Christmas With EWF 2020

Don't go out this Christmas ！

Let's spend time with your loved ones at home! 

If you live alone, have a wonderful eve while being surrounded by music full of love from your favorite artist! 

It's been a hard time, but 

I Wish You A Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 

 In my case, EARTH, WIND & FIRE will cheer up my soul this year as well. 

I would like to introduce again the EWF Christmas articles that I shared in the past!

 

★　Christmas / Howard Hewett 

★　’Tis The Season 　 

★　Gospel Millennium Christmas 

★　33rd Annual Christmas In Washington 

★　The Classic Christmas Album　/ Earth,Wind & Fire 

★　Target Christmas ad with Earth, Wind & Fire 

★　Get Your Hump On This Christmas 

★　Sounds Of The Season 　 

★　Holiday / Earth,Wind & Fire 

   

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 Earth,Wind & Fire Japanese Singles Collection (2020)  

The artist's single songs vary from country to country. 

 Earth, Wind & Fire is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. 

Collection set of single songs released in Japan has been released. 

2 CDs and 1DVD. 

Two thick booklets are included, one of which is a lineup of single jackets from Japan. 

The design of the early days makes us feel the times. 

Notably, the full version of Brazilian Rhyme was recorded on CD for the first time. 

And the promotion video of 4 songs were recorded on the DVD for the first time. First, "Brazilian Rhyme". 

I'm grateful for the longer playing time because it always makes me want to listen more. 

When I listen to EWF's hit songs with the passage of time after a long time ... 

Once again, I am amazed at the high degree of perfection. 

The arrangements and choruses are all meticulously assembled in every detail. 

Further DVD. "Wanna Be The Man" I watched this for the first time. 

* It's not a cool finish, but ... 

 It's been a while since I saw Maurice White's "I Need You" video and felt it. 

I didn't think when I first saw it ... 

There were multiple beautiful women in this video. 

However, when the lyrics are superimposed ... 

It seems that the main character is reaching out to multiple women ... 

Shouldn't it be better to narrow down the heroine to one person? 

 Anyway, I think it's a must-have collection for fans.

