| | Kool & The Gang Light Of Worlds CD Kool & The Gang Discography of CDs
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Personnel: Khalis Bayyan (vocals, tenor saxophone, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, Mellotron, synthesizer, kalimba, percussion); Herb Lane, Alton Taylor, Penni Phynjuar Saunders, Robert "Kool" Bell (vocals); Claydes E.X. Smith (guitar, vibraphone, percussion); Ed Pazant (oboe, alto saxophone); Dennis "D.T." Thomas (alto saxophone); Robert "Spike" Mickens (trumpet, flugelhorn); Al Pazant (trumpet); Ricky West (piano); George "Funky" Brown (drums, percussion, gong); Richard Shade, Kenneth Banks (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Cleveland "Clevie" Browne.
Recording information: Media Sound, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Photographer: David Lartaud.
Arrangers: Claydes E.X. Smith; Dennis "D.T." Thomas; Khalis Bayyan; Ricky West; Robert "Spike" Mickens.
Kool & The Gang: Robert "Kool" Bell (bass); Dennis "D.T." Thomas (vocals, alto saxophone, Clavinet, congas, percussion); Rick West (vocals, piano); Claydes Smith (guitar); Khalis Bayyan (tenor saxophone, piano, keyboards, bass, percussion); Robert Mickens (trumpet); George Brown (drums).
Additional personnel: Alton Taylor (vocals); Alvin Paizant (oboe, alto saxophone); Penni Saunders, Champagne, Herb Lane (background vocals).
Light Of Worlds Music | List Price | $9.95 (You save $3.56) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, Soul/R&B, Funk | | Label | Mercury | | Orig Year | 1974 | | All Time Sales Rank |  11024  | | CD Universe Part number | 1055785 | | Catalog number | 532194 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 19, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | K & G Productions, Inc. | | Engineer | Godfrey Diamond; Harvey Goldberg; Alec Head; Bob Clearmountain | | Recording Time | 35 minutes | | Personnel | Robert "Kool" Bell - bass
Robert "Spike" Mikens - keyboards
Dennis "D.T." Thomas - vocals, alto saxophone, Clavinet, congas, percussion
Ronald "Khalis" Bell
Ricky "Richard Westfield" West - vocals, piano
Claydes Smith - guitar
Also: George "Funky" Brown, Al Pazant, Alton Taylor, Alvin Paizant, Champagne, Claydes E.X. Smith, Ed Pazant, Herb Lane, Kenneth Banks, Penni Phynjuar Saunders, Penni Saunders, Richard Shade |
Kool & The Gang Light Of Worlds Songs Light Of Worlds Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  it sounds great
I would tell anyone to buy this one by kool and the gang if you like this group they are great and bad to the bone they are great to listen to very good music Miss Kouri
Submitted by r.kouri (wayne mi, usa) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Beyond Classic
It's hard to believe this album was released 32 years ago. This collection is not just great, but important. "Summer Madness", "Fruitman", and Rhyme Time People" were huge street hits, but "Street Corner Symphony", "You Don't Have To Change" and "Whiting H&G" are timeless. It's hard to believe how corney this great group became from "Ladies Night" on, but that's another story. "In the darkness of this world, we need lots of light", Amen!
Submitted by St.Davey (windham, me.)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No NOT TOP 40!!!!
very, very spiritual and i love the gull's,you'll know what i mean if you've heard this great album
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