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Earth, Wind & Fire - The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire

Label: Columbia, Legacy
Catalog#: TV2K 86661, TV2K 86661
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country:US
Released:30 Jul 2002
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Disco
Credits: Arranged By - Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-14, 1-16, 2-5) , Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 1-16, 1-17, 2-5)
Arranged By [Horn & Strings] - Tom Tom 84 (tracks: 1-15, 2-1, 2-3, 2-7, 2-10, 2-16)
Arranged By [Horn] - Jerry Hey (tracks: 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13)
Arranged By [Strings] - David Foster (tracks: 2-6, 2-8, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13)
Backing Vocals - Beloyd Taylor
Cello - Daniel Smith (4) , Delores Bing , Dennis Karmazyn , Harry Shultz* , Jacqueline Lustgarten , Jan Kelley , John Walz , Kevin Torfeh* , Larry Corbett , Marie Fera , Miguel Martinez (2) , Ronald Cooper
Co-producer - Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10)
Compilation Producer - Leo Sacks , Maurice White
Concertmaster - Charles Veal* , Harris Goldman , Janice Gower
Drums, Percussion - Fred White , Ralph Johnson
Engineer - Craig Widby , Dean Rod , George Massenburg , Mick Guzauski , Richard Goodman , Robert Appere* , Robert Spano* , Russ Pallone* , Steve Crimmel , Tom Perry
Flute, Saxophone [Soprano & Tenor], Percussion - Andrew Woolfolk
French Horn - Arthur Maebe* , Barbara Korn , David Duke , Marilyn Robinson , Richard Perissi , Sidney Muldrow
Guitar - Beloyd Taylor , Marlo Henderson , Roland Bautista , Steve Lukather
Guitar, Percussion - Johnny Graham
Harp - Dorothy Jean Ashby*
Horns - Phenix Horns, The
Mastered By - Mark Wilder , Seth Foster
Percussion - Harvey Mason , Paulinho Da Costa
Photography [Additional] - Jeffrey Mayer , Sandy Speiser
Photography [Front Cover] - Bruce Talamon
Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Azar Lawrence , Billy Myers* , Charles Stepney , David Foster , Eddie Del Barrio* , George Del Barrio , Jerry Peters , Maxine Lewis , Rick Kelly (2) , Skip Scarborough , Steve Porcaro , Wayne Vaughn
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Programmed By [Synthesizer] - Larry Dunn
Producer - Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14) , Joe Wissert (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-16, 2-5) , Maurice White (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17)
Producer [Assistant] - Larry Dunn (tracks: 2-2 to 2-4) , Verdine White (tracks: 2-2 to 2-4)
Producer [Associate] - Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-16, 2-5)
Saxophone - Fred Jackson, Jr.* , Herman Riley , Jerome Richardson
Saxophone [The Phenix Horns] - Don Myrick
Tabla - Zakir Hussein*
Timpani - Richard Lepore
Trombone - Benjamin Powell , Bill Reichenbach (2) , Charles Loper , Garnett Brown , George Bohanon , Lew McCreary , Maurice Spears
Trombone [The Phenix Horns] - Louis Satterfield
Trumpet - Bobby Bryant , Charles Findley* , Gary Grant , Jerry Hey , Oscar Brashear , Steve Madaio
Trumpet [The Phenix Horns] - Elmar Brown
Trumpet, Flugelhorn [The Phenix Horns] - Michael Harris , Rahmlee Michael Davis
Tuba - Tommy Johnson (2)
Viola - Barbara Thomason , David Campbell , Denyse Buffum , James Dunham , James Ross , Laurie Woods , Linda Lipsett , Lynn Subotnick* , Marilyn Baker , Paul Polivnick , Rollice Dale , Virginia Majewski
Violin - Anton Sen , Asa Drori* , Sherman Bryana* , Carl La Magne* , Cynthia Kovaks , Gina Kronstadt , Haim Shtrum , Harris Goldman , Henry Ferber , Henry Roth , Ilkka Talvi* , Jack Gootkin , Jerome Reisler , Jerome Webster , Joseph Goodman , Joseph Livoti , Joy Lyle , Judith Talvi , Ken Yerke* , Leena Sherman* , Marcy Dicterow* , Pamela Gates* , Pavel Farkas , Ronald Clark* , Rosmen Torfeh , Sandy Seemore , Sheldon Sanov , William Henderson (2) , Winterton Garvey
Vocals, Bass, Percussion - Verdine White
Vocals, Congas, Percussion - Philip Bailey
Vocals, Drums, Kalimba, Timbales - Maurice White
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion - Al McKay
Written-By - A. McKay* (tracks: 1-11, 1-14, 2-1, 2-4, 2-11) , A. Willis* (tracks: 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-17) , C. Stepney* (tracks: 1-7, 1-8, 1-10) , D. Foster* (tracks: 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13) , L. Dunn* (tracks: 1-6, 1-9, 1-15, 2-11, 2-12) , M. White* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 1-14, 1-15, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-9 to 2-16) , P. Bailey* (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-14, 2-4, 2-11) , V. White* (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 2-2, 2-3, 2-11, 2-12) , W. Vaughn* (tracks: 2-14 to 2-16)
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Tracklisting:

