The TK Years

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KC and The Sunshine Band

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EMI has complied five KC and the Sunshine Band's TK albums (excluding the instrumental album "The sound of the Sunshine")on this double disc compilation. All the songs are full length album version, THAT'S THE WAY WE LOVE THEM.

These albums "Do it good", "KC and the Sunshine Band", "Part 3", "Who do ya love" and "Do you wanna go party" spanned the length of KC and the Sunshine Band's recording from 1974 to 1979, from the catchy "Queen of clubs", disco classic "That's the way (I like it)","Get down tonight" , "I'm your boggie man" and "Shake your booty" etc, up to the final No.1 hit "Please don't go", showcasing the rise and fall of Disco music.

I have compared the tracks of "Part 3" album on this CD to the Rhino released of "Part 3 ... and more", the sound is greatly improved.

Need not to say, this one is a big bargain as it only cost two regular CDs' price.

Highly Recommended.

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND-THE TK YEARS: During the mid 70s, Miami's horn-heavy hit machine KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND churned out a series of interchangable party-charters with an infectious Caribbean vibe and brutally simplistic good-time party lyrics repeated ad nauseam, a trademark of the oft-maligned DISCO era. Head honcho HARY WAYNE CASEY gleefully sprayed his patented white boy funk like so much confetti over barely contained double entendre chants of GET DOWN TONIGHT, I LIKE TO DO IT and KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE, sexual metaphors hinged to a groove-humpin' thump. This double disc set encompasses the entirety of KCATSB's five albums, with the self-titled second LP and PART 3 being the obvious highlights; WHO DO YA LOVE is comparatively weak despite a cover of the FOUR TOPS' fool-proof IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG. Speakin' of which, THE T.K. YEARS amounts to a truly mind-numbing endeavor if taken all in one sitting, its booty shakin' pace interrupted all too rarely by a subtle ballad like PLEASE DON'T GO. This is far too much of a good thing for all but the most rabid platform wearin', bell bottom flarin', boom-box blarin' fan.

RATING: THREE AFROS