Various Artists "Yourself Myself" (2003) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : A Universal Music Company

 01 - Wanderer's Song (Justin Tyme)

02 - Great Circle Song (Al Jarreau)

03 - Bitter Rain (Amy Sky)

04 - The Parting Song (Amy Williams)

05 - Another Name For Life (Marilyn Martin)

06 - Unsung Heroes (Justin Tyme)

07 - Restless Slumber (Justin Tyme)

08 - I'll Do Anything (Amy Williams)

09 - Headlight Taillight (Janis Ian)

10 - Tomorrow (Amy Sky)

11 - Portrait In Loneliness (Justin Tyme)

Produced by Private Factor

A&R Director : Minoru Sekimoto (Universal Music UM Japan)

Supervised by Ken Shiguma (Producer's Work Shop)

Arranged by DAM, Michael Binikos, Hiroshi Sekita

Horn Arrangement : Andy Suzuki

Musicians :

Keyboards : Tom Keane, Michael Binikos, Larry Williams, Hiroshi Sekita, Aya Iwata, Bill Meyers

Guitars : Michael Landau, Abraham Laboriel, Grant Geissman, Tim Pierce, Takeshi Akimoto

Bass : Hiroshi Sekita

Drums : Vinnie Colaiuta

Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant

Trombone : Bill Reichenbach

Sax : Andy Suzuki

Background vocals : Tom Keane, Terry Wood, Carmen Twillie

Mixed by Kid McCoy

Engineers & Pro Tools Operators : Kaz Masumoto, Marc Moreau, Tony Hugar, Jeff Kanan, Andrew Boston, Rob Halprin, Robert Bailey, Erich Gobel

Studio :

Shag Mansion, TN

Westlake Studio, CA

Fox Force Five Recorders (LA)

The Ranch Sound (LA)

Audio Resource, Honolulu, Hawaii

Other World Studio, Florida

Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys

Barefoot Sound, LA

Magnat Vision, LA

Assistant Engineers : Jeff Kanan (Westlake Audio), Liza Hodgins (The Ranch Sound), Mark (Fox Force Five Recorders) & Keith Cherryhills (Barefoot Sound)

Mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California

01 - Wanderer's Song

Chanté Moore

Arranged by Private Factor

02 - Great Circle Song

Al Jarreau

Arranged by Private Factor

03 - Bitter Rain

Valerie Carter

Arranged by Private Factor

04 - The Parting Song

Maysa Leak

Arranged by Private Factor

05 - Another Name For Life

Cherie Currie

Arranged by DAM

06 - Unsung Heroes

Julia Fordham

Arranged by DAM

07 - Restless Slumber

Emily Young

Arranged by Michael Binikos

08 - I'll Do Anything

Elizabeth Wolfgramm

Arranged by Private Factor

09 - Headlight Taillight

Janis Ian

Arranged by DAM

10 - Tomorrow

Maurice White

Arranged by Bill Meyers

11 - Portrait In Loneliness

Debbie Gibson

Arranged by DAM

Earth Wind & Fire "Magnetic" (1983) -Funk / High Tech AOR-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Magnetic (Martin Page)

B

01 - Spread Your Love (Maurice White, Beloyd Taylor & Azar Lawrence)

A

01 - Magnetic

From the Album 'Electric Universe' (1983)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums
Verdine White : Bass
Fred White : Drums, Percussion

Philip Bailey : Vocals

Larry Dunn : Piano, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Ralph Johnson : Percussion

Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone 

B

01 - Spread Your Love

From the Album 'Powerlight' (1983)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Bass

Fred White : Drums, Percussion

Philip Bailey : Vocals, Percussion

Larry Dunn : Piano, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming

Ralph Johnson : Percussion

Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Roland Bautista : Guitar

Earth Wind & Fire "Let's Groove" (1981) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Let's Groove (Maurice White & Wayne Vaughn)

B

01 - Let's Groove (Instrumental) (Maurice White & Wayne Vaughn)

From the Album 'Raise!' (1981)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Syntheiszer, Synthesizer Programming
Fred White : Drums, Percussion
Ralph Johnson : Vocals, Percussion
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

All Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

The Phenix Horns :
Don Myrick : Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Horn & String Arrangements by Bill Meyers

Earth Wind & Fire "Let Me Talk" (1980) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Let Me Talk (Maurice White, Verdine White, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Ralph Johnson & Philip Bailey)

B

01 - Let Me Talk (Instrumental) (Maurice White, Verdine White, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Ralph Johnson & Philip Bailey)

From the Album 'Faces' (1980)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

The Group :
Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Bass
Larry Dunn : Piano, Synthesizers, Synthesizer programming
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Al McKay : Guitar
Fred White : Drums, Percussion
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone
Ralph Johnson : Percussion

All Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

Our Horn Section :

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Don Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones

Earth Wind & Fire "Boogie Wonderland" (1979) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 A

01 - Boogie Wonderland (Jon Lind & Allee Willis)

B

01 - Boogie Wonderland (Instrumental) (Jon Lind & Allee Willis)

From the Album 'I Am' (1979)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Horn & String Arrangements by Ben Wright

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Bass

Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums

Johnny Graham : Guitar

Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Ralph Johnson : Percussion

Our Horn Section

Don Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet

Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

The Emotions - Wanda Hutchinson, Sheila Whitt & Janet Hawes

Earth Wind & Fire "September" (1978) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 A

