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ETERNAL STAR (Dedicated to an Angel Returning Home).
SPIRIT-1976 Columbia 34241 Produced by Maurice White & Charles Stepney Arranged by Charles Stepney, Jerry Peters &
Tom Tom 84 Engineered and Mixed by George Massenburg Recorded at Wally Heider Studio 3, Los Angeles The Burbank Studios, Hollywood
Sound Recorders Westlake Audio
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE/ SPIRIT Maurice White-Drums, Vocals/ Verdine White-Bass, Vocals/ Philip Bailey-Percussion, Vocals/ Larry
Dunn-Synthesizer, Keyboards/ John Graham-Guitar/ Ralph Johnson-Percussion, Drums/ Al McKay-Guitar, Percussion/ Fred White-Percussion,
Drums/ Andrew Woolfolk-Saxophones/ Earth, Wind and Fire Horn Section: Don Myrick-Saxophones/ Louis Satterfield-Trombone/ Michael
Harris-Trumpet/ featuring: Steve Madaio-Trumpet; Harvey Mason-Percussion; Lew McCreary-Trombone Jerry Peters-Keyboards;Steve
Madaio-Trumpet;Harvey Mason-Percussion Lew McCreary-Trombone;George Bohannon-Trombone;Oscar Brashear-Trumpet Chuck Findley-Trumpet
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Overall**** Spirit was considered a bit of a letdown after the major successes of the group's two previous albums "That's
the Way of the World" and "Gratitude". Looking back now Spirit was actually an improvement. The uptempo music is superior
(Sorry, Shining Star fans). Operatic rock to futuristic funk add to the classic moments on this album. The ballads are all
excellent, and representative of the growing sophistication in EW&F's music.
Of greater importance; EW&F CO-producer Charles Stepney passed away on May, 17, 1976 in the midst of recording this album.
Two of the songs that appeared on "Spirit" were dedicated to Stepney, including the title track. Spirit is fiery, jazzy,
epic, romantic and despite the tragedy that took place, it's still a breath of fresh air.
Album: Spirit /Columbia 34241 Released September 1976. #1 U.S. Album charts. Singles: 1. Getaway/Getaway(Instrumental): Released:
July 1976. #1 R&B, #12 Hot 100. 2. Saturday Night/ Departure (Instrumental): Released: November 1976. #4 R&B, #21 Hot 100.
3. On Your Face/Biyo(Instrumental): Release; May 1977. #26 R&B.
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