Electric Universe

Electric Universe / Earth,Wind & Fire（1983）




This is the adventurous album completed by simple member composition.
They removed a horn section and aimed at the future sound more electrically.
This album differs from a EWF album to that in the atmosphere.
(I also like this album very much of course! )

The slow number which was inserted between the speedy and rough numbers is very beautiful.

A member came to put the emphasis on a solo campaign after this album release, and activity as EWF was becoming few.



1. Magnetic
(M Page)

2. Touch
(M Page, J Lind)

3. Moonwalk
(D O'Connor, D Foster)

4. Could It Be Right
(M White, D Foster, A Willis)

5. Spirit of a New World
(M White, D Foster, B Fairweather, M Page)

6. Sweet Sassy Lady
(M White, W Vaughn, W Vaughn, L Vaughn)

7. We're Living in Our Own Time
(M White, M Colombier, A Willis)

8. Electricnation
(M White, B Fairweather, M Page)

Produced by Maurice White

Vocals, Drums, Kalimba / Maurice White
Bass / Verdine White
Vocals / Philip Bailey
Piano, Synthesizer / Larry Dunn
Guitar / Roland Bautista
Percussion / Ralph Johnson
Saxphones / Andrew Woolfolk
Drums, Percussion / Fred White



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Powerlight

Powerlight / Earth, Wind & Fire （1983）




Album of EWF that more electric element was incorporated!

It's also future and also mysterious.
I think it a a filled album to diversity with moist ballade is also inlaid.
A humanity can also be sensed deeply in the space thought of Maurice White, and it's the work from which a message can be received pleasantly.

The 12th place of billboard highest rank!
A record sales has fallen a little　at this time.

By the way, the "Fall in Love with Me" single cut was done... I like this song very much! What is it, but it's regrettable that there are seldom cases tha when this is played-.


1. Fall in Love with Me
(M White, W Vaughn)

2. Spread Your Love
(M White, B Taylor, A Lawrence)

3. Side by Side
(M White, W Vaughn, W Vaughn)

4. Straight from the Heart
(P Bailey, E del Bario, F Washington, R Seeman)

5. The Speed of Love
(M White, W Vaughn, W Vaughn, T Haynes)

6. Freedom of Choice
(M White, B Taylor, A Lawrence)

7. Something Special
(M White, W Vaughn, W Vaughn)

8. Hearts to Heart
(M White, B Taylor, A Lawrence)

9. Miracles
(M White, J Lind, E del Bario, F Washington, M D'Astugues)


Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrangements / Jerry Hey (5,6,7,8)
Horn and Strings Arrangements / Bill Meyers (1,2)
Horn and Strings Arrangements / Tom Tom 84 (3)
Horn and Strings Arrangements / Georege Del Barrio (4,9)

Vocals, Drums, Kalimba / Maurice White
Bass / Verdine White
Vocals, Percussion / Philip Bailey
Piano, Synthesizer / Larry Dunn
Guitar / Roland Bautista
Drums / Ralph Johnson
Saxphones / Andrew Woolfolk
Drums, Percussion / Fred White


Horn Section
Saxphones/ Don Myrick
Trombone/ Louis Satterfield
Trombone/ Bill Reichenbach
Trombone/ Lew McCreary
Trombone/ Charles Loper
Trombone/ Greg Bohanon
Trumpet/ Ramlee Michael Davis
Trumpet/ Michael Harris
Trumpet/ Jerry Hey
Trumpet/ Gary Grant
Trumpet/ Chuck Findley
Trumpet/ Oscar Brashear

Background Vocals/ Beloyd Taylor
Additional Vocals/ Ms Pluto

Guitar/ Beloyd Taylor
Keyboards/ Wayne Vaughn
Profit/ Azar Lawrence
Percussion/ Paulimho da Costa
Keyboards/ Eddie Del Bario
Keyboards/ Rick Kelly
Keyboards/ Georege Del Bario
Keyboards/ Skip Scarborough
Sttel Drums/ Robert Greenidge
Tabla Drums/ Zakir Hussein
Piano/ Maxanne Lewis

