Spirit of the Boogie [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. Spirit of the Boogie

2. Ride the Rhythm

3. Jungle Jazz

4. Sunshine and Love

5. Ancestral Ceremony

6. Mother Earth

7. Winter Sadness

8. Caribbean Festival

Spirit of the Boogie,Kool & the Gang,Polygram Records,Funk,Pop,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban

Spirit of the Boogie [Original recording remastered]

Southern Spirit
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Southern Spirit
The Marshall Tucker Band
Manufacturer: Cabin Fever
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008I5X
Release Date: 1994-01-19

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Rockin' the Spirit: Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals

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Rockin' the Spirit: Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000000EAZ
Release Date: 1991-07-01

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A good effort and a worthy addition to the MTB catalog.
(2 1/2 stars) Too polished to be solid MTB.
The spirit is here!
The spirit is here!

Southern Spirit
The Marshall Tucker Band
Manufacturer: Ramblin Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Tuckerized

ASIN: B00002SWSC
Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

Stay In The Country
Destruction (Confessions Of A Junkie)
Ballad Of M.T.B.
Chase The Memory
County Road
Why Can't You Love Me
Special Lady
No Mercy
Love Will
And The Hills
Modern Day Man
Closer Today

Customer Reviews:

A good effort and a worthy addition to the MTB catalog........2006-03-17

Rating: 4.25 Stars

Tuckerheads will all agree that the original MTB was a unique collection of musical talents and influences. Even in the heyday of southern rock, no one else really sounded quite like them. The problem was that they didn't always sound exactly like we expected them to from one album to the next either. I was fortunate enough to have owned a copy of the debut album before the follow-up release, "A New Life", was even in the stores so I have plenty of practice adjusting to whatever it is that this fine band has decided to release. Nothing in their catalog has sounded exactly like the first album. Nothing in their catalog has sounded exactly like "A New Life". MTB didn't rehash popular musical ideas over and over again for the sake of sounding like we thought they should. Yet they always kept that familiar feel in whatever they did so that you knew you were listening to The Marshall Tucker Band. This release, "Southern Spirit", has that familiar feel and belongs alongside the best that MTB has offered over the years.

If you need a point of reference, "Southern Spirit" is a solid album that, to me, sounds like a melding of "Running Like The Wind" with "Greetings From South Carolina". Doug Gray's vocals are top rate as usual and the band really cooks when they decide to cut loose. Overall, there is a nice mixture of up tempo and laid back songs.

Stay in the Country - A good opening number with nice slide guitar work by Stuart Swanlund. One of the few numbers where the organ is featured prominently (albeit briefly).

Destruction (Confessions of a Junkie) - Tense, aggressive song with a nice sax solo by Jerry. Good change of pace.

Ballad of M.T.B. - Nice story song chronicling the history of the band. Fans should be able to pick out the lyrical and musical references to many of their older songs. Intended to be a good-natured celebration of the people, places, and things that have shaped their music, not a serious epic.

Chase The Memory - Nice flute throughout by Jerry. Subtle slide guitar playing underneath with a short solo spot just prior to the 3 minute mark.

County Road - Up tempo rocker with plenty of sax and guitar to get you moving. Tim Lawter thumps a pretty mean bassline to keep the energy level up throughout.

Why Can't You Love Me - A funky number with vocals by Stuart Swanlund and plenty of sax from Jerry. This one may grow on you as, despite the plaintive nature of the title, it is actually a rollicking number with a toe-tapping beat that is quite catchy.

Special Lady - This one sounds so much like the stuff that The Doobie Brothers were putting out during their "Toulouse Street" through "Stampede" era. High energy and highly produced.

No Mercy - More flute and slide guitar. Don Cameron's piano work is featured more prominently on this one. A very nice tune.

Love Will - Steel guitar, acoustic guitar, and piano combine to set the mood on this reflective number.

And The Hills - The steel guitar and piano stick around for this fun, up tempo song. Guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and perhaps even a chuckle. I suspect they enjoyed recording this one.

Modern Day Man - The opening vocals by Doug sound like he is sitting right there with you. Nice use of banjo and acoustic guitar.

Closer Today - A good gospel closer written by Doug Gray. Solo acoustic guitar provides the intro. This one ends a cappella.

