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KOOL & THE GANG
LIGHT OF WORLDS

Original 1974 album liner notes

Side A

STREET CORNER SYMPHONY   4:35
(Ronald Bell/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Ronald Bell

Robert Bell: Bass
George Brown: Drums, Percussion
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Ronald Bell: Tenor Saxophone, ARP Synthesizer, Clavinet, Percussion, Bass, Piano
Dennis Thomas: Alto Saxophone
Robert Mickens: Trumpet
Rick West: Piano

FRUITMAN  5:22
(Rick West/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Rick West

George Brown: Drums
Robert Bell: Bass
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Rick West: Piano, Lead Vocals
Ronald Bell: Tenor Saxophone
Dennis Thomas: Alto Saxophone
Robert Mickens: Trumpet, Flugelhorn

RHYME–TYME PEOPLE  3:21
(Dennis Thomas/Penni Saunders/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Dennis (D.T.) Thomas

George Brown: Drums
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Ronald Bell: Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Robert Mickens: Trumpet
Robert Bell: Bass
Dennis Thomas: Alto Saxophone, Clavinet, Congas, Percussion, Lead Vocals
Penni Saunders: Vocals

LIGHT OF WORLDS  4:23
(Claydes E. X/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Claydes E.X. Smith

Ronald Bell: Piano, Clavinet, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
Edward Pazant: Oboe, Solo, Alto Saxophone
Alvin Pazant: Trumpet
Female Vocalist: “Champagne” Penni Saunders
Male Vocalists: Alton Taylor, Herb Lane
Claydes E.X. Smith: Arranger, Conductor, Composer, Guitar, Vibes, Percussion
Robert Bell: Bass
George Brown: Drums
Noel Pointers Strings


Side B

WHITING H. & G.  3:20
(Ronald Bell/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Ronald Bell

George Brown: Drums
Robert Bell: Bass
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Robert Mickens: Trumpet
Dennis Thomas: Percussion
Ronald Bell: ARP Synthesizer 2600, Piano, Clavinet, Alto Flute
Rick West: Electric Piano

YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHANGE  2:40
(Robert (Spike) Mickens/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Robert Mickens

George Brown: Drums, Vocals
Robert Bell: Bass, Vocals
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Ronald Bell: ARP Synthesizer, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals
Robert Mickens: Vocals
Alton Taylor: Lead Vocals

HIGHER PLANE  4:59
(Ronald Bell/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Ronald Bell

Robert Bell: Bass, Vocals
George Brown: Drums
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Ronald Bell: Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Clavinet, Bass, ARP 2600, Lead Vocals
Robert Mickens: Trumpet
Dennis Thomas: Alto Saxophone
Rick West: Piano
Richard Shade, Kenny Banks, Herb Lane: Background Vocals

SUMMER MADNESS  4:16
(Robert (Spike) Mickens/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Robert Mickens

George Brown: Drums
Robert Bell: Bass
Claydes E.X. Smith: Guitar
Ronald Bell: ARP Synthesizer, Mellotron
Rick West: Piano

HERE AFTER  2:55
(Ronald Bell/Kool & The Gang)
Arranged by: Ronald Bell

George Brown: Drums, Gong, Kettle Drums, Percussion
Ronald Bell: Tenor Saxophone, Mellotron, Electric Piano, Vocals, Kalimba, Acoustic Piano, Synthesizer
Robert Mickens: Trumpet
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All Selections Produced by: K. & G. Productions

All Selections Published by: Delightful Music/Gang Music (BMI)

Recorded at Media Sound

Engineers: Harvey Goldberg, Bob Clearmountain, Godfrey Diamond, Alex Head

Mastering: Jose Rodriguez


RONALD BELL: Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Clavinet, Bass, ARP 2600, Vocals, Synthesizer, Percussion, Kalimba, Mellotron, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Alto Flute
CLAYDES E.X. SMITH: Guitar, Percussion, Vibes
DENNIS “D.T.” THOMAS: Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Clavinet, Congas, Vocals
ROBERT “KOOL” BELL: Bass, Vocals
ROBERT “SPIKE” MICKENS: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals
RICK WEST: Piano, Vocals, Electric Piano
GEORGE “FUNKY” BROWN: Drums, Percussion, Gong, Kettle Drums, Vocals


Album Design: Frank Daniel

Photographs by Bernie Block, Phil Willen, David Lartaud, Howard Winter


Without Whom This Album Would Not Have Been Possible.  Thank You!


Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories
PROMINNENCE 205,000miles high, photographed in violet light of the calcium K line. 1957 July 2.

Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories
SAGITTARIUS region. R.A. 17h 25m Dec. 30º 00’


STEREO

DELITE RECORDS
“The New York Sound”

(P) 1974 Delite Recorded Sound, Distributed Nationally by P.I.P. Records, a Division of Pickwick International, Inc., Woodbury, N.Y. 11797. Printed in U.S.A.


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