クールたちが初めて放ったメジャーヒット作。「JUNGLE BOOGIE」「FUNKY STUFF」「HOLLYWOOD SWINGING」を含む話題作。クールたちが初めて日本で紹介された作品でもある。クールたちは圧倒的に黒人たちから絶大な人気を誇ったが、このアルバムをしても白人のマーケットの壁は破れなかった。当時のライブでは「WILD AND PEACEFUL」でロナルド・ベルの人間わざとは思えないようなソプラノ・サックスでの超ロング・トーンが聴ける。ココ
WILD AND PEACEFUL（1973）
1. FUNKY STUFF - 3:00 (Kool & The Gang)
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All rights on behalf of Sevond Decade Music Co. admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
2. MORE FUNKY STUFF - 2:50 (Kool & The Gang)
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3. JUNGLE BOOGIE*** - 3:03 (Kool & The Gang)
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4. HEAVEN AT ONCE** - 5:01 (Ronald Bell-Robert Bell-Kool & The Gang)
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5. HOLLYWOOD SWINGING - 4:36 (Ricky West-Kool & The Gang)
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6. THIS IS YOU, THIS IS ME* - 5:23 (George Brown-Kool & The Gang)
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7. LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT - 3:53 (Dennis Thomas-Kool & The Gang)
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8. WILD AND PEACEFUL - 9:26 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
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Produced and Arranged by Kool & The Gang Enterprises, Inc.
KOOL - Fender Bass, Vocals
RONALD - Tenor & Soprano Sax, Vocals
SPIKE - Trumpet, Vocals
FUNKY GEORGE - Drums, Vocals, Misc. Percussion
DEE TEE - Alto Sax, Flute, Congas, Vocals
CLAY - Guitar
RICK - Electric Piano, Vocals
Background Vocals:*Tomorrow's Edition/**Rory Bell/***Don Boyce-Boogie Man
Recorded at Media Sound
Engineers: Jeff Lesser, Harvey Goldberg
Digitally remastered by Gary N. Mayo at PolyGram Studios
Cover art by Joseph Askew
Original jacket design by Richard Askew
Reissue packege design by Mitchell Kanner
Thanks to Geolffrey Erskine and David Raben
Released September, 1973 as De-Lite DE-2013