Violins/ Assa Drori, David Frisina, Brenton Banks, Myer Bello, Arnold Belnick
Harold Bluestone, Nicole Bush, Ron Clark, Bill Hybel, Karen Jones, Anatol Kaminskey
Georege Kast, Janet Lakatos, Robert Lipsett, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross
Bob Sanov, sheldon Sanov, Haim Shtrum, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Pamela Tompkins,
Shari Ziooert, Miwako Watanabe

Violas/ Rollice Dale, Alan Deveritch, Pamela Goldmith, Allan Harshman, Roland Kato, Milton Kestenbaum
Carole Mukogawa, David Schwartz, Joel Soultanian, Linn Subotnick

Cellos/ Ranald Cooper, Larry Corbett, Douglas Davis, Suzie Katayama, Earl Madison, Frederick Seykora

String Bass/ Arni Egilsson
Harp/ Dorothy Remsen



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Raise!

Raise! / Earth, Wind & Fire（1981）



This album starts from the "Let's Groove " everyone loves very much.
You can't separate a song of ear to the last 8 numbers .
Because a body hangs upon this music, and cuts rhythm, it would be able to say that this album is unsuitable for BGM.

Thrilling fusion of a powerful horn and an electric ring like vocoder is here.

" Wanna Be With You" got "Best R&B performance by a group" of Grammy.

Everybody Let's Groove！with this album!


1. Let's Groove
(M White, W Vaughn)

2. Lady Sun
(B Taylor)

3. My Love
(M White, W Vaughn)

4. Evolution Orange
(M White, D Foster, N O 'Byrne)

5. Kalimba Tree
(M White)

6. You Are a Winner
(B Taylor)

7. I've Had Enough
(P Bailey, G Phillinganes, B Russell)

8. Wanna Be With You
(M White, W Vaughn)

9 The Changing Times
(B Taylor)


Produced by Maurice White

Horn Arrengements/ Jerry Hey(2,4,5,6,8,9)
Strings Arrengements/ David Foster (4)
Horn & Strings Arrengements/ Bill Meyers (1,3,7)

Vocals, Drums, Kalimba / Maurice White
Bass / Verdine White
Vocals, Percussion / Philip Bailey
Piano, Synthesizer / Larry Dunn
Guitar / Roland Bautista
Drums / Ralph Johnson
Guitar / Johhny Graham
Saxphones / Andrew Woolfolk
Drums, Percussion / Fred White

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

Guitar / Beloyd Taylor
Keyboards/ David Foster
Keyboards/ Bill Meyers
Keyboards/ Wayne Vaughn
Vocoder&Synthesizer/ Michael Boddicker

Trumpet/ Jerry Hey
Trumpet/ Oscar Brashear
Trumpet/ Gary Grant
Trumpet/ Chuck Findley
Trumpet/ Larry G Hall
Trombones/ Georege Bohanon
Trombones/ Bill Reichenbach
Trombones/ Lew McCreary
Trombones/ Chales Loper
Trombones/ Dick Hyde
Saxphones/ Tom Saviano

Violins/ James Getzoff, Assa Drori, Anton Sen, Brian Leonard, Irving Geller
Wiiliam Kurasch, Arkady Shindelman, Norman Leonard, Thomas Buffum
Ronald Folsom, Jerome Reisler, Henry Ferber, Haim Shtrum, William Hymanson
Endre Granat, John Wittenbert, Betty LaMagna, Denyse Buffum, Myra Kestenbaum
Sheldon Sanow, Nathan Ross, Arnold Belnick, Mari Tsumura Botnick
Marvin Limonick, Reginald Hill

Violas/ Pamela Goldsmith, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Gareth Nuttycombe, Alan DeVeritch
Cellos/ Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford, Larry Corbett, Frederick Seykora,
Mary Louise Zeyen, Jerome Kessler



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Smooth Sax Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire

Smooth Sax Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire　（2004）



This is the cover album of Earth,Wind & Fireperformed by Saxpone player Walter Chancellor!

