Kool and the gang 1979-1985

We enter a new month, see some changes around what we can do (and how)  and a few things have arrived here.

The music of Kool and the Gang goes back quite  along time, actually to the dawn of the 1970's  but as flavours changed, the group itself did coming up with a smooth soul and funk style that was extremely popular until again in the late 1980's a mix of more electronic instrumentation and the influence of HipHop moved what had become dubbed "R&B" along a very different line.

This is  a set that across three discs takes six albums from 1979 through 1985 all of which had major hit singles in either the US or the UK that many regard as some of the must enduring of the era.

Songs like 1979's Ladies Night as covered by Atomic Kitten, Celebration, Get Down On It, Big Fun, Joanna, Fresh and Cherish are all songs featured in this collection together with minor singles and deep cuts.

It comes with a booklet that carries the original album credits and adds background information on the group and each albums history in a single slim package.

For the £13.99 I paid for this Beat Goes On set, that was quite a bargain.