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]
| Go Go Live at the Capital Centre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Live album by Various Artists | |
| Released | December 18, 1987[1] |
| Venue | Capital Centre Landover, Maryland |
| Genre | |
| Length | 100:00[2] |
| Label | I Hear Ya Records[1] |
| Producer | Darryll Brooks[1] |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| ARTISTdirect |   [3] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [4] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[5] |
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
edit| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stone Cold Hustler" | D.C. Scorpio | 6:56 |
| 2. | "Cabbage Patch" | Experience Unlimited | 5:20 |
| 3. | "Shake it Like a White Girl" | Experience Unlimited | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Go Ju Ju Go" | Experience Unlimited | 5:51 |
| 5. | "Cat in the Hat" | Little Benny & the Masters | 3:45 |
| 6. | "R.E. Herman 2x" | Rare Essence | 15:17 |
| 7. | "Still Gettin' Buzy" | Rare Essence | 10:57 |
| 8. | "Whip It" | Rare Essence | 6:19 |
| 9. | "Hey Buddy Buddy" | Rare Essence | 1:35 |
| 10. | "Do You Know What Time It Is?" | Rare Essence | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Run Joe" | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | 7:29 |
| 12. | "You Know What Time It Is?" | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | 3:51 |
| 13. | "I'm Bad" | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | 6:01 |
| 14. | "Day-O" | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | 8:21 |
| 15. | "Wiggle Your Body" | Hot, Cold Sweat | 1:51 |
| 16. | "You Can Dance If You Want To" | Go-Go Lorenzo | 0:48 |
| 17. | "Junkyard Jam" | Junkyard Band | 3:40 |
| Total length: | 100:00 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Harrington, Richard (December 16, 1987). "Go-Go, Alive and on Tape". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Various Artist: Go Go Live at the Capital Centre". Discogs. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Go Go Live at the Capitol Centre". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Go Go Live at the Capital Centre". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.