Live at PJ's
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| Live at PJ's | ||||
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| Live album by Kool and the Gang | ||||
| Released | December 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 29 May 1971, live at PJ's, Hollywood |
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| Genre | Funk, Soul jazz | |||
| Length | 46:06 | |||
| Label | De-Lite | |||
| Producer | Gene Redd | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Live at PJ's is the third album released by the funk band Kool and the Gang. The album was released in 1971, recorded at a local club. The band's huge commercial success would not come until a few albums later.
[edit] Track listing
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "N.T." | Gene Redd, Kool & the Gang | 6:29 | ||||||
| 2. | "Ricksonata" | Kool & the Gang | 5:39 | ||||||
| 3. | "Sombrero Sam" | Charles Lloyd | 6:42 | ||||||
| 4. | "Ronnie's Groove" | Redd, Kool & the Gang | 2:57 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Ike's Mood" | Isaac Hayes, Barry Mann | 5:01 | ||||||
| 2. | "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" | Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector | 4:59 | ||||||
| 3. | "Lucky for Me" | Charles Smith | 3:02 | ||||||
| 4. | "Dujii" | Rick Westfield | 6:02 | ||||||
The track "N.T." (short for "No Title") was replaced with "The Penguin" on the UK LP.[2]
The 1999 CD release combined "Ike's Mood" and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" into one track and included both "N.T." and "The Penguin".[3]
[edit] In popular culture
- The Beastie Boys included a song titled Live at PJ's on their 1992 album Check Your Head. Other than the title, it is unrelated to Kool and the Gang.
- The Song "N.T." is a song frequently sampled by hip hop producers (Kool G Rap's "Truly Yours", Nas's "It Ain't Hard To Tell, A Tribe Called Quest's "Mind Power", etc.)[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Bush, John. "Kool & the Gang: Live at P.J.'s > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Kool & the Gang – Live at P.J.'s at Discogs
- ^ Kool & the Gang – Live at P.J.'s (CD) at Discogs
- ^ "Kool and the Gang: Live at P.J.'s". Search results for "Live at PJ's". the-breaks.com. Section 1. Soul. http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Live+at+PJ%27s&type=1. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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