While adapting importantly originally, he arranged more jazzy so that a saxophone might be emphasized.

A saxophone takes the lead insted of vocal.
And that sound of the saxophone is so comfortable!

It's deserted that there are no voice and performance of a EWF member of course, but it's an interesting album for a fan!


1. Shining Star
2. Reasons
3. Devotion
4. September
5. Can't Hide Love
6. Singasong
7. That's the Way of the World
8. Serpentine Fire
9. Let's Groove
10. Getaway



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Brothers

Brothers / Take 6 (1966)



TAKE6 is a vocal group of 6th group of famous for a beautiful harmony.
The contents of their the 6th album floods the variety with the slow number and up tempo fun rhythm coexist.
They won the Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in Grammy.

Ｍemberｓ of Earth,Wind & Fire participated in this album.
This album bigins with the cover of Earth,Wind & Fire, "Sing A Song"

Lead vocalists were David Thomas&Claude McKnight.
Improvement on an arrangement is fresh while respecting an original image.

1. Sing A Song

Guitar/ Sheldon Reynolds
Horn Arrengement/ Bill Meyers
Trumpet&Flugel Horns/ Ray Brown, Oscar Brashear
Trombone/ Reggie Young

2. You Don't Have To Be Afraid

Guitar/ Sheldon Reynolds
Horn Arrengement/ Bill Meyers
Trumpet&Flugel Horns/ Ray Brown, Oscar Brashear
Trombone/ Reggie Young

6. Can't Stop Thinking 'Bout You

Guitar/ Sheldon Reynolds
Vertical Sound/ Sheldon Reynolds



Brian McKnightparticipated in many songs of this album as writter and also producer.
I think it's because that he is the brother of Claude McKnightof Take 6.

Anyway ,it is perfectly beautiful album !

1. Sing A Song
2. You Don't Have To Be Afraid
3. I'll Be There
4. Delilah
5. Chance Of A Lifetime
6. Can't Stop Thinking 'Bout You
7. Jesus Makes Me Happy
8. We Don't Have To Cry
9. Do Right
10.Don't Let Go


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Live in Velfarre

Live in Velfarre (1998)



This is a Live source of the legend performed in Roppongi Velfarre on April 20th in 1995!
Roppongi Velfarre was the big disco in Japan.

There was live in Nippon Budokan on the next day, so it was EWF enjoyment by continuation for 2 days for me.



2 days were same mostly, but the played number was very different in audience's aerial sense.
Even though it was in huge disco , we could feel Earth,Wind & Fire around here right now more than usual ,my tension went up .

It was a luxurious experience that Ｉ　could shake my body according to the groove of hit songs of EWF.

These CDs are the same contents, and something with the different title is sold a lot
such as Plugged in & Liveor Greatest Hits Live.


Plugged in and Live

1. In the Stone
2. September
3. Let Your Feelings Show
4. Let's Groove
5. Sun Goddess
6. Can't Hide Love
7. Boogie Wonderland
8. Fantasy
9. Reasons
10. That's the Way of the World
11. Africano
12. I'll Write a Song for You
13. Be Ever Wonderful
14. After the Love Is Gone
15. Shining Star
16. System of Survival
17. Sing a Song
18. Devotion


Maurice White/ Lead Vocals,kalimba, Percussion
Philip Bailey/ Lead Vocals, Percussion
Verdine White/ Bass
Ralph Johnson/ Vocals, Percussion
Sheldon Reynolds/ Vocals, guitar
Sonny Emory/ Drums
Morris Plesure/ Musical Director, Keyboards
Mike McKnight/ Keyboards
David Romeo/ Percussion
Carl Carlwell/ Vocals
Ray Brown/ Trumpets
Scott Mayo/ Saxphones
Reggie Young/ Trombone
Dee Dee Weathers/ Dancer
Kyausha Simpson/ Dancer


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３

３　/　Stanley Clarke & George Duke （1989）




The 3rd album by a project of bassist Stanley Clarke and keyboard player George Duke with the deep friendship .