01 - September (Maurice White, Al McKay & Allee Willis)

B

01 - Love's Holiday (Maurice White & Skip Scarborough)

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Vocals, Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

A

01 - September

From the Album 'The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire Vol. I' (1978)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

B

01 - Love's Holiday

From the Album 'All 'N All' (1977)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

Earth Wind & Fire "Fantasy" (1977) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Fantasy (Maurice White, Eddie Del Barrio & Verdine White)

B

01 - Runnin' (Maurice White,, Larry Dunn & Eddie Del Barrio)

From the Album 'All 'N All' (1977)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Vocals, Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Our Horn Section :
Donald Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Horn Solos on "Runnin'" : Donald Myrick & Michael Harris
Guitar Solo on "Runnin'" : Al McKay

Earth Wind & Fire "Jupiter" (1977) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Jupiter (Maurice White, Verdine White, Larry Dunn & Philip Bailey)

B

01 - Love's Holiday (Maurice White & Skip Scarborough)

From the Album 'All 'N All' (1977)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Vocals, Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Our Horn Section :
Donald Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Guitar Solo on "Love's Holiday" : Johnny Graham

Earth Wind & Fire "Serpentine Fire" (1977) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Serpentine Fire (Vocal Version) (Maurice White, Verdine White & Sonny Burke)

B

01 - Serpentine Fire (Instrumental Version) (Maurice White, Verdine White & Sonny Burke)

From the Album 'All 'N All' (1977)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Vocals, Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Our Horn Section :
Donald Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Maurice White "I Need You" (1985) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 A

01 - I Need You (William Smith, Priscilla Coolidge & Mary Unobsky) 

B

01 - Believe In Magic (Maurice White, Diane Warren & Robbie Buchanan)

From The Album "Maurice White" (1985)

Produced by Maurice White
Co-Producer : Robbie Buchanan
Associate Producers : Martin Page & Brian Fairweather

01 - I Need You

Arranged by Robbie Buchanan
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Keyboards & Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters & Marva Holcomb

02 - Believe In Magic 

Arranged by  Robbie Buchanan & Martin Page
Drum Programming : Brian Fairweather & Robbie Buchanan
Simmons Drum Programming : Paul Leim
Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr. & Michael Landau
Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa & Maurice White
Zulu Chants : Maurice White, Brian Fearweather, Martin Page
Background vocals : Maurice White

Maurice White "Stand By Me" (1985) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Stand By Me (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)

B

01 - Can't Stop Love (Maurice White, Skip Scarborough & Martin Page)

A

01 - Stand By Me

From the Album 'Maurice White' (1985)

Produced by Maurice White
Co-Producer : Robbie Buchanan
Associate Producers : Martin Page & Brian Fairweather

Arranged by Maurice White & Robbie Buchanan
Vocal Arrangements : Maurice White, Brian Fairweather & Martin Page
Drum Programming : Brian Fairweather
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson 
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr. & Marlon McClain
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa & Maurice White 
Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan & Rupert Greenall
Synthesizer Programming : Michael Boddicker
Synthesizer Solo : Greg Phillinganes
Finger Snaps : Bill Bottrell
Background vocals : Maurice White, Brian Fairweather & Martin Page

B

01 - Can't Stop Love

/

Earth, Wind & Fire "I Am" (2004) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Sony Music Entertainment

 01 - In The Stone (Maurice White, Allee Willis & David Foster)

02 - Can't Let Go (Maurice White, Bill Meyers & Allee Willis)
03 - After The Love Has Gone (David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin)
04 - Let Your Feelings Show (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)
05 - Boogie Wonderland (Jon Lind & Allee Willis)

06 - Star (Maurice White, Eduardo Del Barrio & Allee Willis)
07 - Wait (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)
08 - Rock That! (Maurice White & David Foster)
09 - You And I (Maurice White, David Foster & Allee Willis)

Bonus Tracks

10 - Diana (Previously Unreleased) (Maurice White & David Foster)

11 - Dirty (Interlude Featuring Junior Wells) (Maurice White)

12 - Dirty (Junior's Juke) (Maurice White)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

"Boogie Wonderland" Produced by Maurice White & Al McKay

Engineered by George Massenburg & Tom Perry at 

Hollywood Sound Recorders, Sunset Sound Studio & Davlen Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Assisted by Ross Pallone & Craig Widby

Mixed by George Massenburg

Earth, Wind & Fire is :

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Bass

Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion

Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums

Johnny Graham : Guitar

Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Ralph Johnson : Percussion

Our Horn Section :

Don Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet

Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey

Special thanks to the following musicians 

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Eduardo Del Barrio : Keyboards

David Foster : Keyboards

Marlo Henderson : Guitar

Steve Lukather : Guitar

Bill Meyers : Keyboards

Steve Porcaro : Synthesizer Programming

Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Michael Harris, Jerry Hey, Steve Madaio

Trombones : Geore Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Benjamin Powell, Bill Reichenbach, Maurice Spears

