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MAR
I know this is an old thread, but I just recently bought the CD releases of "all in a night's work" and "the painter" and I like them very much. I was totally unfamiliar with the music on them, aside from 'give it up' which I adore. I think "space cadet: solo flight" was released recently for digital download [[but some of the tracks were released on CD as bonus tracks on the 1994 Rhino release of "part 3...and more"). I don't know about the status of "ten". Hopefully that will be released for digital download at some point in the future as well. I never bought "feeling you!...the 60s", because what I've heard of it on YouTube sounds pretty awful.
As for your question about KC's private life, the reason there is so little info about his personal life, like the names of any women he's dated, is because there aren't any. He is gay, and apparently doesn't want to make this known to his [[mostly female) fans. Rick and KC lived together for many years, in a house where KC still resides. Their relationship was known to those in the music business, but wasn't talked about openly in those days, presumably because it could be a career-ender.
There was some legal ugliness after they split, when KC took back Rick's 50% of song rights, which Rick claims he was duped into relinquishing. I personally believe that KC originally gave Rick that 50% share as a gift, and my theory is backed up by a former TK employee who was in the office the day KC came in and asked that Rick be given co-writing credits for all future songs. Rick had a HUGE role in the ground-breaking sound of those original albums, but I believe that most of the writing was done by KC.
Then there was Rick's sex conviction, which had KC going into damage-control mode and distancing himself from Rick as much as possible, even saying that Rick was never an integral part of the band [[which is ridiculous).
In any case, there have been frequent sightings of KC at gay bars over the years, accompanied by young men. So, he's apparently not trying to hide anything in his day-to-day life, but publicly he's staying closed-mouth about his sexuality.
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