Kool & The Gang - Live at PJ's - 180g

Kool & The Gang
Live at PJ's 
Elemental 700184 - re-issue 180g LP in a thick gatefold jacket 

The second live album by the funk band Kool and The Gang: Live at PJ's was released on the New York-based De-Lite label in 1971. As the title indicates, the LP was recorded at PJ's, which was a popular nightclub and music venue in West Hollywood, California. Kool & the Gang would score a bunch of hits in the 80s, but that period was nowhere near as funky and full of groove and jazz flourishes as their earlier recordings. The soul-jazz hybrid that they excelled in playing can be found on this amazing club performance. The band is predictably on fire throughout the set, tearing through some hot instrumentals, along with some nice vocals on the medley of "Ike's Mood" and "You've Got That Lovein' Feelin'" The song N.T. (No Title) contains a widely sampled drum break which has been used in songs by such artists as Nas, Q-Tip, N.W.A, Public Enemy and Blue Boy. 

N.T. 
Ricksonata 
Sombrero Sam 
Ronnie's Groove 
Ike's Mood 
You Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 
Lucky For Me 
Dujii