Saxophones : Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson

French Horns : Barbara Korn, Sid Muldrow, Richard Perissi, Marilyn Robinson
Violins : Janice Grower (Concertmaster), Ronald Clark, Marcy Dicterow, Pavel farkas, Henry Ferber, Harris Goldman, Joseph Goodman, Jack Gootkin, William Henderson, Cynthia Kovac, Gina Kronstadt, Carl LaMagna, Joseph Livoti, Jerome Reisler, Sheldon Sanov, Anton Sen, Haim Shtrum, Ikka Talvi, Judith Talvi, Rosmen Torfeh, Jerome Webster, Pamela Gates, Henry Roth, Sherman Bryana, Leeana Sherman

Violas : Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski, James Ross, Linda Lipsett, Laurie Woods

Cellos : Jacqueline Lustgarten, Miguel Martinez, Daniel Smith, Kevan Torfeh, Larry Corbett, Delores Bing, Jan Kelley, John Walz

Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Timpani : Richard Lepore

Produced for Reissue by Leo Sacks & Maurice White

Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Legacy A&R : Steve Berkowitz

Project Director : Joy Monfried

A&R Coordination : Patti Matheny, Sarren Salmieri & Adam Farber

01 - In The Stone

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

ARC Single 11093

Charted 10/13/79 ; Weeks : 10

Peak : #23 R&B, #58 Pop

02 - Can't Let Go

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

03 - After The Love Has Gone

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

Saxophone Solo by Don Myrick

ARC Single 11033

Charted 7/7/79 ; Weeks : 17

Peak : #2 R&B, #2 Pop

04 - Let Your Feelings Show

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

05 - Boogie Wonderland

Horn & String Arrangements by Ben Wright

ARC Single 10956

Charted 5/19/79 ; Weeks : 13

Peak : #2 R&B, #6 Pop

The Emotions are Wanda Hutchinson, Sheila Whitt & Jeanette Hawes

06 - Star

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

Trumpet Solo by Rahmlee Michael Davis

ARC Single 11165

Charted 12/22/79 ; Weeks : 7

Peak : #47 R&B

07 - Wait

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84

08 - Rock That!

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

09 - You And I

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

10 - Diana

Additional Production by Paul Klingberg

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

String Arrangement by David Foster

Previously Unreleased / ℗ 2004

11 - Dirty

Interlude Featuring Junior Wells

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

Featuring Junior Wells (Harmonica) & Johnny Graham (Guitar)

From 'The Eternal Dance', Columbia/Legacy 65410, Rel. 1992

12 - Dirty

Junior's Juke

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey

Additional Production by Paul Klingberg at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA, January 2003

Inspiration : Leo Sacks

Also available on Earth, Wind & Fire's 'The Promise' (Kalimba Records 973002, Rel. 2003)

Earth Wind & Fire "All 'N All" (1999) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

 01 - Serpentine Fire (Maurice White, Verdine White & Sonny Burke)

02 - Fantasy (Maurice White, Eddie Del Barrio & Verdine White)
03 - In The Market Place (Interlude) 
04 - Jupiter (Maurice White, Verdine White, Larry Dunn & Philip Bailey)

05 - Love's Holiday (Maurice White & Skip Scarborough)

06 - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)

07 - I'll Write A Song For You (Al McKay, Philip Bailey & Steve Beckmeier)

08 - Magic Mind (Maurice White, Verdine White, Fred White, Larry Dunn, Philip Bailey & Al McKay)
09 - Runnin' (Maurice White,, Larry Dunn & Eddie Del Barrio)
10 - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) (Maurice White, Larry Dunn & Eddie Del Barrio)
11 - Be Ever Wonderful (Maurice White & Larry Dunn)

Previously Unreleased - Bonus Tracks

12 - Would You Mind (Demo Version of Love's Holiday)

13 - Runnin' (Original Hollywood Mix)

14 - Brazilian Rhyme (Recorded Live on Oct. 25, 1980, at Maracanazinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Original Recordings Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions

Engineered by George Massenburg

Originally Released in 1977 as Columbia 34905

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Vocals, Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Oberheim, Moog Synthesizer

Al McKay : Guitar

Fred White : Drums
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

Our Horn Section :
Donald Myrick : Alto, Tenor & Baritone Saxophones
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Production Assistants : Verdine White & Larry Dunn
Vocal Collaborations : Maurice White & Philip Bailey 

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84
Horn & String Arrangements by Eumir Deodato on "Brazilian Rhyme" & "I'll Write A Song For You"

Engineering & Remixing by George Massenburg
Additional Engineering by Warren Dewey
Mastered at The Mastering Lab by Mike Reese 

Horn Solos on "Runnin'" : Donald Myrick & Michael Harris
Guitar Solo on "Love's Holiday" : Johnny Graham & "Runnin'" : Al McKay

Special Thanks to the following Musicians :
Eddie Del Barrio & Skip Scarborough : Piano
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Chuck Findley & Steve Madaio
Trombones : George Bohannon & Garnett Brown
Flutes : Philip Ayling, Terry Harrington, Fred Jackson Jr. & Abe Most
French Horns : David Duke, Richard Klein, James M. McGee, Alan Robinson, Gale Robinson & Marilyn Robinson 
Tuba : Roger Bobo
Violins : Blanche Belnick, Ronald Clark, Harris Goldman, Jack Gootkin, Janice Gower (Concertmaster), Ruth Henry, Betty LaMagna, Carl LaMagna, Mary D. Lindquist, Sheldon Sanov, Haim Shtrum, Barry Socher, Lya Stern, David Stockhammer & Marcia Van Dyke
Violas : Norman Forrest, Renita Kove, Linda Lipsett & Barbara Thomason 
Cellos : Ronald Cooper, Jan Kelly & Daniel Smith
Bass : Susan Ranney & Meyer Rubin
Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Recorded at Hollywood Sound, Sunset Sound & The Burbank Studios, California 

