(Fog City Records - 1996)

or Ruckus

special guests:
Theryl DeClouet - vocals / Erik Jekabson - trumpet / Mark Mullins - trombone / Eric Traub - tenor saxophone


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Robert Mercurio - bass
Stanton Moore - drums
Jeff Raines - guitar
Rich Vogel - keyboards 

Produced, recorded, edited and mixed by
Dan Prothero for Fog City Productions
Recorded at Sea Saint Studios, New Orleans

Note: The original release of Coolin' Off on Fog City Records contains CD-Rom material which was later taken off of the re-release on Capricorn Records. The Japanese import version of Coolin' Off contains four extra tracks: "Sea Saint Interlude", "Percussion Interlude 3","Fourth Pass","Percussion Interlude 3".

 
After being pleased with the results of "Black Eyed Pea", the track that was recorded for Is That Jazz?, it was evident that Galactic and producer Dan Prothero should work on recording a full-length album. The result was "Coolin' Off". Just before the recording of the album, the band invited Theryl to collaborate on a couple of songs. He agreed and all were pleased with the results...so much so that Theryl has not missed a Galactic gig since then.

"For Coolin' Off we had like 10 or 11 tunes worked out ready to record," explains Stanton. "That was are plan to put those on the album. Then Dan was like, "Why don't you guys just jam and I'll record it." So it wound up about half the record turned out that way. Dan really dug the spontaneity of it. Only half the song we had ready beforehand showed up on the record."

After Prothero failed to find a home for the release at any major labels, he started his own Fog City Records and released Coolin' Off as the debut for the independent label.

The title of the album is self-evident for anyone who happened to be in New Orleans the couple of days this album was recorded. It was 100 degrees and 90 percent humidity. Robert took a picture of an old fan his father which for the album cover which suits the title quite appropriately.
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