DISC1【CD：JAPANESE SINGLES】 

01. Mighty Mighty　from the album 『Open Our Eyes』 

02. Kalimba Story 　from the album 『Open Our Eyes』 

03.Shinning Star　from the album 『That's the Way of the World』 

04. That's the Way of the World　from the album 『That's the Way of the World』 05. Sing A Song　from the album 『Gratitude』 

06. Can't Hide Love　from the album 『Gratitude』 

07. Getaway　from the album 『Spirit』 

08. Saturday Nite　from the album 『Spirit』 

09. On Your Face from the album 『Spirit』 

10. Sepentine Fire　from the album 『All'n All』 

11. Fantasy　from the album 『All'n All』 

12. Jupiter　from the album 『All'n All』 

13. Got To Get You Into My Life　from 『Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band』Original Soundtrack 

14. Magic Mind　from the album 『All'n All』 

15. September　from the album 『Best Of EW & F VOL.1』 

16. Bogie Wonderland with Emotions　 from the album 『I Am』 

17. Star　from the album 『I Am』 

18. After The Love Has Gone　from the album 『I Am』 

19. In The Stone　from the album 『I Am』 

20. Can't Let Go　from the album 『I Am』 

21. Brazilian Rhyme（Extended Version））※ Japan's first CD * Bonus track DISC2

【CD：JAPANESE SINGLES】 

01. Let Me Talk 　from the album 『Faces』 

02. Spakle　from the album 『Faces』 

03. Let's Groove　from the album 『Raise!』 

04. I've Had Enough　from the album 『Raise!』 

05. The Changing Times　from the album 『Raise!』 

06. Fall In Love With Me　from the album 『Powerlight』 

07. The Speed Of Love　from the album 『Powerlight』 

08. Magnetic　from the album 『Electric Universe』 

09. Spirit Of A New World　from the album 『Electric Universe』 

10. System Of Survival　from the album 『Touch The World』 

11. Evil Roy from the album 『Touch The World』 

12. Turn On from the album 『Best Of EW & F VOL.2』 

13. Heritage feat. The Boys from the album 『Heritage』 

14. Takin' Chances from the album 『Heritage』 

15. Wanna Be The Man feat. M.C.Hammer　from the album 『Heritage』 

16. My Promise ※　from the album 『Forever』 

17. SunGodness＜Ramsey Lewis feat. EW&F＞※ 

18. Easy Lover ＜Philip Bailey＆Phill Collins＞※ 

19. I Need You ＜Maurice White＞※ 

※Bonus Truck DISC3

【DVD：MUSIC VIDEOS】 

" M1-M16 also includes Dolby Digital 5.1ch surround sound (20 songs in total)" 

01. Reasons （Live） 

02.Sing A Song （Live） 

03. Sepentine Fire 

04. Fantasy （Live） 

05. September 

06. Boogie Wonderland 

07. After The Love Has Gonr(Live） 

08. Let Me Talk 

09. Let's Groove 

10. I've Had Enough（Live） 

11.Fall In Love With Me 

12. Magnetic 

13. System Of Survival 

14. Thinking Of You 

15. Evil Roy 

16. Heritage (World's first DVD) 

17. Wanna Be The Man (World's first DVD) 

18. My Promise (World's first DVD) 

19. Easy Lover World's first DVD 

20. I Need You World's first DVD 

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival (2016)

The Glastonbury Festival is a large-scale outdoor music festival that has been held in Pilton, England since 1970.

A live performance featuring Earth, Wind & Fire in 2016 is on sale on DVD.

The performance with a new arrangement added to the standard masterpiece is wonderful!

Other famous songs are inserted in the middle of the song ...

The vocals of B David Whitworth and Philip Bailey Jr. are featured in many of these works ...

You can feel the new wave of EWF.

In addition, Ralph Johnson's solo (Got To Get You In My Life), which I haven't heard much until now, is a great performance for fans.

01　Africano

02　Faces

03　Boggie Wonderland

04　Jupiter

05　Yearning'

06　Shining Star

07　On Your Face 

08　Sing A Song

09　Serpentine Fire

10　Kalimba Story

11　Evil

12　Devotion

13　That's The Way Of The World

14　After The Love Has Gone

15　Got To Get You Into My Life

16　Fantasy

17  September

18　Let's Groove

19　In The Stone

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It Is Love

It Is Love  / Sheldon Reynolds The Familey (2017)

 

Sheldon Reynolds was previously a vocalist and drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire. I really like his voice and I love his songs without exception! 

 I was really shocked when I learned that he had left EWF. 

 And also I feel sorry when I knew that he has the same Parkinson's disease as Maurice White. 

The release of this work while being deprived of physical freedom little by little. Unlike Maurice when he disappeared from the live, as long as he listens to the album, he is full of power and love. 

I sincerely hope that medicine will evolve and that the activities of this genius musician will not be taken away in the future. 

 While playing an active part on his own, he also really likes "Devoted Spirits", which he teamed up with Larry Dunn and Morris Plesure. 

Two of them also participated in the eighth song of this album, Interlude. 

EWF Horns also participated in EWF's masterpiece "Sing A Song"! 

The voice of his wife Marilyn Reynolds, who is featured this time, is also really wonderful! Touch Me placed at the end of the album seems to be listening to standard masterpieces. 

Everything is a masterpiece, just like an EWF album. 

This time, like Sheldon Reynolds The Familey, this is a superb album created with his family around him. 

It was released in advance in Japan ... 

It's a pity that it doesn't seem to be sold very widely. 

I'm looking forward to his next album. 

