Photography – Bernie Block, David Lartaud and Phil Willen.Liner Notes – Cleveland "Clevie" Browne.Engineers – Bob Clearmountain, Godfrey Diamond, Harvey Goldberg and Alec Head.Ed Pazant – oboe (4), alto saxophone (4).Penni Phynjuar Saunders – vocals (3, 4).Alton Taylor – vocals (4), lead vocals (6).Herb Lane – vocals (4), backing vocals (7).Dennis "D.T." Thomas – alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 7), clavinet (3), congas (3), percussion (3, 5), lead vocals (3), arrangements (3).Ricky West – acoustic piano (1, 2, 7, 8), lead vocals (2), arrangements (2), electric piano (5).Claydes Charles Smith – guitar (1–8), vibraphone (4), percussion (4), arrangements (4), conductor (4).Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), flugelhorn (2), vocals (6), arrangements (6, 8).George "Funky" Brown – drums (1–9), percussion (1, 9), vocals (6), kettle drums (9), gong (9).Robert "Kool" Bell – bass (1–8), vocals (6, 7).A remake of "Summer Madness" was released on their 1993 album Unite titled "WKOOL/Summer". In 1991, the Hip-Hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince sampled elements of "Summer Madness" for their song " Summertime". It was later released as a single, with a follow-up titled "Winter Sadness" in Kool & the Gang's Spirit of the Boogie a year later. " Summer Madness" is considered to be the album's highlight, incorporating smooth melodies and a synthesizer.
The album contains rock-inspired funk set to jazz-informed playing with afrobeat influences and a tinge of analogue synthesizing. While it was their seventh album of original material, the band considered Light of the Worlds their ninth LP ( counting two compilations), and therefore consciously chose nine songs for the album to represent the then nine planets in the Solar System. Light of Worlds is regarded as Kool & the Gang's most spiritual and sophisticated work, produced in the wake of the success of their previous album, Wild and Peaceful. It was a landmark in the funk/jazz fusion genre of the 1970s. Enjoy your favourite songs in HD quality for offline/online music streaming.
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Released in 1974, it was later remastered by Polygram and was a second success for the band, reaching number 16 in the R&B Charts and number 63 in the Pop Charts. Play, Download & Enjoy all MP3 Songs of In the Summertime for FREE at Wynk Music. Light of Worlds is the fifth studio album, and seventh album of new material by the American R&B group Kool & the Gang. Mediasound Studios, ( New York, New York)
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