Summary: "Southern Spirit" easily fits in with the classic Tucker releases. While I don't recommend it as the ideal starting point if you are looking to find out what the music of MTB is all about, it does need to be on the list of albums to be added to one's collection eventually. If you are a classic Tucker fan who has been hesitant to listen to the post Caldwell-McCorkle-Riddle stuff, go ahead and give this one a listen as Doug and Jerry do keep that "Southern Spirit" alive in the music.

(2 1/2 stars) Too polished to be solid MTB........2002-04-06

One thing that comes across as I listen to great albums by The Marshall Tucker Band, like their debut self-titled effort and Searchin' for a Rainbow, is that they had a raw, down-home flavor that seemed free from musical preservatives or additives. Not so with Southern Spirit as the album seems as if it was left too long in the studio. What do I mean by that? In the early 90's, Top 40 country radio (what I refer to as artificial country) seemed to take off like a rocket. Everyone wanted to be another Garth Brooks, or Brooks and Dunn, or Clint Black (I can't believe I know all of these names), or whatever the top country artist du jour was. I can just see some record executive suit telling great acts like MTB that they had to get with the times, polish up the sound and attract newer, younger audiences if they wanted to survive. If that's the case they heeded his/her advice with this album and the outcome is less than inspiring.

Southern Spirit, released in 1990 (more than a decade after the band had peaked), and without either of the Caldwell brothers who were the heart and soul of the band, is pretty much all over the map. There are a couple of very good songs including "Stay in the Country" and the best of the bunch "Chase the Memory" which sounds as if it could have been taken from one of their 70's albums. On it, lead singer Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks remind me of what made the band great. Doug has his vocals sounding as good as they did 15 years ago and Jerry has the flute sound going that was present on great songs like "Take the Highway", "Can't You See", and "Hear It in a Love Song". Others are adequate such as "Destruction" and "County Road". Some however are low grade filler such as "Ballad of MTB" and "Love Will", which are both pure cornball tackiness. If your speakers drip maple syrup on the latter you'll know why.

If you're hardcore MTB (isn't everyone?) you may want Southern Spirit in your collection. If not, do not fail to pick up just about any of their 70's albums. I don't think you'll be disappointed in those.

The spirit is here!.......2000-07-21

Marshall Tucker has got the spirit on this CD. Doug Gray is great like always and on "Destruction" he shows it. The bands sound has changed a bit with the talented younger musicans Rusty, Tim, and Don. But it has also taken them to a new exciting level which Marshall Tucker Fans will love. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because the recording is weak in a few spots But other wise its a keeper.

The spirit is here!.......2000-07-21

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Rockin' the Spirit: Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Chesky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000819264
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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St. Louis Blues - Bob Seeley
Happy Days Are Here Again/Jitter Bug Waltz
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Mark Braun
Amazing Grace - Bob Seeley
My Sunday Best - Mark Braun
You Took Advantage of Me - Eric Reed
Glory Glory Hallelujah
Boogie Woogie Keys - Monty Alexander
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Three Hymns - Eric Reed
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen/No Woman, No Cry - Monty Alexander
Whisper Not - Eric Reed

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Boogie Stomp!
Seeley & Baldori
Manufacturer: Spirit Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NCYNDU

Product Description

2007 -- Four hands, eight to the bar! Michigan's legendary septuagenarian piano killer Seeley teams up with keyboard thumper "Boogie" Bob Baldori, of "Woolies" fame. It's all boogie piano! with a couple solos, too, from each, and two tracks recorded live at the Creole Gallery in Lansing's Old Town. Song List: 1. Boogie Stomp! 2. Foot Pedal Boogie 3. Honky Tonk Train 4. 6th Avenue Express 5. The Fives 6. St. Louis Blues 7. Hyper Inflation Boogie 8. Suitcase Blues 9. Okemos Breakdown 10. Hot Kelly 11. Amazing Grace 12. Boogie Rocks

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Spirit of the Boogie
Feel The Spirit Of The Boogie Band!
Boogie spirit puleeesse!
where has it been????
Mega Bumpin' Jungle Jazz ! ! !

Spirit of the Boogie
Kool & the Gang
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001EOE
Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

Spirit Of The Boogie
Ride The Rhythm
Jungle Jazz
Sunshine And Love
Ancestral Ceremony
Mother Earth
Winter Sadness
Caribbean Festival

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Spirit of the Boogie.......2006-10-14

"Spirit of the Boogie" reached it's peak popularity during the spring of 1975. "Winter Sadness," "Spirit of the Boogie" and "Caribbean Festival" are the stand-out tracks on this effort. Good overall effort from Kool and the Gang! Four stars!

