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A1	Music Is The Message	5:45
A2	Electric Frog (Part 1)	3:34
A3	Electric Frog (Part 2)	3:02
A4	Soul Vibrations	4:42
B1	Love The Life You Live (Parts 1) Producer, Arranged By – Gene Redd*	3:01
B2	Love The Life You Live (Part 2) Producer, Arranged By – Gene Redd*	2:48
B3	Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)	3:29
B4	Blowin' With The Wind	2:32
B5	Funky Granny Producer, Arranged By – Gene Redd*	5:57

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Bell Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Better Quality Sound
• Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S 36552
• Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S36553

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Flute, Vocals – Dennis D.T. Thomas
• Bass, Vocals – Robert Kool Bell
• Cover [Back-Liner By] – Alfredo Seville
• Cover [Design] – Design Group
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – George Brown
• Guitar – Claydes Smith
• Liner Notes – Ronald Bell
• Mastered By – Dc*
• Piano, Synthesizer [Arp], Vocals – Ricky West
• Producer, Arranged By – Kool And The Gang* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute, Vocals – Khalis Bayyan
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals – Robert Spike Mickens

Notes

Originally released July 72 as De-Lite DEP-2011.

Tracks B1 & B2 are one continuous track on this reissue release (as opposed to the original 1972 release, which has two seperate tracks “Part 1” & “Part 2”).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): DE 2011-0
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): DE 2011-1
• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): S 36552 DcBφs
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): S36553 DcBφs

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DEP-2011	Kool & The Gang	Music Is The Message ‎(LP, Album)	De-Lite Records	DEP-2011	US	1972
2347-004	Kool & The Gang	Music Is The Message ‎(LP, Album)	Mojo	2347-004	UK	1972
314 532 933-4	Kool & The Gang	Music Is The Message ‎(Cass, Album, RM)	Mercury	314 532 933-4	US	1996
ISS - 80113	Kool & The Gang	Music Is The Message ‎(LP, Album)	De-Lite Records	ISS - 80113	Japan	1972
DEP-2011	Kool & The Gang	Music Is The Message ‎(LP, Album)	De-Lite Records	DEP-2011	US	1972

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