Go Go Swing Live

Go Go Swing Live is a live album recorded and released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.[4][5][6] The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in Temple Hills, Maryland) and at the RSVP (a defunct nightclub in Washington, D.C.)[7][6]

Go Go Swing Live
Live album by
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released1986
Recorded1986
VenueThe Crystal Skate
Temple Hills, Maryland
Genre
Length61:09
LabelFuture Sound Records
ProducerReo Edwards
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
Funk Express
(1980)		 Go Go Swing Live
(1986)		 Any Other Way to Go?
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
ARTISTdirect[2]
musicHound R&B(4/5)[3]

The album consists of go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album is especially known for remakes of the calypso song "Run Joe", and the swing songs "Stormy Monday" and "It Don't Mean a Thing". The album was ranked #1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by DCist.[7]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)"
3:15
2."Midnight Sun"
3:23
3."Moody's Mood"
5:07
4."Woody Woodpecker"
2:23
5."Harlem Nocturne"Earle H. Hagen5:49
6."Run Joe"
8:54
7."Stormy Monday"T-Bone Walker5:46
8."Boogie on Go-Go Woman"Stevie Wonder7:02
9."Family Affair"Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart6:12
10."Take the Go-Go Train"Billy Strayhorn4:51
11."Day-O"Irving Burgie8:31
Total length:61:09

Personnel

References
  1. Hamilton, Andrew. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Go Go Swing Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  4. Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  5. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Charles C. Jr. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  6. Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. Gopal, Sriram (August 4, 2016). "11 Of The Best Albums Recorded in the D.C. Area". DCist. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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