29/05/2021

Earth, Wind & Fire "Spirit" (1976) -Funk / Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : CBS Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Getaway (Bernard Taylor & Peter Cor)
02 - On Your Face (Maurice White, Charles Stepney & Philip Bailey)
03 - Imagination (Maurice White, Charles Stepney & Philip Bailey)
04 - Spirit (Maurice White & Larry Dunn)

Side 2

01 - Saturday Nite (Maurice White, Al McKay & Philip Bailey)
02 - Earth, Wind & Fire (Maurice White & Skip Scarborough)
03 - Departure (Maurice White & Larry Dunn)
04 - Biyo (Maurice White & Al McKay)
05 - Burnin' Bush (Jerry Peters)


Produced by Maurice White & Charles Stepney for Kalimba Productions

Earth, Wind & Fire :
Maurice White : Vocals, Kalimban Drums, Timbales
Verdine White : Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Organ, Moog Synthesizer
Ralph Johnson : Drums, Percussion
Al McKay : Guitars, Percussion
Johnny Graham : Guitars
Andrew Woolfolk : Saxophones, Percussion
Fred White : Drums, Percussion

Special thanks to our Horn Section :
Lew McCreary : Bass Trombone
Charles Loper : Trombone
Steve Madaio : Trumpet
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Tommy Johnson : Tuba

French Horn Section : Sidney Muldrow, Marilyn Robinson, Arthur Maebe, David Duke

Don Myrick : Saxophones
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Special thanks to the following Musicians :
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
George Bohannon : Trombone
Jerry Peters : Piano
Charles Veal : Concertmaster
Harvey Mason : Percussion

Violins : Harris Goldman, Carl La Magne, Winterton Gavey, Joy Lyle, Assa Drori, Sandy Seemore, Haim Shifrum
Violas : Rollice Dale, David Campbell, Marilyn Baker, Paul Polivnick, Lynn Subotnick, James Dunham, Denyse Buffum, Barbara Thomasson
Celli : Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shlutz, Ronald Cooper, Marie Fera
Harp : Dorothy Ashby

"Getaway", "On Your Face", "Saturday Nite", "Imagination", "Earth, Wind & Fire", "Departure" Arranged by Charles Stepney
"Burnin' Bush", "Biyo" Arranged by Jerry Peters
"Spirit" Arranged by Tom Tom 84
Engineering & Remixing by George Massenburg
Recorded at the following Studios
Wally Heider, Studio 3, Los Angeles
Assistant Engineer : Richard Goodman
The Burbank Studios
Hollywood Sound Recorders
Westlake Audio
Assistant Engineer : Dean Rod
Mastered at The Mastering Lab