EARTH, WIND & FIRE - (1976) SPIRIT (JAPAN REISSUE 2001)

EARTH, WIND & FIRE - (1976) SPIRIT (JAPAN REISSUE 2001)

Label: Sony Music Direct (Japan)
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Japan
Released: 2001
Genre: Funk
Quality: Lossless
Format: FLAC (Scans HQ (complete booklet + covers)+Cue+Log
Source: Internet
Size: 642 Mb (+3%)
Total Time: 49:58 min
Download: Rapidshare

Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released: September 1976
Reissue: 2001 Sony Music Direct (Japan)
Recorded: April-May 1976, Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood
Genre: Funk
Length: 36:29
Reissue: 49:58
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: Maurice White, Charles Stepney

ORIGINAL RELEASE

Side one

1. "Getaway" Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor 3:47
2. "On Your Face" Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 4:33
3. "Imagination" Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 5:15
4. "Spirit" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 3:12

Side two

5. "Saturday Nite" Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Al McKay 4:02
6. "Earth, Wind and Fire" Maurice White, Skip Scarborough 4:40
7. "Departure" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 0:27
8. "Biyo" Maurice White, Al McKay 3:37
9. "Burnin' Bush" Jerry Peters 6:46


2001 REISSUE

1. "Getaway" Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor 3:47
2. "On Your Face" Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 4:33
3. "Imagination" Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 5:15
4. "Spirit" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 3:12
5. "Saturday Nite" Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Al McKay 4:02
6. "Earth, Wind and Fire" Maurice White, Skip Scarborough 4:40
7. "Departure" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 0:27
8. "Biyo" Maurice White, Al McKay 3:37
9. "Burnin' Bush" Jerry Peters 6:46
10. "Saturday Nite (Alternate Mix)" Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 4:55
11. "Seraphim" Maurice White, Al McKay Phillip Bailey 2:06
12. "Imagination (Angels Mix)" Maurice White, Phillip Bailey 1:02
13. "Departure (The Traveler)" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 3:37
14. "African Symphony" Larry Dunn, Maurice White 1;52

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Spirit is a 1976 album by Earth, Wind & Fire released on Columbia Records. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard Pop and R&B Albums Chart and has been certified double platinum.Charles Stepney died during the sessions for Spirit, and Maurice White took over fully the arranging and production duties for the band.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Billboard magazine in its review found that the album's "arrangements, songs, sweet floating vocal harmonies and punching instrumental phrases are all best described as impeccable". In his 1999 review of the album Eric Atwell of the Daily Vault notes that "Spirit's tracks are distinct yet cohesive; classic in an album oriented sense, yet still sounding fresh enough to be contemporary".

Spirit was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The album cut Earth, Wind and Fire was also Grammy nominated for Best Instrumental Composition.

PERFORMERS

* Vocals - Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White
* Piano - Larry Dunn, Jerry Peters
* Organ - Larry Dunn
* Moog Synthesizer - Larry Dunn
* Guitar - Johnny Graham, Al McKay
* Bass - Verdine White
* Congas - Philip Bailey
* Kalimba - Maurice White
* Timbales - Maurice White
* Drums - Fred White, Ralph Johnson, Maurice White
* Percussion - Andrew Woolfolk, Verdine White, Philip Bailey, Harvey Mason
* Saxophone - Don Myrick, Andrew Woolfolk
* Trombone - Charles Loper, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield
* Bass Trombone - Lew McCreary
* Trumpet - Charles Findley, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Steve Madaio
* French Horn - Arthur Maebe, David Duke, Marilyn Robinson, Sidney Muldrow
* Tuba - Tommy Johnson
* Concertmaster - Charles Veal
* Harp - Dorothy Ashby
* Cello - Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shlutz, Marie Fera, Ronald Cooper
* Viola - Barbara Thomason, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, James Dunham,
* Violin - Asa Drori, Carl La Magne, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Joy Lyle