Earth Wind & Fire – All ‘n All
(CBS Records 1977 86051)
Matrix No’s: A2/B3 – UK Pressing
Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to corners and some rubbing on back
Inner Sleeve has a tear in one corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of all time. Rolling Stone Magazine described them as “innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing” and declared that the band “changed the sound of black pop”.
The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1971, having grown out of a previous band known as The Salty Peppers. Other members have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al McKay and Andrew Woolfolk. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations; they won six as a group and two of its members, Maurice White and Bailey, won separate individual awards. Earth, Wind & Fire have 12 American Music Awards nominations and four awards. They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sold over 100 million records, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time. Five members of Earth, Wind & Fire were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Larry Dunn and Al McKay. The music industry and fans have bestowed Lifetime Achievement honors from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award – 2002), NAACP (Hall of Fame – 1994) and the BET Awards (Lifetime Achievement Award – 2002).
All ‘N All is the eighth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. It contains the hit “Fantasy”.
Track listing
Original release
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “Serpentine Fire” | Maurice White, Verdine White, Reginald “Sonny” Burke | 3:51 |
| 2. | “Fantasy” | M. White, V. White, Eduardo Del Barrio | 4:38 |
| 3. | “In the Marketplace (Interlude)” | M. White | 0:43 |
| 4. | “Jupiter” | M. White, V. White, Larry Dunn, Philip Bailey | 3:55 |
| 5. | “Love’s Holiday” | M. White, Skip Scarborough | 4:23 |
| 6. | “Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)” | M. White[23][24] (incorrectly credited to Milton Nascimento) | 1:20 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “I’ll Write a Song For You” | P. Bailey, Al McKay, Steve Beckmeier | 5:23 |
| 2. | “Magic Mind” | L. Dunn, P. Bailey, A. McKay, M. White, V. White, Fred White | 3:38 |
| 3. | “Runnin” | M. White, L. Dunn, E. DelBarrio | 5:50 |
| 4. | “Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)” | Milton Nascimento | 0:53 |
| 5. | “Be Ever Wonderful” | M. White, L. Dunn | 5:08 |
Personnel
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Phil Ayling – flute
- Philip Bailey – vocals, percussion, congas
- Blanche Belnick – violin
- Roger Bobo – tuba
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Ronald Clark – violin
- Ronald Cooper – cello
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Eduardo del Barrio – piano
- Eumir Deodato – horn arrangement, string arrangement (7, 10)
- Warren Dewey – additional recording engineer
- David Duke – French horn
- Larry Dunn – assistant producer, piano, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Norman Forrest – viola
- Harris Goldman – violin
- Jack Gootkin – violin
- Janice Gower – violin, concertmaster
- Johnny Graham – guitar solo (5), additional guitars
- Terry Harrington – flute
- Michael Harris – trumpet solo (9), additional trumpets
- Ruth Henry – violin
- Fred Jackson, Jr. – flute
- Ralph Johnson – drums
- Jan Kelly – cello
- Richard Klein – French horn
- Paul Klingberg – audio mixing (12-14)
- Renita Koven – viola
- Betty LaMagna – violin
- Carl LaMagna – violin
- Mary D. Lindquist – violin
- Linda Lipsett – viola
- Art Macnow – direction
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Cameron Marcarelli – mixing assistant (12-14)
- George Massenburg – recording engineer
- James M. McGee – French horn
- Al McKay – guitar solo (9), additional guitars
- Abe Most – flute
- Don Myrick – saxophone solo (9), alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Susan Ranney – acoustic bass
- Alan Robinson – French horn
- Gale Robinson – French horn
- Marilyn Robinson – French horn
- Jack Rouben – assistant recording engineer
- Meyer Rubin – acoustic bass
- Leo Sacks – audio mixing (12-14), reissue producer
- Richard Salvato – direction
- Sheldon Sanov – violin
- Louis Satterfield – trombone
- Skip Scarborough – piano
- Haim Shtrum – violin
- Daniel Smith – cello
- Barry Socher – violin
- Lya Stern – violin
- David Stockhammer – violin
- Barbara Thomason – viola
- Tom Tom 84 – horn arrangement, string arrangement
- Marcia Van Dyke – violin
- Fred White – drums
- Maurice White – audio mixing (12-14), original recording producer, vocals, drums, kalimba
- Verdine White – assistant producer, vocals, electric bass
- Mark Wilder – mastering
- Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone
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