Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude (1975) {1999 Columbia Legacy}

Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude (1975) {1999 Columbia Legacy}
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Genre: R&B, soul

Gratitude is the 1975 live album by Earth, Wind & Fire. The album also features studio cuts on Side 4, including the hit song "Can't Hide Love". This remaster was done by Columbia Legacy in 1999 and features a "Live Bonus Medley" from a television show featuring Natalie Cole.

With That's the Way of the World having made Earth, Wind & Fire one of the best-selling soul bands of the 1970s, Maurice White and co. had no problem filling large arenas. As dynamic as EWF was on-stage, it's a shame that there isn't more documentation of the band's live show. Only one live EWF album was released by a major label in America, the superb Gratitude. First a two-LP set and later reissued on CD, Gratitude brilliantly captures the excitement EWF generated on-stage at its creative peak. Neither hardcore EWF devotees nor more casual listeners should deprive themselves of the joys of the live versions of "Shining Star" and "Yearnin' Learnin'." Maurice White is magnificent throughout, and Philip Bailey truly soars on extended versions of "Reasons" (which boasts a memorable alto sax solo by guest Don Myrick) and "Devotion." The album also introduced some excellent new studio songs, including the haunting "Can't Hide Love" and the uplifting "Sing a Song." One could nitpick and wish for live versions of "Evil," "Keep Your Head to the Sky," and "Kalimba Song," but the bottom line is that Gratitude is one of EWF's finest accomplishments.

01. Introduction By MC Perry Jones
02. Africano/Power
03. Yearnin' Learnin'
04. Devotion
05. Sun Goddess
06. Reasons
07. Sing A Message To You
08. Shining Star
09. New World Symphony
10. Interlude #1
11. Sunshine
12. Sing A Song
13. Gratitude
14. Celebrate
15. Interlude #2
16. Can't Hide Love

BONUS TRACK
17. Live Bonus Medley
a) Serpentine Fire
b) Saturday Nite
c) Can't Hide Love
d) Reasons
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Maurice White-vocals, drums, kalimba
Verdine White-vocals, bass, percussion
Philip Bailey-vocals, congas, percussion
Al McKay-vocals, guitar, percussion
Larry Dunn-piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
Ralph Johnson-drums, percussion
Andrew Woolfolk-soprano sax, flute
Johnny Graham-guitar, percussion
Fred White-drums, percussion

Don Myrick-saxophones
Louis Satterfield-trombone
Michael Harris-trumpet

Produced by Maurice White, Charles Stepney and Joe Wissert
Engineered by George Massenburg

Bonus medley (track 17) taken from a live taping for a 1978 TV variety special starring Natalie Cole. Recorded by George Massenburg on February 11, 1978 at Hollywood Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California. Mixed by Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks and Maurice White on February 26, 1999 at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California. Assisted by Cameron Marcarelli.

CD Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

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