Produced for Reissue by Leo Sacks

Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Legacy A&R : Steve Berkowitz

Bonus Tracks Mixed by Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks & Maurice White on February 27, 1999 at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Assisted by Cameron Marcarelli

Earth, Wind & Fire "Spirit" (2001) -Funk / Soul / Smooth Soul-

Label : Sony Music Entertainment

 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)

05 - Saturday Nite (Maurice White, Al McKay & Philip Bailey)

06 - Earth, Wind & Fire (Maurice White & Skip Scarborough)

07 - Departure (Maurice White & Larry Dunn)

08 - Biyo (Maurice White & Al McKay)

09 - Burnin' Bush (Jerry Peters)

Previously Unreleased - Bonus Tracks

10 - Saturday Nite (Alternate Mix) (Maurice White, Al McKay & Philip Bailey)

11 - Seraphim

12 - Imagination (Angels Mix) (Maurice White, Charles Stepney & Philip Bailey)

13 - Departure (The Traveler) (Maurice White & Larry Dunn)

14 - African Symphony (Maurice White)

Original Credits 

Earth, Wind & Fire :

Maurice White : Vocals, Kalimba, 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 :

Don Myrick : Saxophones

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Michael Harris : Trumpet

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

Special thanks to the following Musicians :

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

George Bohannon : Trombone

Jerry Peters : Piano

Charles Veal : Concertmaster

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Lew McCreary : Bass Trombone

Charlie Loper : Trombone

Steve Madaio : Trumpet

Chuck Findley : Trumpet

Tommy Johnson : Tuba

Violins : Ken Yerke, 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

All Songs Recorded 1976 in Los Angeles

Produced by Maurice White & Charles Stepney for Kalimba Productions

"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

Reissue Credits

Produced for Reissue by Leo Sacks

Bonus Tracks Mixed by Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks & Maurice White

Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Legacy A&R : Steve Berkowitz

Earth, Wind & Fire "Star" (1979) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 A

01 - Star (Maurice White, Allee Willis &Eduardo Del Barrio)

B

01 - After The Love Is Gone (David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin)


From The Album 'I Am' (1979)
Produced by Maurice White

Earth, Wind & Fire :
Maurice White : Drums, Kalimba, Lead & Background vocals
Ralph Johnson : Drums & Percussion
Verdine White : Bass & Vocals
Philip Bailey : Percussion, Congas, Lead & Background vocals
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone & Woodwinds
Larry Dunn : Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Moog Synthesizer & Oberheim

A

01 - Star

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84
Trumpet Solo by Rahmlee Michael Davis

B

01 - After The Love Is Gone

Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey
String Arrangement by David Foster
Saxophone Solo by Don Myrick

Earth Wind & Fire "In The Name Of Love" (1997) -Funk / Disco / Soul-

Label : Pyramid Record Corporation

 01 - Rock It (Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Sonny Emory, Sheldon Reynolds, Morris Pleasure & Sir James Bailey)

02 - In The Name Of Love (Maurice White, Sheldon Reynolds, Betty Reynolds, Melanie Andrews & Morris Pleasure)

03 - Revolution (Maurice White, Sonny Emory, Morris Pleasure & Sir James Bailey)

04 - When Love Goes Wrong (Philip Bailey, Alan Glass & Andrew Klippel)

05 - Fill You Up (Ralph Tres'vant, Ralph Hawkins Jr., Paul Minor, Kevin Guillaume & Damian Johnson)

06 - The Right Time (Maurice White, Sheldon Reynolds, Paul Minor & Melanie Andrews)

07 - Round And Round (Scott Mayo & Wil Wheaton Jr.)

08 - Keep It Real (Maurice White, Sheldon Reynolds, Paul Minor, Melanie Andrews & Morris Pleasure)

09 - Cruising (Philip Bailey, Roxanne Seeman, Morris Pleasure & Sonny Emory)

10 - Love Is Life (Maurice White, Wade Flemons & Don Whitehead)

11 - Avatar (Ralph Johnson & Marcel East) (Interlude)

Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Records

A Division Of Magnet Vision, Inc.

