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The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire
07/23/2002 | Sony
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All Music Guide Review
Columbia/Legacy's double-disc set The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire lives up to its title by offering 34 tracks of the groundbreaking funk band at its peak. All of the hits, whether they're R&B or tunes that crossed over to the pop charts, are here, along with important album tracks that capture the range and depth of EWF. Since this focuses on their peak of the '70s and early '80s, there's very little here that doesn't qualify as "essential," which makes it a better bet than their box set. The single-disc Greatest Hits remains the choice for the casual and the curious listener due to its concise concentration of classics, but anybody who wants a thorough retrospective should choose this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire Track Listing
Credits of The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire
- Jacqueline Lustgarten
- Cello
- Joy Lyle
- Violin
- Steve Madaio
- Trumpet
- Arthur Maebe
- French Horn
- Virginia Majewski
- Viola
- Miguel Martinez
- Cello
- Harvey Mason, Sr.
- Percussion
- George Massenburg
- Engineer
- Lew McCreary
- Trombone
- Al McKay
- Guitar, Producer, Percussion, Vocals
- Sidney Muldrow
- French Horn
- Billy Myers
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Don Myrick
- Saxophone
- Ross Pallone
- Engineer
- Richard Perissi
- French Horn
- Tom Perry
- Engineer
- Jerry Peters
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Steve Porcaro
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Paul Polivinick
- Viola
- Benjamin Powell
- Trombone
- Jerome Reisler
- Violin
- Marilyn Robinson
- French Horn
- Dean Rod
- Engineer
- James Ross
- Viola
- Henry Roth
- Violin
- Louis Satterfield
- Trombone
- Skip Scarborough
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- Haim Shtrum
- Violin
- Harry Shultz
- Cello
- Maurice Spears
- Trombone
- Charles Stepney
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Producer, Associate Producer, Piano, Arranger
- Linn Subotnick
- Viola
- Ilka Talvi
- Violin
- Beloyd Taylor
- Guitar, Vocals
- Barbara Thomason
- Viola
- Tom Tom 84
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Kevan Torfeh
- Cello
- Wayne Vaughn
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Verdine White
- Bass, Production Assistant, Percussion, Vocals
- Mark Wilder
- Mastering
- Joseph Wissert
- Producer
- Andrew Woolfolk
- Flute, Sax (Tenor), Percussion, Sax (Soprano)
- Ken Yerke
- Violin
- James Dunham
- Viola
- Leo Sacks
- Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
- Daniel Smith
- Cello
- John Walz
- Cello
- Jerome Webster
- Violin
- William Henderson
- Violin
- Marie Fera
- Cello
- Joseph Livoti
- Violin
- Anton Sen
- Violin
- Sherman Bryana
- Violin
- Leena Sherman
- Violin
- Judith Talvi
- Violin
- Rosmen Torfeh
- Violin
- Laury Woods
- Viola
- Robert Spano
- Engineer
- Clark Duval
- Product Manager
- Maxine Lewis
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Jeffrey Mayer
- Photography
- Rick Kelly
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- Steve Crimmel
- Engineer
- Sandy Speiser
- Photography
- Richard Salvato
- Direction
- Sheldon Sanow
- Violin
- Bruce Talamon
- Cover Photo
- Craig Widby
- Engineer
- Richard Goodman
- Engineer
- Kyle Wofford
- A&R
- Sandy Seemore
- Violin
- Seth Foster
- Mastering
- Zakir Hussein
- Tabla
- Ben Wright
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- George Bohanon
- Trombone
- Darren Salmieri
- A&R
- Art Macnow
- Direction
- Deodato
- Arranger, Conductor
- Fred Jackson
- Saxophone
- David Foster
- Synthesizer, String Arrangements, Keyboards, Piano
- Roland Bautista
- Guitar
- Marilyn Baker
- Viola
- Robert Appere
- Engineer
- Eduardo del Barrio
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- George DelBarrio
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Delores M. Bing
- Cello
- Oscar Brashear
- Trumpet
- Garnett Brown
- Trombone
- Denyse Buffum
- Viola
- David Campbell
- Viola
- Charles Veal
- Concert Master
- Ronald Clark
- Violin
- Ronald Cooper
- Cello
- Larry Corbett
- Cello
- Paulinho Da Costa
- Percussion
- Rollice Dale
- Viola
- Assa Drori
- Violin
- David Duke
- French Horn
- Larry Dunn
- Organ, Piano, Production Assistant, Synthesizer Programming, Synthesizer
- Pavel Farkas
- Violin
- Henry Ferber
- Violin
- Chuck Findley
- Trumpet
- Winterton Garvey
- Violin
- Pamela Gates
- Violin
- Harris Goldman
- Violin, Concert Master
- Joseph Goodman
- Violin
- Jack Gootkin
- Violin
- Janice Gower
- Concert Master
- Gary Grant
- Trumpet
- Mick Guzauski
- Engineer
- Michael Harris
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Marlo Henderson
- Guitar
- Jerry Hey
- Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
- Ralph Johnson
- Percussion, Drums
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Cello
- Jan Kelley
- Cello
- Barbara Korn
- French Horn
- Gina Kronstadt
- Violin
- Richard Lepore
- Tympani (Timpani)
- Linda Lipsett
- Viola
- Charles Loper
- Trombone
- Steve Lukather
- Guitar
- Philip Bailey
- Percussion, Conga, Vocals, ?
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Arranger, Main Performer
- Maurice White
- Drums, Compilation Producer, Timbales, Vocals, Producer, Kalimba
- Dorothy Ashby
- Harp
- Bill Meyers
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Bill Reichenbach Jr.
- Trombone
- Jerome Richardson
- Saxophone
- Bobby Bryant
- Trumpet
- Azar Lawrence
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Herman Riley
- Saxophone
- Tommy Johnson
- Tuba
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