1-1 Earth, Wind & Fire Mighty Mighty (3:02)
1-2 Earth, Wind & Fire Evil (4:57)
1-3 Earth, Wind & Fire Devotion (4:49)
1-4 Earth, Wind & Fire Keep Your Head To The Sky (5:10)
1-5 Earth, Wind & Fire Kalimba Story (4:01)
1-6 Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star (2:50)
1-7 Earth, Wind & Fire That's The Way Of The World (5:46)
1-8 Earth, Wind & Fire Yearnin' Learnin' (3:39)
1-9 Earth, Wind & Fire All About Love (5:30)
1-10 Earth, Wind & Fire Reasons (4:59)
1-11 Earth, Wind & Fire Sing A Song (3:24)
1-12 Earth, Wind & Fire Can't Hide Love (4:10)
    Written-By - S. Scarborough*
1-13 Earth, Wind & Fire Getaway (3:45)
    Written-By - B. Taylor* , P. Cor*
1-14 Earth, Wind & Fire Saturday Nite (4:02)
1-15 Earth, Wind & Fire Ponta De Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) / Be Ever Wonderful (6:01)
    Arranged By, Conductor - Eumir Deodato
  Written-By - M. Nascimento*
1-16 Earth, Wind & Fire Open Your Eyes (5:04)
    Written-By - L. Lumpkins*
1-17 Earth, Wind & Fire Got To Get You Into My Life (4:03)
    Written-By - Lennon-McCartney
2-1 Earth, Wind & Fire September (3:35)
2-2 Earth, Wind & Fire Serpentine Fire (3:50)
    Arranged By - Tom Tom 84
  Written-By - S. Burke*
2-3 Earth, Wind & Fire Fantasy (4:37)
    Written-By - E. Del Barrio*
2-4 Earth, Wind & Fire I'll Write A Song For You (5:22)
    Arranged By [Horn & Strings] - Eumir Deodato
  Written-By - S. Beckmeier*
2-5 Earth, Wind & Fire Drum Song (5:09)
2-6 Earth, Wind & Fire In The Stone (4:25)
2-7 Earth, Wind & Fire Can't Let Go (3:29)
    Written-By - B. Myers*
2-8 Earth, Wind & Fire After The Love Has Gone (4:26)
    Written-By - B. Champlin* , J. Graydon*
2-9 Earth, Wind & Fire Wait (3:39)
    Arranged By [Strings] - Tom Tom 84
2-10 Earth, Wind & Fire You And I (3:32)
2-11 Earth, Wind & Fire Let Me Talk (4:08)
    Written-By - R. Johnson*
2-12 Earth, Wind & Fire And Love Goes On (4:04)
    Written-By - B. Russell*
2-13 Earth, Wind & Fire You (5:30)
    Written-By - B. Russell*
2-14 Earth, Wind & Fire Let's Groove (5:32)
    Arranged By [Horn & Strings] - Bill Meyers
2-15 Earth, Wind & Fire Fall In Love With Me (5:50)
    Arranged By [Horn & Strings] - Bill Meyers
  Written-By - W. Vaughn*
2-16 Earth, Wind & Fire Side By Side (5:32)
    Written-By - W. Vaughn*
2-17 Earth, Wind & Fire With Emotions, The Boogie Wonderland (4:48)
    Arranged By [Horn & Strings] - Ben Wright
  Producer - Al McKay
  Written-By - J. Lind*

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