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Adventures In the Land of the Good Groove (CD)

Funky Town Grooves Records (UK) / Original Mirage release 1983 - CD release 2009 / FTG-164
CD in jewel case

Producer: Nile Rodgers
Writer: Nile Rodgers

Personnel:
Nile Rodgers: Lead and background vocals, guitars, C.S. 80 synthesizer, drum patterns
Sarah Dash: Vocals
Rachel Sweet:background vocals
Frank Simms, George Simms, David Spinner, Eddie Martinez, Carmine Rojas, John Wright, Fonzi Thornton, Curtis King, Phillip Ballou, Kenny Williams: background vocals
Bernard Edwards: additional bass, background vocals
Rob Sabino: Prophet 5, mini moog, background vocals
Tony Thompson: additional drums, background vocals
Raymond Jones: Acoustic piano, Prophet 5
Jeremy "Pedals" Steele: Pedal steel guitar, background vocals

Recorded and mixed by the Power Station by Jason Corsaro
Digital engineer: George Skinas
2nd engineers: John Wright, Bruce Robbins
Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig
Art direction: Lynn Dreese Breslin
Cover concept by Nancy Huang and Nile Rodgers
Cover by Robert Van Nutt
Photography: Herbert Schultz

New Concept:
Tony Calvert and Matt Murphy
Re-mastering and restoration: Donald Cleveland
Production finalization: John Morales for Funkytowngrooves LTD. (2008)

 

1. The Land Of The Good Groove 5:02


2. Yum-Yum 5:36


3. Beet 4:12


4. Get Her Crazy 6:02


5. It's All In Your Hands 4:49


6. Rock Bottom 5:46


7. My Love Song For You 4:24


8. Most Down 5:34


9. The Land Of The Good Groove (Extended Version) 6:43


10. Yum-Yum (Extended Version) 6:58

Nile Rodgers branches out from his earlier Chic stylings to explore the boundaries of dance music circa 1983 originally released on Mirage Records.

Adventures In the Land of the Good Groove proved interesting for me as I never bought this album back in the day and it helped me connect the dots with Niles productions for others such as David Bowie... in the following years. My favorite cuts on the album are It's All In Your Hands and Rock Bottom. The original Mirage release on vinyl contained eight songs, but this special limited edition compact disc from UK reissue specialist label, Funky Town Grooves also includes two bonus tracks with extended versions.

The cover art is intriguing as it is a map of the isle of Manhattan made to look very ancient. Take a look at the landmarks, neighborhoods and streets and see if you can guess their original names.

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