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backing vocals [something sweet] Beverly Owens
backing vocals [something sweet] Cynthia Huggins
backing vocals [something sweet] Joan Motley
backing vocals [something sweet] Renee Connel
tracks 1.01 to 1.16 bass, percussion, vocals Robert Kool Bell
drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals George Brown
electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals Claydes Smith
guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Amir Bayyan
tracks 1.01 to 1.16 guitar, vocals Woody Sparrow
tracks 1.01 to 1.16 keyboards, vibraphone [vibes], vocals Ricky West
tracks 1.01 to 1.16 keyboards, vocals Caldwell MacMillan
tracks 2.01 to 2.15 keyboards, vocals Curtis Williams
tracks 2.01 to 2.15 keyboards, vocals Earl Toon, Jr.
tracks 1.01 to 1.16 keyboards, vocals Kevin Lassiter
tracks 2.01 to 2.07 producer Eumir Deodato
tracks 2.14, 2.15 producer I.B.M.C.
tracks 2.08 to 2.12 producer Jim Bonnefond
tracks 2.08 to 2.12, 2.14, 2.15 producer Khalis Bayyan
tracks 1.01 to 1.16, 2.08 to 2.15 producer Kool & The Gang
tracks 2.01 to 2.07 producer [associate] Kool & The Gang
producer [compilation] Harry Weinger
remastered by Suha Gur
saxophone [alto], flute, percussion, vocals Dennis D.T. Thomas
saxophone [tenor], flute [alto], keyboards, clavinet, synthesizer [arp & moog, string ensemble], percussion, vibraphone [vibes], vocals Ronald Bell
trombone, vocals Clifford Adams
trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals Robert Spike Mickens
trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals Larry Gittens
tracks 2.01 to 2.15 trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals Michael Ray
valve trombone, trombone [slide] Otha Nash
tracks 2.01 to 2.15 vocals J.T. Taylor
vocals ["boogie man"] Don Boyce
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Def Jam Music Group
Corporate Owner Island Def Jam Music Group
Made By UML
From the album Kool & The Gang, January 1970 (1.01,1.02)
Issued as single, 1970 (1.03)
From the album Live At The Sex Machine, January 1971 (1.04,1.05)
From the album Music Is The Message, August 1972 (1.06)
From the album Wild And Peaceful, October 1973 (1.07 to 1.09)
From the album Light Of Worlds, October 1974 (1.10 to 1.12)
From the album Spirit Of The Boogie, 1975 (1.13,1.14)
From the album Love & Understanding, 1976 (1.15)
From the album Open Sesame, 1976 (1.16)
From the album Ladies Night, 1979 (2.01,2.02)
From the album Celebrate, 1980 (2.03)
From the album Something Special, 1981 (2.04,2.05)
From the album As One, 1982 (2.06,2.07)
From the album In The Heart, 1983 (2.08,2.09)
From the album Emergency, 1984 (2.10 to 2.13)
From the album Forever, 1986 (2.14,2.15)

Digitally remastered at Universal Mastering Studios-East.
Barcode: 6 02498 62860 7 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: [Universal logo] B00 028 9102CD01 01% C (Disc 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L007 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0353 (Disc 1)
Pressing Plant ID: MADE IN USA BY UML (Disc 1, stamped on inner hub)
Matrix / Runout: [Universal logo] B00 028 9102CD02 01$ A (Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L009 (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0392 (Disc 2)
Pressing Plant ID: MADE IN USA (Disc 2, stamped on inner hub)