01． Drum Major -Kalimba Evolution-

(Sheldon Reynolds, Brice Bates)

 

02． Can't Get Enough

(Marilyn Reynolds,, Haakon Graf, Sheldon Reynolds)

 

03． Sunday Morning

(Sheldon Reynolds Maurice White, Ailee Willis)

 

04． My Sweet Lady

(Sheldon Reynolds)

 

05． Your Day

(Sheldon Reynolds)

 

06． Jade -Interlude-

(Marilyn Reynolds, Sheldon Reynolds, Jade Williams)

 

07． It Is Love

(Maurice White, Ken Reynolds )

 

08． All About Love -Interlude-

(Larry Dunn, Maurice White)

 

09． Geetar -Interlude-

(Sheldon Reynolds)

 

10． No One Higher

(Sheldon Reynolds)

 

11． Date Knight

(Charles E WilliamsⅡ）

 

12． All That I Need

(Sheldon Reynolds、Marilyn Reynolds)

 

13． Midnight

(Sheldon Reynolds)

 

14． Feeling Good

(Sheldon Reynolds、Marilyn Reynolds,Neiman Sowells, Ryan Sowells)

 

15． Sing a Song

(Maurice White,Al McKay)

 

16． Touch Me

(Sheldon Reynolds、Marilyn Reynolds)

８・・・Performed by Sheldon Reynolds ,Larry Dunn, Morris Pleasure

15・・・featuring EWF Horns

   Sax / Gary Bias

   Trombone / Reggie Young

   Trumpet / Bobby Burns

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With Earth, Wind & Fire

With Earth, Wind & Fire I edited to video , some important pictures taken with the members of Earth, Wind & Fire .

BGM is "Let Me Love You" featured on the "Illumination" collector's CD as a bonus track. 　



 
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One World

One World (1990) from album "Music Speaks Louder Than Words)

The whole world is under threat from the new COVID-19.

Now we are forced to take a distance.

But I want to keep our minds closer and fight as a whole world!

Earth, Wind & Fire's 1990 song ...

Don't you think that we can be empowered by listening ?

I quote the lyrics this time.

One World

(P P Oland, F Previte, S Manukion, M Targo)

Someone like you, someone like me

Dreaming a dream of what could be

Do we believe ? We'll maybe we do

It all comes down to me and you

No matter who we are …there's only

One world

One love to share

I've seen it in your eyes

I see it everywhere

We're not alone

We all share a home

In one world

We speak in different words

We live our separate lives

Yet every morning

We watch the same sun rise

Produced by Maurice White

Associate Producer / Bill Meyers

Lead Vocals / Maurice White & Philip Bailey

Keyboads and Synthesizers / Bill Meyers

Percussion / Maurice White

Guitar / Sheldon Reynolds

Saxphone / Gary Bias

Trumpet / Ray Brown

Trumpet / Michael Stewart

Trombone / Reggie Young

Backgruond Vocals / Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Sheldon Reynolds

This song is also featured in this album.




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Revernge

Revernge / Nathan East (2017)

Nathan East, a member of Four Play and known as a global bassist.
Here is his third solo album.

While performing with many artists ...
To be honest, this instruments are hard to become the main characters.

However, those two solos that have overcome such concerns are bestsellers.
※ I have not purchased, but ...

Well, this album.
Earth, Wind & Fire members participated in 2 songs.
The two songs are EWF's masterpieces "Love's Holiday" and "Serpentine Fire"

The song that inserts new syllables while keeping the original phrase is really nice.
Voice of Philip Bailey who participated in “Love's Holiday”.


Chorus is unique expression only this time, great satisfaction.

Also I felt happy with "Serpentine Fire".
Here, the vocals are featured from the beginning, so you can enjoy Philip Bailey's lead and back vocals.
Moreover, the chorus isn't the obligato of this song, which I'm used to listening to,
I got the impression like a new song, and recently started heavy rotation.

Lead vocalist is Philip Bailey.
Further ...
Verdin White on Bass
Ralph Johnson on Percussion

Also, Eric Clapton on guitar and Phil Collins on Drum.
Great collaboration!

01. Love's Holiday（feat. Philip Bailey）

02. Lifecycle

03. Elevenate

04. Serpentine Fire（feat. Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind & Fire）

05. Feels Like Home（feat. Yolanda Adams）

06. Higher Ground（feat. Kirk Whalum）

07. The Mood I’m In（feat. Nikki Yanofsky）

08. Over The Rainbow（feat. Noah East）

09. Shadow

10. Pasan

11. Why Not This Sunday（feat. Ruben Studdard）

12. Until We Meet Again

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Images

Images / Bill Meyers　（1986）

I finally got it.
When I discovered it before, it was expensive and out of hand.
He participated in numerous albums of Earth, Wind & Fire.