Recorded & Mixed by Don Murray

Assistant Engineers : Tony Gonzalez, Tim Boland, Brian Coucy, Doug Boehm

Recorded at Sony Studios, Santa Monica, CA & Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA

Mixed at Sunset Sound

"Avatar" Mixed by Jerry Jordan

"When Love Goes Wrong" Mixed by Carmen Rizzo at Sony Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Additional Engineering by Paul Klingberg & Jerry Jordan

Mastered by Wally Traugott

Mastering Studio : Tower Mastering at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA

Additional Mastering & Digital Editing by Robert Vosgien

Mastering Facility : CMS Digital, Pasadena, CA

The Earth Wind & Fire :

Philip Bailey : Lead vocals

Verdine White : Bass

Ralph Johnson : Percussion & Vocals

Sheldon Reynolds : Vocals & Guitar

Sonny Emory : Drums

Morris Pleasure : Keyboards

Maurice White : Additional Lead vocals

The Earth Wind & Fire Horns :

Ray Brown : Trumpet

Scott Mayo : Saxophones

Reggie Young : Trombone

01 - Rock It

Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Sonny Emory, Ralph Johnson, Sir James Bailey, Carl Carwell

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro

Additional Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Programmer : Jimmy Randolph

Horns :

Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Bill Reichenbach

02 - In The Name Of Love

Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrangement : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro

Drum Programming : Bill Meyers

Keyboard Programming : Jimmy Randolph

Horns :

Trumpets : Ray Brown, Michael 'Patches' Stewart

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Reggie Young

03 - Revolution

Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrangement : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Rapper : Sir James Bailey

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro

Drum Programming : Sonny Emory

Keyboard Programming : Jimmy Randolph

Voice Box : Morris Pleasure

Saxophone Solo : Scott Mayo

Horns :

Trumpets : Ray Brown, Michael 'Patches' Stewart

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Reggie Young

04 - When Love Goes Wrong

Produced by Alan Glass, Philip Bailey, Andrew Klippel

Pre-Production : Andrew Scheps

Recorded by Andrew Scheps

Recording : Andrew Klippel's Studio, Hollywood Heights, CA

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey

Background vocals : 'Nuera' (James, Doni, Leon & Howard McCrary)

Background Vocal Arrangement : Big Howard McCrary

Guitars : Sheldon Reynolds

Programming : Alan Glass, Andrew Klippel

Mastering Facility : Bernie Grundman Mastering

Executive Producer : Maurice White

05 - Fill You Up

Produced by Maurice White

Co-Produced by Ralph Hawkins Jr., Paul Minor for Code/R.T.S. & One Roof Prod.

Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey

Vocal Arrangement : Ralph Hawkins Jr., Ralph Tres'vant, Kevin Guillaume

Synth Horn Arrangement : Paul Minor

Lead vocals : Maurice White

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Additional Background vocals : Ralph Hawkins Jr., Kevin Guillaume

Additional Vocals : Ralph Hawkins

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Additional Keyboards : Paul Minor, Damian Johnson

Additional Samples & Drum Programming : Paul Minor

Talk Box : Morris Pleasure

Horns :

Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Bill Reichenbach

06 - The Right Time

Produced by Maurice White

Synth String Arrangements : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds

Background vocals : Sheldon Reynolds, Philip Bailey, Carl Carwell

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitars : Sheldon Reynolds

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Bass : Verdine White

Programming : Jimmy Randolph

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Synth Horns : Bill Meyers

Additional Keyboard & Drum Programming : Paul Minor

07 - Round And Round

Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrangement : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Sheldon Reynolds

Background vocals : Sheldon Reynolds, Philip Bailey, Carl Carwell, Scott Mayo

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Drum Programming : Scott Mayo

Strings & Additional Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Programming : Jimmy Randolph

Horns :

Trumpets : Ray Brown, Michael 'Patches' Stewart

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Reggie Young

Guitar Solo : Sheldon Reynolds

08 - Keep It Real

Produced by Maurice White

Vocal Concept : Melanie Andrews

Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey

Lead vocals : Sheldon Reynolds, Philip Bailey

Background vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro

Drum Programming : Paul Minor

Additional Keyboards : Paul Minor

Horns :

Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Bill Reichenbach

09 - Cruising

Produced by Maurice White

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro, David Romero

Drum Programming : Sonny Emory

Synth Parts : Bill Meyers

Synth Programming : Jimmy Randolph

Sax Solo : Scott Mayo

10 - Love Is Life

Produced by Maurice White

Co-Produced by Bill Meyers

Song Adaptation : Bill Meyers & Maurice White

Horn & String Arrangements : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Maurice White

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Sheldon Reynolds, Carl Carwell

Keyboards : Morris Pleasure

Drums : Sonny Emory

Guitar : Sheldon Reynolds

Bass : Verdine White

Percussion : Lenny Castro

Synth Horns : Bill Meyers

Programmer : Jimmy Randolph

Horns :

Trumpets : Ray Brown, Michael 'Patches' Stewart

Saxophones : Scott Mayo

Trombone : Reggie Young

Sax Solo : Scott Mayo

11 - Avatar (Interlude)

Produced by Maurice White

Drum Programming & Cymbal Color : Ralph Johnson

Keyboards : Marcel East

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Soprano Sax : Scott Mayo

Maurice White "Manifestation" (2024) -Contemporary R&B / Smooth Soul-

Label : Platinum Garage Recordings / SoulMusic Records

 01 - Sweet Surrender (Preston Glass, Brian Culbertson, Stephen Lu & Maurice White)

02 - Panic Button (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

03 - Storybook Love (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

04 - Laid Back Aphrodisiac (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

05 - I Couldn't Be Me Without You (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

06 - Breakin' In A Brand New Heart (Maurice White, Preston Glass & Robbie Long) (Interlude)

07 - True Love Is Forever (Preston Glass, Brian Culbertson, Stephen Lu & Maurice White)

08 - Wiggle (Preston Glass & Maurice White) (Long Version)

