3.07.2009

I Am 

I Am / Earth, Wind & Fire (1979) 



Powerful album featuring 2 songs,"Boogie Wonderland" and "After the Love Has Gone",
which won Grammy award !

It's all 5 songs of other "In the Stone""Star""Can't Let Go" above-mentioned that single cut was done.
This album recorded 3rd place in the Pop Chart and 1st place in the Black chart of the billboard.

This was reissured after adding 3 songs to the original album in 2004.
David Foster made a spectacular showing in various songs/
(By the way, "After the Love Has Gone" is a cover song of Airplay which David Foster belonged.)

Every song is so familiar and wonderful!
When I listen to the instrumental song "Rock That! " which is often played in Live even now, I fall an excited state a heart and a body.


1. In the Stone
(M White , A Willis, D Foster)

2. Can't Let Go
(M White ,B Meyers, A Willis)

3. After the Love Has Gone
(D Foster, J Graydon,B Champlin)

4. Let Your Feelings Show
(M White , A Willis, D Foster)

5. Boogie Wonderland
(J Lind , A Willis)

6. Star
(M White , A Willis, E Del Barrio)

7. Wait
(M White ,D Foster, A Willis)

8. Rock That!
(M White , D Foster)

9. You and I
(M White ,D Foster, A Willis)

10. Diana [#][*]

11. Dirty (Interlude) [*] - Earth, Wind & Fire, Junior Wells

12. Dirty (Junior's Juke) [*]

Horn and Strings Arrangements / Tom Tom 84 (2,4,6,7,9)
Horn Arrangements / Jerry Hey (1,3,7,8)
Strings Arrangements / David Foster (1,3,8)
Horn and Strings Arrangements / Ben Wright (5)

Vocals, Drums, Kalimba / Maurice White
Vocals, Bass / Verdine White
Vocals, Congas, Percussion / Philip Bailey
Piano, Oberhim, Moog Synthesizer / Larry Dunn
Guitar / Al McKay
Drums / Ralph Johnson
Guitar / Johhny Graham
Saxphones / Andrew Woolfolk
Percussion / Fred White

Horn Section
Saxphones/ Don Myrick
Trombone/ Louis Satterfield
Trumpet/ Ramlee Michael Davis


Percussion/ Paulhino da Costa
Keyboards/ Eddie Del Barrio
Keyboards/ David Foster
Keyboards/ Bill Meyers
Guitar/ Mario Henderson
Guitar/ Steve Luthaker
Synthesizer Programing/ Steven Porcaro

Trumpet/ Elmer Brown
Trumpet/ Oscar Brashear
Trumpet/ Bobby Bryant
Trumpet/ Micheal Harris
Trumpet/ Jerry Hey
Trumpet/ Steve Madaio
Trombone/ Georege Bohanon
Trombone/ Benjamin Powell
Trombone/ Wiiliam Reichenbach
Trombone/ Maurice Spears
Saxphones/ Fred Jackson.Jr
Saxphones/ Herman Riley
Saxphones/ Jerome Richardson

French Horns/ Barbra Korn, Sidney Muldow, Richard Perissi, Marilyn Robinson

Violians/ Janice Gower, Ronald Clark, Marcy Dicterow, Pavel Farkas, Henry Ferber
Harris Goldman, Joseph Goodman, Jack Gootkin, William Henderson, Cynthia Kovaks
Gina Kronstadt, Carl LaMagna, Joseph Livoti, Jerome Reister, Sheldon Sanov
Anton Sen, Haim Shtrum, Ilkka Talvi, Judith Talvi, Rosmen Torfeh, Jerome Webster
Pamela Gates, Henry Poth, 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 Kelly, John Walz
Harp/ Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
Timpani/ Richard Lepore



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