Kc And The Sunshine Band Tour 1976

[Venice Sassone]

Part3 is the fourth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in October 1976 on the TK label.

Part 3 contains three of the band's biggest hits, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", and "Keep It Comin' Love". The first two reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the third peaked at number two. Two other singles, "I Like to Do It" and "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" found moderate success on the charts.

Do It Good [T.K., 1974]

Keyboard player (and now vocalist) H.W. Casey and bassman Richard Finch made so much moolah for T.K. prexy Henry Stone that he told them they could spend as much as $3150 on their own LP. What they come up with is the real Miami sound--the sensual Latin accents that really are sensual in New Orleans sound altogether more hyped-up here. "Queen of Clubs" was a smash in the Queen's clubs, while "Sound Your Funky Horn" and "I'm a Pushover" have creased America's soul charts, which makes three hooks right here. A weirdo and a sleeper. B+

K.C. & the Sunshine Band [T.K., 1975]

No matter what you label them, these otherwise meaningless dance tunes are as bright and distinct as the run of disco mush is dull--when it comes to formula, always opt for top forty, which compels innovation, over Muzak, which forbids it. The horns and vocals are less candidly soulful here than on their debut, and the result is an album that's poppier, lighter--almost airy. And though the songs do all sound alike, that doesn't mean they are. Far from it. A-

Part 3 [T.K., 1976]

I don't know how many KC albums the record lover need own. One may well be enough, but zero is certainly too few. This is less consistent than the second and more predictable than the first, but it's a close question: Casey and Finch are remarkably inventive within their unique little ambit. Like the others, this sounds so samey you think the riffs will never kick in--and then they do. B+

Do You Wanna Go Party [T.K., 1979]

The slight shifts in rhythmic and compositional strategy are dubious. But this band is like the Ramones--the hooks sneak up on you. What can I say? Not only do I love the title cut, but I find myself humming everything else on the record--the slow one, the cover version, the one in Spanish. B+

Greatest Hits [T.K., 1980]

Bubblegum funk, kvetch some. Right, bubblegum funk, kvell I--beats cocktail funk, avocado-and-sprouts-sandwich funk, TV-dinner funk. Thank God there's nothing suave or healthy or mass-produced about it--just sweet and silly. I need say no more because anybody reading this already knows what they sound like: except maybe for their brothers in crime the Bee Gees, nobody since the Beatles has concocted a sound more broadly familiar. They didn't sustain, and they could have been chewier, but if you've always thought they might be fun to play at parties, or feared that nothing so ebullient could escape oblivion, this is the investment you've been waiting for. A-

The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band [Rhino, 1990]

Just for fun, I pushed some buttons on my CD changer and played only the five songs that aren't--or weren't, rather--on the old 11-cut version, which suffered a tragic early death. And when they came up, they sounded almost as infectious, ebullient, catchy, dancy, et cetera as the hits. Explain to the historically minded that they were an important minor band and this is all that's left of them. Then have fun. A-

In this article David Brammer a current Hull University Union External Trustee, and a 1979 English and History graduate, visits the archives to read through old issues of HullFire and recollect the bands that played Hull between 1976 and 1980. We are grateful to Hull University Archives for sharing images from some of those copies of HullFire in this article.

My original plan was simply to jot down the bands I had seen in the mid-to-late 70s. As I read through the archived editions of the newspaper, I found much more wider social interest issues emerging as a result of the articles in Hullfire.

Finally, famously, and most regrettably, although we all knew all the words to his hits, Gary Glitter headlined the Rag Ball on 26 June 1980. I saw him at least once during my time and heard many stories of how welcoming he was to fans after his gigs(!).

It all now makes fascinating reading. The University has grown to probably three times the size it was then and the business of providing student entertainment is vastly more sophisticated, as indeed are the students who are the consumers.

Was Albion Band really November 1978 or did they come twice. I remember working this and I graduated in Summer 1978. My memory is of the lighting not turning up and us (as in tech. comm.) having to put out own rig up at short notice.

In respect of one other band on this list, Battlefield Band performed in the middle of a scheduled power cut. The band was moved from the Quiet Rooms to the ground floor (to give easy access to the emergency doors) and performed by the light of two Tilley lamps.

Curved Air performed in the downstairs cafe of the new Union in, I think, 1977 or perhaps 1978. Like all bands they had to make do with some low level staging but still had their heads touching the ceiling.

I just spent the weekend in a reunion of several far left students from this period. Rashpal Singh was amused to see his name here but bemused that his political group was so misnamed. It was the International Marxist Group, if anyone cares.

I was at Hull uni from 79-82. Was on Bars and Social Committee and helped run Rock Soc discos in 029 and later in town. Saw Steel Pulse and Qtips with Paul Young, Bad Manners, The Au Pairs, worked front of stage for Stray Cats ( immense), and sadly Gary Glitter. Saw June Tabor do an improntu short set in the Middle Bar. After I left, stayed in Hull till 1990 and saw lots of great bands at The Adelphi Club, Welly Club, Trades and Labour and The Tower. Played all those myself as well. Also saw The Jam twice in Bridlington and ZZTop in Leeds while at the Uni. Happy Days.

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