09 - To The Top (Maurice White, Alan Glass & Preston Glass)

10 - Young Hearts (Maurice White, Preston Glass & Steve Birch)

11 - You're Supposed To Say You Love Me (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

12 - Before The Day You Were Born (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

Previously Unissued Bonus Tracks

13 - Keep Your Faith In Love (Preston Glass, Brian Culbertson, Stephen Lu & Maurice White)

14 - Can't Fight This Feelin' (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

15 - Crazy 'Bout (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

16 - Rekindle The Flame (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

17 - Spiritual High (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

18 - Sincerely (Preston Glass & Maurice White)

 

Tracks 01-12 Originally issued Digitally as 'Manifestation', SoulMusic-Digital / Platinum Garage (2019)

Tracks 13-18 Previously Unissued

Produced by Preston Glass & Maurice White

Except :

Tracks 01, 07, 13 Produced by Preston Glass, Brian Culbertson, Stephen Lu & Maurice White

Track 04 Co-Produced by Tomoki & Alan Glass

Track 09 Produced by Alan Glass, Preston Glass & Maurice White

Lead vocals : Maurice White

Co-Lead vocals : Preston Glass (11-12, 18)

Backing vocals : Maurice White & Preston Glass

Keyboards, Strings, Drums, Bass : Preston Glass

Tracks 01, 07, 13

Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Strings, Drums, Bass : Brian Culbertson, Stephen Lu

Track 02 

Guitar : G-Mo

Backing vocals : Marva King

Track 04

Guitars : Phil Gates

Tracks 08, 14, 18

Kalimba : Maurice White

Track 09 

Keyboards, Strings, Drums, Bass : Alan Glass

Track 10

Backing vocals : Elaine Gibbs

Guitars : Carl Burnette

Saxophones : Craig Thomas

Executive Producers : David Nathan & Preston Glass

Recorded by Cameron Marcareli at Magnet Vision, Santa Monica, CA

Reissue Produced for Release by David Nathan & Cheryl Pawelski

Mastered by Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Earth, Wind & Fire "Illumination" (2005) -Soul / Funk-

Label : Sanctuary Records

 01 - Lovely People (will.i.am & Keith Harris)

02 - Pure Gold (James Harris IIII & Terry Lewis)

03 - A Talking Voice (Interlude)

04 - Love's Dance (James Harris III, Terry Lewis & Tony L. Tolbert)

05 - Show Me The Way (Raphael Saadiq & Taura Jackson)

06 - This Is How I Feel (Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Marqueze Ethridge & Antwan Patton)

07 - Work It Out (Raphael Saadiq)

08 - Pass You By (Raphael Saadiq)

09 - The One (Rico Wade, Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Samuel Christian & Brandon Bennett)

10 - Elevated (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer)

11 - Liberation (Vikter Duplaix & Junius Bervine)

12 - To You (?)

Bonus Tracks

13 - The Way You Move (Antwan Patton, Carlton Mahone & Patrick Brown)

Executive Producers : Damien Smith, Philip Bailey & Maurice White

A&R Direction : Damien Smith

Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

01 - Lovely People

Produced by will.i.am for will.i.am Music Group

Co-Produced by Keith Harris for will.i.am Music Group

Musicians / Vocalists :

Programming : will.i.am

Drums & Keyboards : Keith Harris

Bass : Verdine White

Kalimba : Maurice White

Percussion : Philip Bailey

Horns Arranged by Keith Harris

Horns Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey

Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophones : Gary Bias

Lead & Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & will.i.am

Recording Engineer : Cameron Marcarelli

Recorded at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Mixed by Neal H. Pogue

Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

02 - Pure Gold

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions

Co-Produced by Bobby Ross Avila & IZ for A.B. Experience / Flyte Tyme Productions

Musicians / Vocalists :

Bass : Verdine White

Drums & Percussion : IZ

Guitar, Rhodes & Keys : Bobby Ross Avila

Horns Arranged by Jimmy Jam

Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey

Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophones : Gary Bias

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Maurice White

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Prof T.

Recording Engineer : Ian Cross

Recorded at Flyte Tyme West at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Horns Recorded by Cameron Marcarelli at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Mixed by Matt Marrin

Mixed at Flyte Tyme West

'The Boom Boom Room' at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

03 - A Talking Voice (Interlude)

Produced by Philip Bailey

All Vocals : Philip Bailey

04 - Love's Dance

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions

Musicians / Vocalists :

Bass : Verdine White

Kalimba : Maurice White

Rhodes & Horn Co-Arranger : Jimmy Jam

Guitar & Keys : Bobby Ross Avila

Drums & Percussion : IZ

Horns Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey

Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophones : Gary Bias

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Prof T.

