KID CREOLE – ZE AUGUST DARNELL SESSIONS
The early years of Kid Creole aka August Darnell in New York as he began forging his unique zoot-suited fusion of disco, funk, big band jazz and tropical sounds. Includes his productions for Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Band, Cristina, Gitchy Dan's Beachwood # 9, Machine, Coati Mundi, The Coconuts, Ron Rogers, Aural Exciters, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Alan Vega, Elbow Bones & The Racketees and James White and the Blacks. The extended really best of August Darnell.
01 - Goin’ To A Showdown - Don Armando’s Second Ave. Rhumba Band - 5:21
02 - Going Places - (ZEMix Version) - Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 4:40
03 - Is That All There Is - Cristina - 5:44
04 - On A Day Like Today - Gichy Dan’s Beachwood #9 - 5:23
05 - There But For The Grace of God ! - (12’’ Version) - Machine - 5:20
06 - I’m An Indiand Too - (12’’ Version) - Don Armando’s Second Ave. Rhumba Band - 7:43
07 - Marathon Runner - Aural Exciters - 6:27
08 - Pharaoh (Can’t Take it to the Ground) - Coati Mundi - 3:59
09 - Emile (Night Rate) - Aural Exciters - 6:45
10 - He’s Such a Bad Guy After All - (12’’ Version) Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 5:16
11 - Don’t Play with My Emotions - Ron Rogers - 4:34
12 - Double On Back - Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 4:25
13 - Paradise - Aural Exciters - 3:13
14 - Ticket To The Tropics - (12’’ Version) - The Coconuts - 6:27
15 - Don’t Be Greedy - Cristina - 6:17
16 - Off The Coast Of Me - Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 3:35
17 - Yaya - Ron Rogers - 3:48
18 - Christmas On The Riverside Drive – August Darnell - 5:05
19 - Naughty Boy - The Coconuts - 0:00
20 - A Night In New York - (12’’ Version) - Elbow Bones & The Racketeers - 5:48
21 - Contort Yourself - (August Darnell Remix) – James White & The Blacks – 3:10
22 - Outlaw - (August Darnell Remix) - Alan Vega - 5:14
The early years of Kid Creole aka August Darnell in New York as he began forging his unique zoot-suited fusion of disco, funk, big band jazz and tropical sounds. Includes his productions for Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Band, Cristina, Gitchy Dan's Beachwood # 9, Machine, Coati Mundi, The Coconuts, Ron Rogers, Aural Exciters, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Alan Vega, Elbow Bones & The Racketees and James White and the Blacks. The extended really best of August Darnell.