The Columbia Masters

~ Release by Earth, Wind & Fire (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Last Days and Time
▶ CD 2: Head to the Sky
▶ CD 3: Open Our Eyes
▶ CD 4: That's the Way of the World
▶ CD 5: Gratitude
▶ CD 6: Spirit
▶ CD 7: All 'N All
▼ CD 8: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Volume 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Got to Get You Into My Life
3 4:03
2 Fantasy
3.5 3:46
3 Can't Hide Love
3 4:08
4 Love Music
3 3:55
5 Getaway
3 3:46
6 That's the Way of the World
3 5:44
7 September
4.8 3:35
8 Shining Star
4 2:50
9 Reasons
2 4:59
10 Sing a Song
3 3:24
▶ CD 9: I Am
▶ CD 10: Faces
▶ CD 11: Raise!
▶ CD 12: Powerlight
▶ CD 13: Electric Universe
▶ CD 14: Touch the World
▶ CD 15: Heritage
▶ CD 16: Constellations: The Universe Of Earth, Wind & Fire

Credits

CD 8: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Volume 1

arranger:
Charles Stepney (tracks 6, 8–9)
Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks 6, 8–9)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (tracks 6, 8–9)
composer:
Skip Scarborough (tracks 3, 3, 3)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 6, 8–9)
lyricist:
Skip Scarborough (tracks 3, 3, 3)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 6, 8–9)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 8–9)
Peter Cor (track 5)
Eduardo Del Barrio (track 2)
Larry Dunn (track 8)
John Lennon (Beatle) (track 1)
Paul McCartney (track 1)
Al McKay (tracks 7, 10)
Charles Stepney (tracks 6, 9)
Bernard Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 5)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 2, 6–10)
Verdine White (tracks 2, 6)
Allee Willis (track 7)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (tracks 6, 8–9)
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (1975) (tracks 3, 10)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1978 –) (track 1)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1978) (track 7)
publisher:
Criga Music (track 2)
EMI April Music Inc. (track 8)
EMI Songs Ltd. (track 7)
Northern Songs Ltd. (track 1)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (track 7)
Saggifire Music (track 2)
The International Music Network (track 7)
sampled by:
Kobiety są gorące by Norbi (track 7)
To Me You’re Everything by 98° (track 2)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 329) (track 6)
cover recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (track 1)
You Can’t Hide Love (track 3)
later parody versions:
Child of God (track 8)
later translated parody versions:
A Kapella (track 7)
later translated versions:
Je veux te graver dans ma vie (track 1)
Kaikki yhtä ympyrää (track 1)
live cover recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 3)
live recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 3)
recording of:
Fantasy (track 2)
Getaway (track 5)
Reasons (track 9)
September (track 7)
Shining Star (track 8)
Sing a Song (track 10)
That's the Way of the World (track 6)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (track 7)
The Music of The Beatles (track 1)