Recording Engineer : Ian Cross

Horns Recorded by Cameron Marcarelli

Recorded at Flyte Tyme West at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Horns Recorded at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA by Matt Marrin

Mixed at Flyte Tyme West

'The Boom Boom Room' at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

05 - Show Me The Way

Featuring Raphael Saadiq

Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions

Musicians / Vocalists :

Lead vocals : Maurice White & Raphael Saadiq

Background vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Raphael Saadiq & Doc Holiday

Guitar, Bass, Percussion : Raphael Saadiq

Keyboards : Kelvin Wooten

Percussion : Philip Bailey

Drums : Khari Parker

Horn Arrangement : Bill Meyers

Trumpet : Bobby Rodriguez

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophone : Gary Bias

String Arrangement by Kelvin Wooten

Recorded by Gerry Brown & John Tanksley

Recorded at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA)

Assistant Engineer : James Tanksley

Mixed by Danny Romero & Mannie Marroquin

Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) & Larrabee North recording Studio (North Hollywood, CA)

Assistant Engineer : James Tanksley & Rebeka Tuinei

Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

06 - This Is How I Feel

Featuring Big Boi, Kelly Rowland & Sleepy Brown

Produced by Organized Noize

Musicians / Vocalists :

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Sleepy Brown

Female Lead vocal : Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland's Vocal Produced by Montina Cooper

Rap : Big Boi 

Drum & Music Programming by Organized Noize

Bass : Verdine White

Additional Bass : Preston Crump

Guitar : Shorty B

Keyboards : Dave Robbins

Bongos : Philip Bailey

Additional Percussion : Neal H. Pogue

Horn Orchestration by Jerry Hey

Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophones : Gary Bias

Recorded at The Dungeon, Dungeon East Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA ; Larrabee North Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA ; Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA ; Luminous Sound, Dallas, TX

Recorded by Sean Davis, Cha Cha Jones, Ray Murray, Neal H. Pogue, Cameron Marcarelli, Chris Bell & Jimmy Randolph

Assisted by Alex Reverberi, Chris Lowry

Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

Mixed by Neal H. Pogue

Assisted by Nick Fournier

Production Coordinator : Dee Dee Murray

07 - Work It Out

Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions

Musicians / Vocalists :

All Vocals : Philip Bailey

Keyboards & Bass : Kelvin Wooten

Horn Arrangement & Guitar : Raphael Saadiq

Drums & Percussion : Bobby Ozuna

Horn Orchestration : Ray Brown

Saxophone : Gary Bias

Trombone : Reggie Young

Trumpet : Nolan Shaheed

Recorded & Mixed by Danny Romero

Recorded & Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) 

Assistant Engineers : James Tanksley & Tim Wentzlaff

Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

08 - Pass You By

Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions

Musicians / Vocalists :

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Maurice White

Background vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Raphael Saadiq & Doc Holiday

Bass : Verdine White

Guitar, Additional Bass, Piano & Horn Arrangement : Raphael Saadiq

Drums & Percussion : Bobby Ozuna

Saxophone : Gary Bias

Trombone : Reggie Young

Trumpet : Nolan Shaheed

Recorded & Mixed by Danny Romero

Recorded & Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) 

Assistant Engineers : James Tanksley

Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

09 - The One

Produced by Organized Noize

Musicians / Vocalists :

Lead vocals : Maurice White

Maurice White's Vocal Produced by Doc Holiday

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Sleepy Brown & Chimere Scott

Drum & Music Programming by Organized Noize

Bass : Verdine White

Piano : Sleepy Brown

Horn Orchestration by Jerry Hey

Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant

Trombone : Reggie Young

Saxophones : Gary Bias

Orchestral Arrangement by Charles Veal Jr.

Strings by South Central Chamber Orchestra

Recorded at The Dungeon Recording Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Recorded by Sean Davis, Cha Cha Jones, Neal H. Pogue, Cameron Marcarelli & Jimmy Randolph

Assisted by Alex Reverberi

Mixed by Neal H. Pogue

Assisted by Nick Fournier

Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

Production Coordinator : Dee Dee Murray

10 - Elevated

Featuring Floetry

Produced by Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer

Musicians / Vocalists :

Bass : Verdine White

Kalimba : Maurice White

All Other Instruments : Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer

Horn Arrangement : Jeff Bradshaw & Matt Cappy

Trombone : Jeff Bradshaw

Trumpet : Matt Cappy

Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Natalie Stewart

Background vocals : Philip Bailey & Marsha Ambrosius

Recorded by Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer at KeffenDeez Place

Mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mix Star Studios

Assisted by John Hanes

11 - Liberation

Featuring Brian McKnight

Produced by Vikter Duplaix

Musicians / Vocalists :

Bass : Verdine White

Doca da bella : Verdine White

Bass, Percussion : Philip Bailey

Additional Percussion : Ralph Johnson

Keyboards : Myron McKinley

Additional Keys : Junius Bervine & Vikter Duplaix

Synth Bass : Vikter Duplaix

Drum Programming : Vikter Duplaix

Guitar : Greg Moore

All Vocals : Philip Bailey

Recorded & Mixed by Cameron Marcarelli at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

12 - To You

Featuring Brian McKnight

Produced by Brian McKnight

Additional Production by Maurice White & Bill Meyers

Musicians / Vocalists :

Bass : Verdine White

Guitar & Keyboards : Brian McKnight

Additional Guitar : Vadim Z

Drums : Prescott Ellison

Orchestration Arrangement : Bill Meyers

Lead vocals : Maurice White & Brian McKnight

Maurice White's Vocal Produced by Doc Holiday

Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Brian McKnight, Maurice White, Doc Holliday

Recorded by Chris Wood, Cameron Marcarelli & Jimmy Randolph

Assistant Engineer : Mary Ann Souza

Recorded at Fire House Studios, Pasadena, CA ; Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Mixed by Dave Pensado

