Spirit of the Boogie

Kool & The Gang | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001EOE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,605 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spirit of the Boogie

2. Ride the Rhythm

3. Jungle Jazz

4. Sunshine and Love

5. Ancestral Ceremony

6. Mother Earth

7. Winter Sadness

8. Caribbean Festival

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mega Bumpin' Jungle Jazz ! ! !, February 2, 2001

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spirit of the Boogie (Audio CD)

I'm surprized this album doesn't have a gazillion reviews written up on it. Long out of print and almost impossible to get, its been a long sought after gem of DJs, and true hard cored funkateer vinyl collectors alike... in fact, almost their best kept secret, that this little ditty (originally released in August of '75) features some of the hardest hitting funk and dance grooves of the era. (I know its hard to believe... once they hit pay dirt with stuff like Celebration, they wound up setting a legacy not of tripped out Bump music, but rather cheesy pop, but trust me... there was a time when these cats were wild and deep.)

Mixing elements of hard core funk, Jazz, African Consciousness and rhythms, Spirit of The Boogie *IMHO* definitely gives Earth Wind & Fire, who would come to epitomize the Jazz Out Jungle Funk school of dance a heavy run for their money. Though some tracks are better than others, this is definitely a listen straight through album that'll make you get down - - mega bumpin' keyboard and basslines, fired up trumpet blast and lot's of percussion. Ain't nothin' but a party !

If you dig this, check out some Ripple, KAY GEES, Bohannon, Fatback and Brass Construction as well !

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That's the spirit of the boogie..., September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spirit of the Boogie (Audio CD)

Kool & The Gang - for the most people only known as a la-la-la disco combo. On this CD (other good recordings are also available) you can hear Kool & his gang in their purest form as they were without the cream cheese virtuoso J.T. Taylor. This is for listening with all you've got, not only ears. "Spirit Of The Boogie" is next to "Music Is The Message" and "Wild & Peaceful" one of the ultimate K&TG albums. Track no. 3 "Jungle Jazz" is a perfect re-recording of "Jungle Boogie" with a jazzy flute instead of vocals. Buy the a.m. albums and you'll enjoy it !!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars where has it been????, December 17, 2002

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JOHN D. "willidynamite" (LV, NV (the 702)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of the Boogie (Audio CD)

I have been waiting for this to come on CD for quite awhile now.
I transferred my vynyl LP to CD in order to have it some time ago. It doesn't get any better than this. Now if they would just release the "Open Sesame" album as well, that would make me a happy man. Check out "Light of Worlds", and "Wild and Peaceful"
too.