On September 28, 1976, “Columbia” label released “Spirit”, the seventh Earth, Wind & Fire studio album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Burbank Studios” in Burbank, California, “Hollywood Sound Recorders” and “Wally Heider Studios” in Los Angeles, “Westlake Audio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Maurice White – vocals, drums, kalimba, timbales, mixing
- Al McKay – guitar, percussion
- Johnny Graham – guitar
- Larry Dunn – piano, keyboards, organ, Moog synthesizer
- Jerry Peters – piano, keyboards
- Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
- Fred White – drums, percussion
- Ralph Johnson – drums, percussion
- Philip Bailey – vocals, congas, percussion
- Harvey Mason – percussion
- Andrew Woolfolk – saxophone, percussion
- Don Myrick – saxophone
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet
- Charles Findley – trumpet
- Michael Harris – trumpet
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Louis Satterfield – trombone
- Charles Loper – trombone
- Lew McCreary – bass trombone
- David Duke – Frech horn
- Arthur Maebe – French horn
- Sidney Muldrow – French horn
- Marilyn Robinson – French horn
- Tommy Johnson – tuba
- Charles Veal – concertmaster
- Asa Drori, Winterton Garvey, Harris Goldman, Carl LaMagna, Joy Lyle, Sandy Seemore, Haim Shtrum, Ken Yerke – violin
- Marilyn Baker, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, Rollice Dale, James Dunham, Paul Polivnick, Lynn Subotnick, Barbara Thomason – viola
- Ronald Cooper, Marie Fera, Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shlutz – cello
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Jerry Peters, Charles Stepney, Tom Tom 84 – arrangements
- George Massenburg – engineer, remix
- Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks – mixing
Track listing:
- Getaway –Peter Cor, Bernard “Beloyd” Taylor
- On Your Face – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
- Imagination – Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
- Spirit – Larry Dunn, Maurice White
- Saturday Night – Al McKay, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
- Earth, Wind & Fire – Skip Scarborough, Maurice White
- Departure – Larry Dunn, Maurice White
- Biyo – Maurice White, Al McKay
- Burnin’ Bush – Jerry Peters
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