Mixed at The Enterprise West

13 - The Way You Move

Featuring Kenny G

Produced & Arranged by Walter Afanasieff

Co-Produced by Raphael Saadiq

Earth, Wind & Fire "Open Our Eyes" (1974) -Soul Jazz / Funk-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Mighty Mighty (Maurice White & Verdine White)

02 - Devotion (Maurice White & Philip Bailey)

03 - Fair But So Uncool (Charles Stepney & Rick Giles)

04 - Feelin' Blue (Kenny Altman)

05 - Kalimba Story (Maurice White & Verdine White)

Side Two

01 - Drum Song (Maurice White)

02 - Tee Nine Chee Bit (Maurice White, Charles Stepney & Philip Bailey)

03 - Spasmodic Mood (Eddie Harris)

04 - Caribou (Charles Stepney & Rick Giles)

05 - Open Our Eyes (Leon Lumkins)

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba

Verdine White : Vocals, Bass, Percussion

Philip Bailey : Vocals, Congas, Percussion

Al McKay : Vocals, Guitar, Percussion

Larry Dunn : Piano, Organ, Moog Synthesizer

Ralph Johnson : Drums, Percussion

Andrew Woolfolk : Soprano Sax, Flute

Johnny Graham : Guitar, Percussion

Produced by Maurice White & Joe Wissert

Associate Producer : Charles Stepney

Arrangements : Earth, Wind & Fire & Charles Stepney

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado

Engineer & Remix : Bruce Botnick for Ears 

Quadraphonic Recording & Re-Mix Engineer : Bruce Botnick for Ears

Remixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Inc., Hollywood, CA

Disc Mastering : Mastering Lab, Arnie Acosta

Earth Wind & Fire "Raise!" (1981) -Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Let's Groove (Maurice White & Wayne Vaughn)
02 - Lady Sun (Beloyd Taylor)
03 - My Love (Maurice White & Wayne Vaughn)
04 - Evolution Orange (Maurice White, David Foster & Nan O'Byrne)

Side 2

01 - Kalimba Tree (Maurice White)
02 - You Are A Winner (Beloyd Taylor)
03 - I've Had Enough (Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes & Brenda Russell)
04 - Wanna Be With You (Maurice White & Wayne Vaughn)
05 - The Changing Times (Beloyd Taylor)


Produced by Maurice White for Kalimba Productions
Production Assistants : Verdine White & Larry Dunn

The Group :

Maurice White : Vocals, Drums, Kalimba
Verdine White : Bass
Philip Bailey : Vocals, Percussion
Larry Dunn : Piano, Syntheiszer, Synthesizer Programming
Fred White : Drums, Percussion
Ralph Johnson : Vocals, Percussion
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Andrew Woolfolk : Tenor Saxophone

All Lead & Background vocals by Maurice White & Philip Bailey
Additional vocals by Ralph Johnson, Beloyd Taylor & Ms. Pluto "I've Had Enough" Co-Produced by Philip Bailey 

The Phenix Horns :
Don Myrick : Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Louis Satterfield : Trombone
Rahmlee Michael Davis : Trumpet
Michael Harris : Trumpet

Guitar Solos by Roland Bautista, Horn Solos by Don Myrick & Louis Satterfield

Horn Arrangements by Jerry Hey*
String Arrangements by David Foster°
Horn & String Arrangements by Bill Meyers**

Special thanks to the following musicians :
Beloyd Taylor : Guitar
David Foster : Keyboards
Bill Meyers : Keyboards
Wayne Vaughn : Keyboards
Michael Boddicker : Vocoder & Synthesizer 

Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Gary Grant, Chuck Findley & Larry Hall
Trombones : George Bohannon, Bill Reichenbach, Lew McCreary, Charles Loper & Dyck 'Slyde' Hyde
Saxophones : Tom Saviano
Violins : James Getzoff (Concertmaster), Assa Drori (Concermaster), Anton Sen, Brian Leonard, Irving Geller, William Kurasch, Arkady Shindelman, Norman Leonard, Thomas Buffum, Ronald Fossom, Jerome Reisler, Henry Ferber, Haim Shtrum, William Hymanson, Endre Granat, John Wittenberg, Betty LaMagna, Denyse Buffum, Myra Kestenbaum, Sheldon Sanov, Nathan Ross, Arnold Belnick, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Marvin Limonick & Reginald Hill
Violas : Pamela Goldsmith, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewsi, Gareth Nuttycombe & Alan DeVeritch
Cellos : Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford, Larry Corbett, Frederick Seykora, Mary Louise Zeyen & Jerome Kesslet

Recording Engineers : Ron Pendragon & Ken Fowler, Mick Guzauski (Horns & Strings Overdubs)
Assistant Engineers : Stephen McManus, Tom Perry (Vocal Overdubs)
Mixed by Tom Perry & Mick Guzauski
Recorded at ARC/George Massenburg Studio, West Los Angeles, Calif. & Sunset Sounds Recording Studio, Hollywood, Calif.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, Calif.

Let's Groove**, Lady Sun*, My Love**, Evolution Orange*°, Kalimba Tree, You Are A Winner*, I've Had Enough**, Wanna Be With You*, The Changing Times*