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The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2-CD/DVD)
09/27/2005 | 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. [Columbia/Legacy released a limited-edition collector's set in 2005. It adds a DVD with 17 video clips, a few of them of live performances. The vintage varies, yet they all are fairly old-school and will no doubt seem campy to modern-day viewers. Still, it's nice to have them available, given their rarity and campiness. Some of the mid-'80s videos are for songs not compiled on the CDs, which is another bonus.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2-CD/DVD) Track Listing
Credits of The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2-CD/DVD)
- 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, Group Member, Percussion, Vocals
- Sidney Muldrow
- French Horn
- Billy Myers
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Don Myrick
- Saxophone
- 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
- Henry Roth
- Violin
- Sheldon Sanov
- 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
- Ilka Talvi
- Violin
- Beloyd Taylor
- Guitar, Vocals (Background)
- Barbara Thomason
- Viola
- Tom Tom 84
- Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Wayne Vaughn
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
- Fred White
- Percussion, Drums, Group Member
- Verdine White
- Bass, Group Member, Percussion, Production Assistant, Vocals
- Mark Wilder
- Mastering
- Joseph Wissert
- Producer
- Andrew Woolfolk
- Flute, Group Member, Sax (Tenor), Percussion, Sax (Soprano)
- Ken Yerke
- Violin
- James Dunham
- Viola
- Leo Sacks
- Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer
- Daniel Smith
- Cello
- John Walz
- Cello
- Jerome Webster
- Violin
- William Henderson
- Violin
- Marie Fera
- Cello
- Joseph Livoti
- Violin
- James V. Ross
- Viola
- Anton Sen
- Violin
- Sherman Bryana
- Violin
- Leena Sherman
- Violin
- Simon Fowler
- Photography
- Judith Talvi
- Violin
- Rosmen Torfeh
- Violin
- Tommy Johnson
- Tuba
- 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
- Cynthia Kavaks
- Violin
- Richard Salvato
- Direction
- Bruce Talamon
- Cover Photo
- Craig Widby
- Engineer
- Richard Goodman
- Engineer
- Fred Jackson, Jr.
- Saxophone
- Sandy Seemore
- Violin
- Carlton P. Sandercock
- Project Coordinator
- Seth Foster
- Mastering
- Zakir Hussein
- Tabla
- Ben Wright
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- George Bohanon
- Trombone
- Ralph Boyd Johnson
- Percussion, Drums, Group Member
- Sally Cattran
- Design, Layout Design
- Art Macnow
- Direction
- Michael A. Harris
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- William C. Rhoden
- Liner Notes
- David Foster
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, String Arrangements
- Roland Bautista
- Guitar, Group Member
- Marilyn Baker
- Viola
- Steven Berkowitz
- A&R
- Robert Appere
- Engineer
- Eduardo del Barrio
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- George DelBarrio
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- Delores M. Bing
- Cello
- Boz Boorer
- Liner Notes
- 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
- Rahmlee Michael Davis
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Eumir Deodato
- Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Conductor
- Marci Dicterow
- Violin
- Assa Drori
- Violin
- David Duke
- French Horn
- Larry Dunn
- Organ, Group Member, Synthesizer Programming, Synthesizer, Production Assistant, Piano
- Andy Ellison
- Liner Notes
- 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
- Johnny Graham
- Guitar, Group Member, Percussion
- Gary Grant
- Trumpet
- Mick Guzauski
- Engineer
- Marlo Henderson
- Guitar
- Jerry Hey
- Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Cello
- Jan Kelley
- Cello
- Barbara Korn
- French Horn
- Gina Kronstadt
- Violin
- Carl LaMagna
- Violin
- Richard Lepore
- Tympani (Timpani)
- Linda Lipsett
- Viola
- Charles Loper
- Trombone
- Steve Lukather
- Guitar
- Philip Bailey
- Percussion, Conga, Vocals, Group Member
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Arranger
- Maurice White
- Drums, Timbales, Vocals, Kalimba, Producer, Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer, Group Member
- Dorothy Ashby
- Harp
- Bill Meyers
- Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Bill Reichenbach Jr.
- Trombone
- Jerome Richardson
- Saxophone
- Bobby Bryant
- Trumpet
- Azar Lawrence
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
- Herman Riley
- Saxophone
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