt & Rasheed Merritt
On cover:
© 1984 PolyGram Records, Inc.
℗ 1984 De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp.
Im Vertrieb der Metronome Musik GmbH
Made in W.-Germany
On labels:
P. 1984 De-Lite Recorded Sound Corp., New York
Made in Germany by Metronome Musik GmbH
Version with different inner sleeve and different pressing rings you find here Emergency
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 42282 38231 3
- Rights Society: GEMA
- Label Code: LC 2114
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): 823 823-1 S 1
- Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): 823 823-1 S 2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - variant 1): 823 823-1 S 1 320
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - variant 1): 823 823-1 S 2 320
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - variant 2 [stamped, A W letters rotated 90°]): 823 823-1 S 1 320 A W 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - variant 2 [stamped, A 0 letters rotated 90°]): 823 823-1 S 2 320 A 0 1A
Other Versions (5 of 112)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Emergency (LP, Album, M.P.P.V. Pressing) | De-Lite Records, Vogue | 540107 | France | 1984 | ||
| Emergency (LP, Album, Stereo) | De-Lite Records | DSR 6 | UK | 1984 | |||
| Emergency (LP, Album, 53 - Hauppauge Pressing) | De-Lite Records, De-Lite Records, De-Lite Records | 822 943-1 M-1, 822 943-1, 422-822 943-1 M-1 | US | 1984 | |||
Recently Edited | Emergency (Cassette, Album, Club Edition, RCA, Dolby System) | De-Lite Records | 822 943-4 M-1 | US | 1984 | ||
| Emergency (LP, Album) | De-Lite Records | DSR 8509 | Canada | 1984 |
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Reviews
- Mine does not have the "Incl. TOP-HITS"-Sticker but Matrix / Runout is the same.
I have to admit with OasisBirdienumnumsTW: "Emergency" and "Fresh" are the stand-outs here. Was worth the small price.
Pressing quality is good! - Edited 11 years agoDamn... this album starts out *SO* strong, really funky and catchy, then goes horribly pear shaped on side 2.
Although they are each about a minute and half too long, the three big cuts on the album, tracks 1, 2, and 4 ("Emergency ", "Fresh" and "Cherish"), are definitely worth the price of admission. They still make me smile after all these years , although, as I said they are all a little long winded at an average of almost 5 minutes each. We get the point by the third minute and the songs could have ended leaving us wanting more (instead of wanting to hit the "NEXT" button).
Track 3, "Misled", fits in pretty nicely as well with a cool groove to it and amusing lyrics, but ..wow... once we hit that 5th track, "Surrender", the album starts to turn into a downward spiral that just ends in a complete uninspired mess.
Although "Surrender" itself is an interesting jam with some cool lyrics, and has a funky groove that reminds me of Prince and the Revolution, most of Side 2 feels like a desperate batch of "we need *something* to fill up the album"...
"Bad Woman" sounds like a shmaltzy attempt at writing a wedding-friendly song with a romantic groove, but with tedious wedding-inappropriate lyrics and definitely not a song for getting in the mood.
The final track, a random piece of religiously-themed pop, "You Are The One", just goes on forever and goes nowhere lyrically or musically...
I'd have been pretty annoyed if I had paid full price for this when it was new, but for a couple of bucks (and the option to NEVER have to listen to Side 2 again) it's worth a spin.
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