It is a solo album of Blll Meyers who produced many famous songs by teaming with Maurice White.

All seven songs are instrumental.
The melodious and magnificent tune continues and is comfortable.

Jerry Hey participated in the horn selection.

1 AM (feat. Larry Carlton & Ernie Watts)

2 PM (feat. Ernie Watts)

3 Voyager (Prelude & Liftoff) [feat. Larry Carlton & Vinnie Colaiuta]

4 Heartland

5 Time Warp (Part 1) [feat. Brandon Fields]

6 Time Warp (Part 2) [feat. Brandon Fields]

7 Pastorale (feat. Michael Landau)

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I Feel The Light

I Feel The Light 　/　Little Glee Monster featuring Earth,Wind & Fire (2019)

 The long-awaited CD has been released! Little Glee Monster has grown into a leading Japanese girl vocal group .
Their new song features our Earth, Wind & Fire!
They were the undercards of the last time the EWF came to Japan and performed a concert at Budokan.

In that case, I do not know their existence ...
Surprise to sing the famous song "Septenmber" together ...
 In this performance, I shot this video ...
 
 * Movie shooting was OK, so it was not taken illegally.
 Comments on my YouTube channel are only for Little Glee Monster fan ...

It's an incredibly popular group! New songs featuring EWF.
Many EWF members have collaborated with Japanese artists,
Maurice White with Sakurako Mitsui, kaito, Noriko Sakai,
Philip Bailey with Anri, J-frends
Ralph Jonson with Hiromi Iwasaki,

However, there were few examples in the past that feature and release with the entire EWF group.
 Unfortunately, it seems that it is only released in Japan with a CD and DVD set. But you can get this here!
  【Amazon.co.jp限定】I Feel The Light (通常盤) (オリジナル缶バッジ付)

The groove is EWF! It's really cool!
There's a Philip Bailey solo, and their melody line is overlaid by Philip's chorus. 

How many EWF members are participating?
There was a notation on the jacket.

 Lyrics / Philip Bailey
Produced by Philip Bailey
Vocal Direction / Valerie Bailey
Horn Arrengement/ Ray Brown
Gutiars / Masa Kohama
Bass / Verdine White
Drums / John Paris
Trumpets / Rashwn Ross, Will Artope,
Alto Tenor Sax / Gary Bias
Trombone / Reggie Young

 I was able to confirm John Paris's participation in the video, but ...
My favorite Gary Bias and Reggie Young were also ...
It should be a funky and lucky sound like EWF!
 This product also comes with a DVD.
PV, which Little Glee Monster co-starred with Earth, Wind & Fire,
 They also comment on how they participated in this miracle project.

The CD coupling song is a Christmas song that seems to be a huge hit even for singles.
 It's a rich one!
 

1 I Feel The Light / Little Glee Monster featuring Earth, Wind & Fire
2 Put a ribbon on your love
3 You've Got A Friend
4 Monster Groove Medley
5 You Don't Know Nothing

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Love Will Find A Way

Love Will Find A Way / Philip Bailey (2019)

Philip Baily's solo album after a long absence!
In 2010, we released a mini album "Love Is Real" which was only available for download.
This is the first full album in 17 years.
Except for “Sacred Sounds” by Philip Bailey, Robert Glasper and Philip D Bailey,
He played past jazz masterpieces with luxurious guests.

It is one piece that can enjoy the jazzy singing voice of Philip Bailey!
Of course Earth, Wind & Fire albums are fine too ...
You must also listen to a glossy jazz album that you can enjoy moist.

1. “Billy Jack” ft. Robert Glasper

2. “You’re Everything” ft. Chick Corea

3. “We’re a Winner” ft. Bilal

4. “Stairway To The Stars” ft. Christian Scott and Christian McBride

5. “Brooklyn Blues”

6. “Once In A Lifetime”

7. “Just To Keep You Satisfied”

8. “Sacred Sounds” ft. Kamasi Washington and Robert Glasper

9. “Long As You’re Living” ft. Christian McBride

10. “Love Will Find A Way” ft. Casey Benjamin

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