Emotions* – Rejoice

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Label:	Columbia – PC 34762
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Jun 1977
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	Best Of My Love Bass – Verdine White Drums – Fred White Guitar – Al McKay Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Synthesizer – Larry Dunn Written-By – Al McKay, Maurice White	3:40
A2	A Feeling Is Bass – David Shields Drums – James Gadson Guitar – Marlo Henderson Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Sheila Hutchinson Whitt*	3:36
A3	A Long Way To Go Bass – David Shields Drums – James Gadson Guitar – Marlo Henderson Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil*	3:48
A4	Key To My Heart Bass – Verdine White Drums – Fred White Guitar – Al McKay Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Vocals – Maurice White Written-By – Robert Wright, V. White*	5:21
A5	Love's What's Happenin' Bass – Verdine White Drums – Fred White Guitar – Al McKay Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Synthesizer – Larry Dunn Written-By – Sheila Hutchinson Whitt*	3:18
B1	How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away Bass – David Shields Drums – James Gadson Guitar – Marlo Henderson Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Clarence McDonald, June Deniece Williams*, Lani Groves	4:41
B2	Don't Ask My Neighbors Bass – Verdine White Drums – Fred White, Maurice White Electric Piano – Skip Scarborough Guitar – Al McKay Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Skip Scarborough	4:26
B3	Blessed Bass – Verdine White Drums – Fred White, Maurice White Electric Piano – Jerry Peters Guitar – Al McKay Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Jerry Peters, Maurice White	4:36
B4	Rejoice Bass – David Shields Drums – James Gadson Guitar – Marlo Henderson Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta* Piano, Clavinet – Clarence McDonald Written-By – Keith Henderson, LaFayette Evans, Wanda Hutchinson	5:22

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Produced For – Kalimba Productions
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Manufactured By – Columbia Records, Inc.
Record Company – CBS Inc.
Published By – Saggifire Music
Published By – Steelchest Music
Published By – Pamjokeen Music
Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Published By – Verdangel Music
Published By – VIP New Bag Music
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Cornflake Music

Credits

Arranged By – Tom Tom 84
Cello – Dennis Karmazyn, Raymond Kelley*, Selene Hurford
Co-producer – Clarence McDonald
Concertmaster – Charles Veal, Jr.*
Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Fran Tate, Jack Rouben, Mark Linett
Engineer, Mixed By [Remixing By] – George Massenburg
French Horn – Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow, Vince DeRosa*
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Management – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management, Joe Hutchinson
Photography By – Jürgen Reisch
Producer – Maurice White
Saxophone, Flute – Don Myrick
Tour Manager [Road Manager] – Greg Jones (44)
Trombone – George Bohannon*, George Thatcher, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear, Steve Madaio
Viola – Denyse Buffum, Paul Polivnick, Rollice Dale
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Betty LaMagna, Charles Veal, Jr.*, Dorothy Wade, Israel Baker, Janice Gower, Robert Sushel

Notes

Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria pressing denoted by "S" etches in runouts.
Issued with custom lyric/credit inner sleeve.

Recorded at Wally Heider Studio 3, Hollywood Sound Recorders & Sunset Sound Studio, Los Angeles, Calif.
© 1977 CBS Inc./℗ 1977 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.

There is a quality we cannot hide; we must express it worldwide- it's Emotions

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Label A): AL 34762
Matrix / Runout (Label B): BL 34762
Matrix / Runout (Runout A): PAL-34762-1B TML-M A 1S
Matrix / Runout (Runout B): PBL34762-1B TML-S 1S

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Rejoice (LP, Album)	CBS	S CBS 82065	UK	1977
Recently Edited	Rejoice (LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 82065	Europe	1977
	Rejoice (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237031	Australia	1977
Recently Edited	Rejoice (Cassette, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	PCT 34762, PCT34672	US	1977
New Submission	Rejoice (LP, Album)	CBS/Sony	25AP 591	Japan	1977

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Reviews

Amancay Mar 26, 2016
Killer album. On the other side of the production, or the songs choice for it, I want to remark how good this girls can sing. You can feel their GOSPEL skills behind almost every ballad and song too. Amazing vocal harmonies and trio vocal lines complementation. One of the best.
453378 Oct 21, 2015
one of my most cherished albums of 1977. Bought this when it first came out, a mind blowing experience to hear The Emotions in such a perfect set of beautiful ballads and mid-tempo funky tracks. Gospel meets disco in a beautiful, well produced coherent album. Liner notes says; There is a quality we cannot hide; we must express it worldwide- it's Emotions. How true...

Even after all those years this album still is on my turntables often and it just grows and grows....
ericblowtorch Sep 23, 2013
Produced by Maurice White, and as such sounds like an Earth, Wind & Fire album. The exultant 'Best of My Love' is the best track here, running the same duration as the single release. Two very good numbers: 'A Feeling Is,' a 6/8 midtempo love jam, and 'How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away,' a bass-slappers disco piece with reggae guitar. 'Key to My Heart' is a dreamy waltz with Maurice on backup vocals, 'Love's What's Happenin'' an uptempo EWF-style flute/horns backbeat rocker, 'Blessed' a cowbell stomp a la EWF, and the title cut is a flying-cymbal/slappers/clappers joint with wah-wah guitar. Only 'A Long Way to Go,' a kinda screechy electric sitar funk ballad, and 'Don't Ask Me Neighbors,' a cabasa/clave-dominated slow jam, are substandard. Dorothy Ashby guests on haro.