Kool & The Gang – Emergency
(De-Lite Records 1984 DSR6)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some wear to bottom right corner of outer sleeve
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, funk and disco group, originally formed in 1964 as the Jazziacs based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of funk and R&B, progressing to a smooth pop-funk ensemble, and in the post-millennium creating music with a modern, electro-pop sound.
They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
The group’s main members over the years included brothers Robert Bell (Muhammad Bayyan) on bass and Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan) on tenor saxophone, lead vocalist James “J.T.” Taylor, George Brown on drums, Larry Gittens on trumpet, Dennis Thomas on alto saxophone, Claydes Charles Smith on guitar, and Rick West (Westfield) on keyboards.
Emergency is the sixteenth studio album by the American band Kool & the Gang, released in 1984. It ultimately became the group’s biggest selling career album, earning Double Platinum status in America, Platinum in Canada, and Silver in the UK.
The album produced four US top 20 hit singles including “Fresh” (US #9); “Misled” (US #10); the title track “Emergency” (US #18); and the album’s biggest hit, the million-selling “Cherish” (US #2). “Fresh”, “Misled”, and “Cherish” also cracked the top 40 in the UK reaching #11, #28, and #4 respectively while “Emergency” only reached #50 in that country.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Emergency” | Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 5:17 |
| 2. | “Fresh” | Taylor, Linzer, Kool & the Gang | 4:22 |
| 3. | “Misled” | Bell, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 4:56 |
| 4. | “Cherish” | Bell, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 4:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Surrender” | Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 5:00 |
| 2. | “Bad Woman” | Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 5:35 |
| 3. | “You Are the One” | Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 7:00 |
Personnel
Kool & The Gang
- James “J.T.” Taylor – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Curtis “Fitz” Williams – keyboards, Yamaha DX1, Yamaha DX7, Oberheim OB-Xa, Oberheim OB-8, Oberheim Xpander, Roland Juno-60
- Ronald Bell – Oberheim OB-8, tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Claydes Charles Smith – guitars
- Robert “Kool” Bell – bass guitar
- George “Funky” Brown – drums
- Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas – alto saxophone
- Clifford Adams – trombone, additional backing vocals (1)
- Robert “Spike” Mickens – trumpet
- Michael Ray – trumpet
Additional musicians
- Rick Iantosca – guitars (1-3, 5, 6)
- Kendal Stubbs – bass guitar (3), backing vocals
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- Starleana Young – backing vocals
Production
- Kool & The Gang – producers
- Ronald Bell – producer, mixing
- Jim Bonnefond – producer, engineer, mixing
- Kendal Stubbs – engineer, mixing
- Gabe Vigorito – mixing, album coordinator
- Jim Roth – assistant engineer
- Jose Rodriguez – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Joni Weinstein – art direction, design, cover concept
- Murry Whiteman – art direction
- Lumel/Whiteman Graphics Design – graphics
- Brian Hagiwara – cover photography
- Lazaro Arias – stylist
- Roz Burns – make-up
- Gerald Delet – management
Production
- Jim Bonnefond – producer, engineer, mixing
- Ronald Bell – producer, mixing
- Brian Hagiwara – photography, cover photo
- Jose Rodriguez – mastering
- John Rollo – remixing
- Joe Roth – engineer, assistant engineer
- Kendal Stubbs – engineer, mixing
- Gabe Vigorito – coordination, mixing
- Murry Whiteman – art direction
- Joe Gastwirt – CD Mastering
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