Tape (anybody noticed how the tape noise doubles and triples as soon as the other instruments kick in, in addition to the e.p. nice) ?Īll right, thanks everybody, I really appreciate it. Summer Madness (instrumental) ' Summer Madness ' is an instrumental tune that was released in 1974 by Kool & the Gang on their album Light of Worlds. I'm in my twenties and I wish I had been 20 in the summer months of 1974, right around when Light of Worlds (of which 'Summer Madness' was a part! and on side B!) came out. That song must have been responsible for many babies born : ) I imagine how everybody would play the song and feel so cool about themselves when bumping the song.Ģ It has subsequently become one of the most sampled R&B compositions of all time. Ps : if anybody actually was involved in one way or another with this song, and reads : man, you've made so many people happy with this! Summer Madness by Kool & the Gang - discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on WhoSampled. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Princes Summertime. It's just a standard 70s studio recording. The two chords that alternate are F#m7 and C#m11. Play these notes for the first chord: A,C#,E,F#. then for 2nd chord play: B,C#,E,F# and then for that little variation at the end of the loop switch that F# to G#. The bass is probably DI (tone knob is 'open'). The guitar part is played on the neck pickup. It sounds cool because the guy is playing 'fourths'. Fret the B and high E strings at the 7th fret, then slide up to the 9th. That's all he's doing, over and over again. The string chords that fade in are the Mellotron according to liner notes. Always assumed they were Arp Solina string ensemble but that may not have been available yet. Most any mono synth from the early/mid 70s can do the glide effect.ĭrums are almost certainly the usual. Probably U87 or 414 overheads, 57 on snare, 421s on toms, re20 on kick. Then just douse the whole thing in EMT 140 plate reverb. Ps : if anybody actually was involved in one way or another with this song, and reads : man, you've made so many people happy with this!I was 18 in 1974 the best music ever and enjoyed and traveled with different bands on a few occasions.Met many great people that I would love to reach today to see how things went for all of the underdogs who moved and readied the equipment for them and got the stages ready.WOW what fun.Side two of US single 'Spirit of the Boogie' Kool and the Gang- Summer Madness (1974) (Long Version)NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. COPYRIGHTS RESERVED BY COPYRIGHT OWNER.This audio/video is used on. ' Summer Madness' is an instrumental tune that was released in 1974 by Kool & the Gang on their album Light of Worlds. It reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Hot Soul Singles charts. It has subsequently become one of the most sampled R&B compositions of all time. In the early summer of 1996, Epic Records, a division of Sony Music, reissued and re-released the song as a CD and cassette single. 'Summer Madness' has been used in various media: As of 2018, over 145 recordings had sampled it. It appears in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, on the in-game radio station Fever 105.It also appears on the Fever 105 soundtrack CD, in addition to the game's first trailer.

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