Kool & The Gang - Live At The Sex Machine (1971)

Tracklist

01. What Would The World Be Like Without Music/ Let The Music Take Your Mind (Live at The Sex Machine)
02. Walk On By (Live at The Sex Machine)
03. Chocolate Buttermilk (Live at The Sex Machine)
04. Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (Live at The Sex Machine)
05. Who's Gonna Take The Weight (Live At The Sex Machine)
06. Pneumonia (Live at The Sex Machine)
07. Wichita Lineman (Live at The Sex Machine)
08. I Want To Take You Higher (Live at The Sex Machine)
09. Funky Man (Live At The Sex Machine, Philadelphia/1970)
10. The Touch Of You (Live at The Sex Machine)
11. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz) (Live at The Sex Machine)


This live outing shows Kool & The Gang in their infancy. Formed as a jazz group, they quickly evolved into a horn-based club band playing hits of the day along with their own original songs, and this package represents them at this embryonic stage in their career. The only significant hit here is the preachy "Who's Gonna Take the Weight," which became a Top 5 R&B hit. The rest of the album shifts between jazzy instrumentals, dance floor jams, and contemporary R&B covers from the early '70s. A fine live representation of the band before they broke through in 1973, this is still the portrait of a band in search of an identity and sound that they hadn't quite discovered.

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