Greatest Hits [Legacy]

by Earth, Wind & Fire

Overview

Columbia's 1998 collection of Earth, Wind & Fire's Greatest Hits in many ways stands as the group's definitive compilation. Even though there have been more extensive overviews of the group's work, such as the triple-disc set The Eternal Dance, this is the first collection to contain all of the group's biggest hits on one disc. All but one ("Love Music") of the ten songs from 1978's The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire are included, while six of the ten songs from The Best Of, Vol. 2 are featured; the remaining two cuts on the 17-track collection are the minor early single "Kalimba Story" and the album cut "Gratitude." These are fine additions to the album, but the true meat of the collection lies in the hits -- "Shining Star," "That's the Way of the World," "Sing a Song," "Getaway," "Got to Get You Into My Life," "September," "Boogie Wonderland," "After the Love Has Gone," "Let's Groove," and so many others. They might not be presented in chronological order (the only flaw in this otherwise flawless collection), but it's a sheer delight to have all of the hits on one terrifically entertaining and valuable disc. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/1998
Label:	Legacy / Columbia/Legacy
UPC:	0074646577929

Tracks

1. Shining Star
2. That's the Way of the World
3. September
4. Can't Hide Love
5. Got to Get You into My Life
6. Sing a Song
7. Gratitude
8. Serpentine Fire
9. Fantasy
10. Kalimba Story
11. Mighty Mighty
12. Reasons
13. Saturday Nite
14. Let's Groove
15. Boogie Wonderland
16. After the Love Has Gone
17. Getaway

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Earth, Wind & Fire   Primary Artist
The Emotions   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Skip Scarborough   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Steve Porcaro   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Larry Dunn   Synthesizer,Organ,Piano
Marlo Henderson   Guitar
Dorothy Ashby   Harp
Eduardo del Barrio   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Maurice Spears   Trombone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Wayne Vaughn   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Roland Bautista   Guitar
Jerome Richardson   Saxophone
Jerry Hey   Trumpet
Marie Fera   Cello
Lew McCreary   Trombone
Maurice White   Drums,Vocals,Kalimba,Timbales
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Herman Riley   Saxophone
Assa Drori   Violin
Al McKay   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion
Gary Grant   Trumpet
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Percussion
Sheldon Sanov   Violin
Zakir Hussain   Tabla
Haim Shtrum   Violin
Beloyd Taylor   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Charles Loper   Trombone
Fred White   Drums,Percussion
Charles Stepney   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Garnett Brown   Trombone
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Verdine White   Bass,Vocals,Percussion
Jerry Peters   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
David Foster   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Steve Madaio   Trumpet
Andrew Woolfolk   Flute,Percussion,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Steve Lukather   Guitar
Azar Lawrence   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Bobby Bryant   Trumpet
Marilyn Baker   Viola
Larry Corbett   Cello
Billy Myers   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Chuck Findley   Trumpet
Pamela Gates   Violin
Pavel Farkas   Violin
Jeanette Hawes   Vocals (Background)
Thomas "Snake" Johnson   Tuba
Ilka Talvi   Violin
Joseph Livoti   Violin
Sherman Bryana   Violin
The Phoenix Horns   Band
Jacqueline Lustgarten   Cello
James Ross   Viola
Kevan Torfeh   Cello
Benjamin Powell   Trombone
Henry Roth   Violin
Sandy Seemore   Violin
Sheila Whitt   Vocals (Background)
Maxine Lewis   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Rick Kelly   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Jerome Webster   Violin
Gina Kronstadt   Violin
Delores M. Bing   Cello
Ronald Cooper   Cello
Larry Woods   Viola
Linda Lipsett   Viola
Linn Subotnick   Viola
Henry Ferber   Violin
Sidney Muldrow   French Horn
Richard Lepore   Timpani
Rollice Dale   Viola
Harry Shultz   Cello
Joseph Goodman   Violin
Wanda Hutchinson   Vocals (Background)
Marci Dicterow   Violin
Barbara Korn   French Horn
Barbara Thomason   Viola
James Dunham   Viola
Marilyn Robinson   French Horn
Elmer Brown   Trumpet
Richard Perissi   French Horn
Louis Satterfield   Trombone
Philip Bailey   Congas,Vocals,Percussion
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Jerome Reisler   Violin
Michael Harris   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Rahmlee Michael Davis   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Miguel Martinez   Cello
Denyse Buffum   Viola
Jack Gootkin   Violin
Ronald Clark   Violin
Ralph Johnson   Drums,Percussion
Winterton Garvey   Violin
John Walz   Cello
William Henderson   Violin
George Bohannon   Trombone
Don Myrick   Saxophone
David Campbell   Viola
Harris Goldman   Violin
Anton Sen   Violin
Ken Yerke   Violin
George Del Barrio   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Leena Sherman   Violin
Joy Lyle   Violin
Fred Jackson, Jr.   Saxophone
Rosmen Torfeh   Violin
Paul Polivnick   Viola
Daniel Smith   Cello
David Duke   French Horn
Carl LaMagna   Violin
Jan Kelley   Cello
Judith Talvi   Violin

Technical Credits

Allee Willis   Composer
Skip Scarborough   Composer
Steve Crimmel   Engineer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Larry Dunn   Composer,Programming,Associate Producer
Earth, Wind & Fire   Arranger
The Emotions   Performer
Benjamin F. Wright   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Eddie Del Barrio   Composer
Eduardo del Barrio   Composer
Jon Lind   Composer
Joseph Wissert   Producer
Jay Graydon   Composer
Robert Appere   Engineer
John Lennon   Composer
Leo Sacks   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Wayne Vaughn   Composer
Peter Cor   Composer
Maurice White   Composer,Producer,Compilation Producer
Tom Tom 84   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Al McKay   Composer,Producer
Beloyd Taylor   Composer
Bill Meyers   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Charles Stepney   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Associate Producer
Louis Silas, Jr.   Composer
Verdine White   Composer,Associate Producer
David Foster   Composer,String Arrangements
Bill Champlin   Composer
Sonny Burke   Composer
Robert Spano   Engineer
Dean Rod   Engineer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Philip Bailey   Composer
Ross Pallone   Engineer
Michael Mazzarella   Composer
Reginald Burke   Composer
Mick Guzauski   Engineer
Tom Perry   Engineer
George Massenburg   Engineer
Michael Putland   Photography
Mark Coleman   Liner Notes
Jerry Hay   Horn Arrangements
Craig Widby   Engineer
Richard Goodman   Engineer
Simon Fowler   Photography