Earth, Wind & Fire – Raise!

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Label:	CBS – CBS 85272, CBS – 85272, ARC (3) – TC 37548
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	Europe
Released:	1981
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

A1	Let's Groove Written-By – M.White, W.Vaughn	5:36
A2	Lady Sun Written-By – B.Taylor*	3:39
A3	My Love Written-By – M.White, W.Vaughn	4:33
A4	Evolution Orange Written-By – D.Foster, M.White, N.O'Byrne*	4:37
B1	Kalimba Tree Written-By – M.White*	0:25
B2	You Are A Winner Written-By – B.Taylor*	4:09
B3	I've Had Enough Co-producer, Written-By – Philip Bailey Written-By – B.Russel, G.Phillinganes	4:34
B4	Wanna Be With You Written-By – M.White, W.Vaughn	4:35
B5	The Changing Times Written-By – B.Taylor*	5:36

Companies, etc.

Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Produced For – Kalimba Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Published By – Saggifire Music
Published By – Yougoulei Music
Published By – Modern American Music, Inc.
Published By – Ninth Music
Published By – Irving Music
Published By – Foster Frees Music, Inc.
Published By – Neches River Publishing
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Rutland Road Music
Published By – Sir & Trini Music
Published By – Geffen-Kaye Music
Recorded At – ARC (3)
Recorded At – George Massenburg Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-85272

Credits

Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Billy Meyers* (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5)
Arranged By [Strings] – David Foster (tracks: B1)
Bass, Producer [Production Assistant] – Verdine White
Cello – Frederick Seykora, Jerome Kessler, Larry Corbett, Mary Louise Zeyen, Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford*
Co-producer, Written By – Philip Bailey (tracks: B3)
Concertmaster – Assa Drori, James Getzoff
Design [Album], Art Direction – Roger Carpenter (2)
Drums, Percussion – Fred White
Engineer – Ken Fowler, Ron Pendragon
Engineer [Assistant] – Stephen McManus
Engineer [Horn, String Overdubs], Mixed By – Mick Guzauski
Engineer [Vocal Overdubs], Mixed By – Tom Perry
Guitar – Johnny Graham, Roland Bautista
Illustration [Album] – Shusei Nagaoka
Keyboards – Billy Meyers*, David Foster, Wayne Vaughn
Management [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo-Fargnoli Management*
Piano, Synthesizer, Producer [Production Assistant] – Larry Dunn
Saxophone – Tom Saviano
Synthesizer, Vocoder – Michael Boddicker
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Don Myrick
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2), Charles Loper, Dick Hyde, George Bohanon, Lew McReary*, Louis Satterfield
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry G. Hall*, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis
Viola – Alan DeVeritch, Allan Harshman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Pamela Goldsmith, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Anton Sen, Arkady Shindelman, Arnold Belnick, Betty LaMagna, Brian Leonard, Denyse Buffum, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Jerome Reisler, John Wittenbert*, Mari Tsumura Botnick*, Marvin Limonick, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Ross, Norman Leonard, Reginald Hill, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Thomas Buffum, William Hymanson, William Kurasch
Vocals [Additional] – Ms. Pluto
Vocals [Additional], Guitar – Beloyd Taylor
Vocals [Additional], Percussion – Ralph Johnson
Vocals, Drums, Kalimba, Backing Vocals, Producer – Maurice White
Vocals, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Philip Bailey
Written-By – Beloyd Taylor (tracks: A2, B2, B5), Brenda Russell (2) (tracks: B3), David Foster (tracks: A4), Greg Phillinganes (tracks: B3), Maurice White (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B4), Nan O'Byrne (tracks: A4), Wayne Vaughn (tracks: A1, A3, B4)

Notes

Recorded at ARC/George Massenburg Studio, West Los Angeles, Calif., and Sunset Sounds Recording Studio, Hollywood, Calif.
Mastered at Mastering Lab, Hollywood, Calif.
℗ 1981 CBS Inc./© 1981 CBS Inc.
Made & Printed in Holland

Some copies have hype sticker on front (right under "Fire"):
"contains HIT SINGLE LET's GROOVE"

Runouts are stamped in first part, the etched portions start with(after) 'PAL...' or 'PBL...'

Tracks A1, A3, B4: Saggifire Music / Yougolei Music
Tracks A2, B2, B5: Modern American Music, Inc. / Saggifire Music
Track A4: Saggifire Music / Ninth Music / Irving Music, Inc. / Foster Frees Music, Inc. / Neches River Publishing
Track B1: Saggifire Music
Track B3: Saggifire Music / Sir and Trinin Music / Geffen / Kay Music / Almo Music Corp. / Rutland Road Music

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Label Code (Cover): LC 0149
Label Code (Labels): LC -0149
Price Code (France, boxed): CB 271
Price Code (Germany, circled): 57
Rights Society (Boxed): BIEM/STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): CBS 85272-1 | AL 37548
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): CBS 85272-2 | BL 37548
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 01-85272-4A-1 PAL-37548-1AA TML-X
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 01-85272-2B-1 TML-S PBL-37548-1AD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 01-85272-4A-1 PAL-37548-1AA TML-X
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 01-85272-1B-1 TML-M PBL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 01-85272-3A1 TML-S PAL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 01-85272-3B-1 TML-X PBL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 01-85272-3A-1 TML-S F PAL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 01-85272-1B-1 TML-M B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 01-85272-2A-1 TML-M A PAL-37548-1AB
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 01-85272-4B-1 TML-S C PBL-37548-1AB
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 01-85272-4A-1 TML-X D PAL-37548-1AA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 01-85272-1B-1 TML-M B PBL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 01-85272-1A-1 B PAL-37548-1AD TML-S
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 01-85272-1B-1 TML-M B PBL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 01-85272-1A 1 TML-S C PAL-37548-1AD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 01-85272-2B-1 D PBL-37548-1AD TML-S
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 01-85272-3A-1 A PAL-37548-1AC TML-S
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): 01-85272-1B-1 A PBL-37548-1AC TML-M
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 01-85272-3A-1 E TML S PAL-37548-1AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): 01-85272-2B-1 D TML S PBL-37548-1AD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): 01-85272-1A-1 A TML S PAL-37548-1AD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): 01-85272-4B-1 D TML S B PBL-37548-1AB

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Raise! (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold)	ARC (3), Columbia	TC 37548	US	1981
Recently Edited	Raise! (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS/Sony	LP-1554	Philippines	1981
Recently Edited	Raise! (LP, Album, Gatefold)	CBS	CBS 85272	UK	1981
Recently Edited	Raise! (LP, Album, Gatefold)	CBS	CBS 85272	Portugal	1981
Recently Edited	Raise! (LP, Album, Picture Disc)	CBS	CBS 11-85272	UK	1981