Go Go Live at the Capital Centre

Go Go Live at the Capital Centre
Live album by
Various Artists
ReleasedDecember 18, 1987[1]
VenueCapital Centre
Landover, Maryland
Genre
Length100:00[2]
LabelI Hear Ya Records[1]
ProducerDarryll Brooks[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
ARTISTdirect[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Robert ChristgauB+[5]

Go Go Live at the Capital Centre was a concert performance by various prominent go-go bands and hip-hop artists based in the Washington metropolitan area.[6][7][8] It was recorded live in October 1987[1] at the Capital Centre (a defunct indoor arena in Landover, Maryland). The double–cassette was released by "I Hear Ya Records" on December 18, 1987, and the video recording was released on VHS-tape by "G Street Express" on the same day.[4]

The concert was a sold-out event with over 24,000 concert-goers in attendance. This concert also marked the first time an all go-go lineup exclusively headlined an event at the Capital Center.[1][4][6][7][9]

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Stone Cold Hustler"D.C. Scorpio6:56
2."Cabbage Patch"Experience Unlimited5:20
3."Shake it Like a White Girl"Experience Unlimited5:43
4."Go Ju Ju Go"Experience Unlimited5:51
5."Cat in the Hat"Little Benny & the Masters3:45
6."R.E. Herman 2x"Rare Essence15:17
7."Still Gettin' Buzy"Rare Essence10:57
8."Whip It"Rare Essence6:19
9."Hey Buddy Buddy"Rare Essence1:35
10."Do You Know What Time It Is?"Rare Essence3:28
11."Run Joe"Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers7:29
12."You Know What Time It Is?"Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers3:51
13."I'm Bad"Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers6:01
14."Day-O"Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers8:21
15."Wiggle Your Body"Hot, Cold Sweat1:51
16."You Can Dance If You Want To"Go-Go Lorenzo0:48
17."Junkyard Jam"Junkyard Band3:40
Total length:100:00

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Harrington, Richard (December 16, 1987). "Go-Go, Alive and on Tape". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Various Artist: Go Go Live at the Capital Centre". Discogs. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Go Go Live at the Capitol Centre". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Harrington, Richard (December 18, 1987). "Concert Video Pulls Out the Stop-Stops to Capture Washington's Go-Go Scene". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Live at the Capital Centre". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. pp. 206, 223. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  7. ^ a b Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2009). The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 221–224. ISBN 978-1-60473-241-2.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.