The ability of 2 people was crashed to 1 of some sophisticated thick contents!
This album is like jewelry box with beautiful melody and funky grooves!

The members of Earth,Wind&Fire were in the luxurious guests who participated.

The famous tune "Oh,Oh" was written by Robert Brookins with these 2 people.
Robert Brookins also participated in a keyboard.

Once listening, it's the simplicity you'll feel like humming immediately, but it's the powerful striking number.

Philip Bailey participated in "Mothership Connection" with vocal.

The fun work by which voices of luxurious guests intersects in a funky motif for this song.

Jerry Hey participated with a trumpet!
Anyway this song featured the voices of artists as follows///


Stanley Clarke,George Duke, Nduge Chancler, Philip Bailey,Darrel Cox, Carl Carwell,Phil Perry.

We can easily confirm the voice of Philip Bailey!


1. Pit Bulls (An Endangered Species)
2. Oh Oh
3. No Place to Hide
4. Somebody Else
5. Mothership Connection (Star Child)
6. Right by My Side
7. From the Deepest Corner of My Heart
8. Lady
9. Find Out Who You Are
10. Quiet Time
11. Fingerprints
12. Always



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Singles III

Singles III / Noriko Sakai　（2000）



This is the best album of Japanese 90's Idol singer Noriko Sakai .
There is a song Maurice White and Bill Meyers did write!
OH OH OH~We are the Winners~
OH OH OH～We are the winners


This song was produced and released as the campaign song of J-League ,soccer association.
This song was written by Maurice White, Bill Meyers and Kumi Misawa.
Yasushi Akimoto took part of writing Japanese words.

The music is powerful and beautiful!
It's full of the uplifting feeling of running and passion.
The vicinity where a sub-melody is piled up on a back of the main melody.
The approach sounds like EWF..

They didn't participate in a performance, but this song must be listened for the EWF fan!

1. あなたが満ちていく
2. 笑顔が忘れられない
3. 誘われて…
4. OH OH OH~We are the Winners~
5. 碧いうさぎ
6. Here I am~泣きたい時は泣けばいい~
7. 鏡のドレス
8. 涙色
9. 横顔
10. PURE
11. 恋人たちのカレンダー
12. あなたと見た空
13. 蝶々
14. おはようの風景
15. ミルク ティー



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This Is Niecy

This Is Niecy /　Deniece Williams （1976）　



This is the album of Deniece Williams featring menbers of Earth, Wind & Fire!
Famous tune "Free"in this album was also featured in EWF's best album as Deniece Williams　With EWF.

We can listen in some songs to Maurice White's vocal .
”Watching Over ”is really like the funk of EWF.
Cause this song was written by D Williams, M White, F White, V White, J Peter, Al McKay.
I really love this album!


1. It's Important to Me
2. That's What Friends Are For
3. How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away
4. Cause You Love Me, Baby
5. Free
6. Watching Over
7. If You Don't Believe

Produced by Maurice White & Charles Stepney


Maurice White (v)
Verdine White (b)
Al McKay (g)
Fred White (d)



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Tribute To Earth,Wind & Fire

Tribute To Earth,Wind & Fire　/ Lenny White（2004）



This is the great cover album of Earth,Wind & Fire performed by jazz drummer Lenny White.
Gorgeous participation member make us softly listen the famous piece of music of EWF.
To a considerably heavy jazz taste absent-mindedly.
It is a wonderful album that expresses the charm of the tune to its maximum by an air feeling different from the original.
Especially, we are so hearld with slow" After the Love Has Gone" that Vanessa Rubin sings.

1. Evil
2. Fantasy
3. Earth, Wind & Fire
4. After the Love Has Gone
5. See the Light
6. Runnin'
7. Spirit
8. Getaway


Lenny White (ds)
Ron Carter (b)
Patrice Rushen (b)
Bireli Lagrene (g)
Wallace Roney (tp)
Antoine Roney (sax)
Vanessa Rubin (vo)
Christopher Sholar (g)




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