Feel The Spirit Of The Boogie Band!.......2005-01-22

THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING!!!!Just from the pulsing title cut on this album resonates with everything that made Kool & The Gange so wonderful during this period.The smooth "Sunshine And Love" and "Mother Earth" are slower but still meaningful purposes of intent while "Winter Madness",the title song and the brilliant "Anchestral Ceremony" are supreme examples of what writer Ricky Vincent calls the 'united funk' age-adding a new undercurrent of synthesized backrounds,only sudtley looming in the backround.And the percussive closer "Caribbean Festival" is just GREAT street funk-so everything here sums up what Kool & The Gang were trying to acomplish in their first five years-to deliver meaningful,loose as a goose jazzy funk grooves with a great rhythm and a spontaneus attitude-all while holding down a certain identification with the person on the street.An amazing achievment that,sadly,had become difficult to locate.But if you can find it and get YOU WILL be 100% satisfied!!!!!!

Boogie spirit puleeesse!.......2004-05-04

There is something about discovering Kool And The Gang in your mid twenties, after being brought up on P-funk, Jazz, Soul, Blues, that makes ya realize that life is worth livin! I swear, man, All these Pre J.T cheese albums will blow ya'll away. I have bought all their early out put now and listen dance and sing (hopelessly outta' tune!) all day and night. Everythang is here, just let the music free yo mind, sucka!

where has it been????.......2002-12-18

I have been waiting for this to come on CD for quite awhile now.
I transferred my vynyl LP to CD in order to have it some time ago. It doesn't get any better than this. Now if they would just release the "Open Sesame" album as well, that would make me a happy man. Check out "Light of Worlds", and "Wild and Peaceful"
too.

Mega Bumpin' Jungle Jazz ! ! !.......2001-02-03

I'm surprized this album doesn't have a gazillion reviews written up on it. Long out of print and almost impossible to get, its been a long sought after gem of DJs, and true hard cored funkateer vinyl collectors alike... in fact, almost their best kept secret, that this little ditty (originally released in August of '75) features some of the hardest hitting funk and dance grooves of the era. (I know its hard to believe... once they hit pay dirt with stuff like Celebration, they wound up setting a legacy not of tripped out Bump music, but rather cheesy pop, but trust me... there was a time when these cats were wild and deep.)

Mixing elements of hard core funk, Jazz, African Consciousness and rhythms, Spirit of The Boogie *IMHO* definitely gives Earth Wind & Fire, who would come to epitomize the Jazz Out Jungle Funk school of dance a heavy run for their money. Though some tracks are better than others, this is definitely a listen straight through album that'll make you get down - - mega bumpin' keyboard and basslines, fired up trumpet blast and lot's of percussion. Ain't nothin' but a party !

Tracks:

Stay In The Country
Destruction (Confessions Of A Junkie)
Ballad Of M.T.B.
Chase The Memory
Country Road
Why Can't You Love Me
Special Lady
No Mercy
Love Will
And The Hills
Modern Day Man
Closer Today

Customer Reviews:

good music not all the hits.......2005-03-28

This is a good cd to listen to if your tired of all the songs you hear all the time...

Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals / Rockin the Spirit

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Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals / Rockin the Spirit

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000I5EYEK

Product Description

Track Listing 1. St. Louis Blues - Bob Seeley 2. Happy Days Are Here Again / Jitter Bug Waltz - Johnny O'Neal 3. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Mark Braun 4. Amazing Grace - Bob Seeley 5. My Sunday Best - Mark Braun 6. You Took Advantage Of Me - Eric Reed 7. Glory Glory Hallelujah - Johnny O'Neal 8. Boogie Woogie Keys - Monty Alexander 9. Fourplay Boogie Woogie - Mark Braun/Bob Seeley 10. Three Hymns - Eric Reed 11. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / No Woman, No Cry - Monty Alexander 12. Whisper Not - Johnny O'Neal/Eric Reed Details Producer: David Chesky Distributor: Telarc Distribution Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes Recording information: A.C. Pianocraft Recital Hall, New York, New York (12/11/2004). Industry Reviews Old school and proud of it.... It's all evidence that, when executed with flair, the retirement age for style is indefinite

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