On November 14, 1981, “CBS” label released “Raise!”, the eleventh Earth, Wind & Fire album. It was recorded May 1981, at “ARC/George Massenburg Studio” in Los Angeles and “Sunset Sounds Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Maurice White. The album was certified Platinum in the US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Maurice White – lead and backing vocals, drums, kalimba
- Phillip Bailey – lead and backing vocals, percussion, co-producer
- Johnny Graham, Roland Bautista – guitar
- Billy Meyers, David Foster, Wayne Vaughn – keyboards
- Larry Dunn – piano, synthesizer, production assistant
- Verdine White – bass, production assistant
- Fred White – drums, percussion
- Tom Saviano – saxophone
- Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, vocoder
- Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Dick Hyde, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield – trombone
- Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry G. Hall, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet
- Anton Sen, Arkady Shindelman, Arnold Belnick, Betty LaMagna, Brian Leonard, Denyse Buffum, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Jerome Reisler, John Wittenbert, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Marvin Limonick, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Ross, Norman Leonard, Reginald Hill, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Thomas Buffum, William Hymanson, William Kurasch – violin
- Alan DeVeritch, Allan Harshman, Gareth Nuttycombe, Pamela Goldsmith, Virginia Majewski – viola
- Frederick Seykora, Jerome Kessler, Larry Corbett, Mary Louise Zeyen, Paula Hochhalter, Selene Burford – cello
- Billy Meyers, Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
- David Foster, Billy Meyers – string arrangements
- Pluto, Beloyd Taylor, Ralph Johnson – backing vocals
- Assa Drori, James Getzoff – concertmaster
- Ken Fowler, Ron Pendragon, Tom Perry – engineer
- Stephen McManus – engineer assistant
- Mick Guzauski, Tom Perry – mixing
- Mick Guzauski – design, art conception, engineer
- Roger Carpenter – art direction, design
- Shusei Nagaoka – illustration
Track listing:
- Let’s Groove – Wayne Vaughn, Maurice White
- Lady Sun – Beloyd Taylor
- My Love – Wayne Vaughn, Maurice White
- Evolution Orange – David Foster, O’Byrne, Maurice White
- Kalimba Tree – Maurice White
- You Are a Winner – Beloyd Taylor
- I’ve Had Enough – Philip Bailey, Greg Phillinganes, Brenda Russell
- Wanna Be With You – Wayne Vaughn, Maurice White
- The Changing Times – Beloyd Taylor
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