Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
(Motown Records 1976 TMSP6002)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/A2/B1 – UK Pressing
Double vinyl with bonus 7″ and Booklet
G&L Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to corners/edges & name written in top left corner
24 Page Book in Nr MINT condition
7″ Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Double Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins; May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motown’s Tamla label at the age of 11, and he continued performing and recording for Motown into the 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth.
Among Wonder’s works are singles such as “Superstition”, “Sir Duke”, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “I Just Called to Say I Love You”; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards, one of the most-awarded male solo artists, and has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the top 60 best-selling music artists. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2013, Billboard magazine released a list of the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart’s 55th anniversary, with Wonder at number six.
Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, released on September 28, 1976, by Motown Records. It was the culmination of his “classic period” albums. The album was recorded primarily at Crystal Sounds studio in Hollywood, with some sessions recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood, the Record Plant in Sausalito, and The Hit Factory in New York City. Final mixing was performed at Crystal Sounds.
An ambitious double LP with a four-song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became among the best-selling and most critically acclaimed albums of his career. In 2005, it was ranked number 57 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it was preserved into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which called it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Track listing
Original vinyl release
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A Something’s Extra
The “A Something’s Extra” 7″ EP was included with the special-edition version of the original LP.
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Personnel
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica, arranger, keyboards, programming, vocals, drums
- Michael Sembello – guitar
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel
- George Benson – guitar, vocals
- Ronnie Foster – organ
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards, handclapping
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
- W.G. “Snuffy” Walden – guitar
- Nathan Watts – bass guitar, vocals, handclapping
- Greg Brown – drums
- Raymond Lee Pounds – drums
- Hank Redd – alto and tenor saxophone
- George Bohannon – trombone
- Ben Bridges – guitar, sitar
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Bobbi Humphrey – flute
- Howard “Buzzy” Feiten – guitar
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone
- Glen Ferris – trombone
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Deniece Williams – vocals
- Minnie Riperton – vocals
- Gary Byrd – vocals
- Michael Wycoff – vocals
- Larry Scott – sound effects
- Carol Cole – percussion
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Jay Boy Adams – vocals
- Nathan Alford, Jr. – percussion
- Henry America – vocals
- Linda America – vocals
- Baradras – vocals
- Brenda Barnett – vocals
- Khalif Bobatoon – vocals
- Starshemah Bobatoon – vocals
- Sudana Bobatoon – vocals
- Charles Brewer – percussion, programming, vocals
- Shirley Brewer – percussion, vocals, speaking part
- Berry Briges – vocals
- Cecilia Brown – vocals
- Eddie “Bongo” Brown – percussion
- Jean Brown – vocals
- Rodney Brown – vocals
- Colleen Carleton – percussion, vocals
- Addie Cox – vocals
- Agnideva Dasa – vocals
- Duryodhana Guru Dasa – vocals
- Jayasacinandana Dasa – vocals
- Jitamrtyi Dasa – vocals
- Vedavyasa Dasa – vocals
- Cinmayi Dasi – vocals
- Yogamaya Dasi – vocals
- Carolyn Dennis – vocals
- Bhakta Eddie – vocals
- Doe Rani Edwards – vocals
- Jacqueline F. English – vocals
- Ethel Enoex – vocals
- Al Jocko Fann – vocals
- Barbara Fann – vocals
- Melani Fann – vocals
- Shelley Fann – vocals
- Tracy Fann – vocals
- John Fischbach – percussion, programming, vocals, engineer
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