The Great Earth, Wind & Fire

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

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
# Title Rating Length
1 September
4.8 3:38
2 Serpentine Fire
5 3:52
3 Fantasy
4 4:38
4 I'll Write a Song for You
5:24
5 Drum Song
5:10
6 In the Stone
4:27
7 Can't Let Go
3:30
8 After the Love Has Gone
4:27
9 Wait
3:40
10 You and I
3:33
11 Let Me Talk
4:10
12 And Love Goes On
4:05
13 You
5:32
14 Let's Groove
4.5 5:33
15 Fall in Love With Me
5:51
▼ Medium 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Boogie Wonderland
4 4:51
2 Side by Side
5:33
3 Mighty Mighty
3:04
4 Evil
4:58
5 Devotion
4:51
6 Keep Your Head to the Sky
5:11
7 Kalimba Story
4:03
8 Shining Star
4 2:52
9 That's the Way of the World
3 5:47
10 Yearnin' Learnin
3:41
11 All About Love
5:32
12 Reasons
2 5:00
13 Sing a Song
3 3:25
14 Can't Hide Love
3 4:11
15 Getaway
3 3:46
▼ Medium 3
# Title Rating Length
1 Saturday Nite
4:04
2 Open Our Eyes
5:05
3 Got to Get You Into My Life
3 4:05
4 Turn On
4:42
5 I Wanna Be the Man
4:21
6 Love Music
3:56
7 Jupiter
3:13
8 Ponta De Areia-'Brazilian Theme'
0:55
9 Spread Your Love
3:54
10 In the Stone
4:27
11 Happy Feelin'
3:20
12 Magnetic
4:22
13 System of Survival
7:36
14 Thinking of You
4:43
15 Be Ever Wonderful
5:09

Credits

Medium 1

arranger:
Charles Stepney (track 5)
Earth, Wind & Fire (track 5)
associate producer:
Charles Stepney (track 5)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (tracks 6, 6)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 5–6, 6)
Verdine White (track 5)
Allee Willis (tracks 6, 6)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 2–4)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 2–5)
Joe Wissert (track 5)
writer:
Philip Bailey (track 4)
Steve Beckmeier (track 4)
Bill Myers (track 7)
Reginald "Sonny" Burke (Keyboard player) (track 2)
Bill Champlin (track 8)
Eduardo Del Barrio (track 3)
Larry Dunn (track 12)
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (tracks 8, 12)
Jay Graydon (track 8)
Al McKay (tracks 1, 4)
Brenda Russell (track 12)
Wayne Vaughn (tracks 14–15)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1–3, 7, 12, 14–15)
Verdine White (tracks 2–3, 12)
Allee Willis (tracks 1, 7)
phonographic copyright by:
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) (1981) (track 14)
publisher:
Criga Music (track 3)
EMI Songs Ltd. (tracks 1, 14)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (track 1)
Saggifire Music (track 3)
The International Music Network (track 1)
sampled by:
As One by Jay-Z feat. Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Sparks & Rell (track 3)
Boogie Down by Break Science & Gramatik (track 14)
Hold On Be Strong by 2Pac (track 4)
Kobiety są gorące by Norbi (track 1)
later translated parody versions:
A Kapella (track 1)
live recording of:
In the Stone (track 6)
recording of:
After the Love Has Gone (track 8)
And Love Goes On (track 12)
Can't Let Go (track 7)
Drum Song (track 5)
Fall in Love With Me (track 15)
In the Stone (track 6)
Let's Groove (track 14)
September (track 1)
Fantasy (1977-08) (track 3)
I'll Write a Song for You (1977-08) (track 4)
Serpentine Fire (1977-08) (track 2)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (tracks 1, 14)

Medium 2

arranger:
Charles Stepney (tracks 3, 5, 7–12)
Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks 3, 5–12)
associate producer:
Charles Stepney (tracks 3, 5, 7)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (tracks 8–12)
composer:
Jon Lind (track 1)
Skip Scarborough (tracks 14, 14, 14)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 8–10, 12)
lyricist:
Skip Scarborough (tracks 14, 14, 14)
Allee Willis (track 1)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 3, 5, 7–12)
Joe Wissert (tracks 3, 5–7)
vocals:
The Emotions (Chicago soul, disco and R&B female vocal group) (track 1)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 4–5, 8, 10, 12)
Peter Cor (track 15)
Larry Dunn (tracks 8, 11)
Al McKay (track 13)
Charles Stepney (tracks 9–10, 12)
Bernard Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 15)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 3–6, 8–13)
Verdine White (tracks 3, 9)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (tracks 8–10, 12)
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 13–14)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc. (tracks 8, 10)
Embassy Music Corporation (track 10)
sampled by:
Gator by Le Knight Club (track 6)
Guidance by Guru feat. Amel Larrieux (track 6)
Rhyme’ll Shine On by Naughty by Nature (track 5)
The One (explicit) by Cee-Lo Green feat. Jazze Pha & T.I. (track 5)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 329) (track 9)
cover recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 14)
is the basis for:
I’m Alive (track 1)
later parody versions:
Child of God (track 8)
live cover recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 14)
live recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 14)
recording of:
All About Love (track 11)
Boogie Wonderland (track 1)
Devotion (track 5)
Evil (track 4)
Getaway (track 15)
Kalimba Story (track 7)
Keep Your Head to the Sky (track 6)
Mighty Mighty (track 3)
Reasons (track 12)
Shining Star (track 8)
Sing a Song (track 13)
That's the Way of the World (track 9)
Yearnin’ Learnin’ (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (track 1)

Medium 3

arranger:
Earth, Wind & Fire (track 2)
Charles Stepney (track 2)
associate producer:
Charles Stepney (track 2)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 10)
Martin Page (track 12)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 10)
Allee Willis (track 10)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 7, 15)
lyricist:
Martin Page (track 12)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 2, 7, 15)
Joe Wissert (track 2)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 1, 7)
Larry Dunn (tracks 7, 15)
John Lennon (Beatle) (track 3)
Leon Lumpkins (track 2)
Paul McCartney (track 3)
Al McKay (track 1)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1, 7, 15)
Verdine White (track 7)
phonographic copyright by:
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 3)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. (track 3)
compiled in:
In the Marketplace (interlude) / Jupiter by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 7)
cover recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (track 3)
Open Our Eyes (track 2)
later translated versions:
Je veux te graver dans ma vie (track 3)
Kaikki yhtä ympyrää (track 3)
recording of:
In the Stone (track 10)
Magnetic (track 12)
Saturday Nite (track 1)
Be Ever Wonderful (1977-08) (track 15)
Jupiter (1977-08) (track 7)
referred to in medleys:
The Music of The Beatles (track 3)

Release

ASIN: DE: B0000TAPHY [info]