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Live at Celebrity Hall

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Released
  
1987

Label
  
Sounds of the Capital

Live at Celebrity Hall (1987)
  
Work the Walls (1992)

Release date
  
1987

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Length
  
36:27

Producer
  
Rare Essence

Artist
  
Rare Essence

Genres
  
Old-school hip hop, Go-go

Venue
  
Celebrity Hall, Breeze's Metro Club

Live at Celebrity Hall (also titled as Live at the Celebrity Hall and the Metro Club) is a live album recorded and released in 1987 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence. The album was recorded live at the now defunct music venues Celebrity Hall (also referred to as "The Black Hole") and at Breeze's Metro Club, both located in Washington, D.C. This album follows their 1986 live album Live at Breeze's Metro Club and includes the singles "Still Gettin' Buzy", "Whip It", and a go-go rendition of Kool Moe Dee's song "Do You Know What Time It Is?".

Contents

Track listing

Side ALive at Celebrity Hall

  1. R.E. Herman 2x – 6:54
  2. Still Gettin' Buzy – 7:39
  3. Whip It – 7:06

Side BLive at the Metro Club

  1. Uptown – 5:02
  2. Do You Know What Time It Is? (written by Moe Dewese) – 5:13
  3. Iko-Iko (written by Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones) – 5:48

Personnel

  • James "Jas Funk" Thomas – lead vocals
  • Quentin "Footz" Davidson – drums
  • Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, percussion
  • Michael "Funky Ned" Neal – bass guitar
  • Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson – electric guitar
  • Byron "B.J." Jackson – keyboards
  • John "J.B." Buchanan – keyboards, flugelhorn
  • Donnell Floyd – saxophone
  • David Green – timbales, backing vocals
  • Derek Paige – trumpet
  • References

    Live at Celebrity Hall Wikipedia