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The Essential Earth Wind & Fire
CD1-1	Mighty Mighty	3:02
CD1-2	Evil	4:57
CD1-3	Devotion	4:49
CD1-4	Keep Your Head To The Sky	5:10
CD1-5	Kalimba Story	4:01
CD1-6	Shining Star	2:50
CD1-7	That's The Way Of The World	5:46
CD1-8	Yearnin' Learnin'	3:39
CD1-9	All About Love	5:30
CD1-10	Reasons	4:59
CD1-11	Sing A Song	3:24
CD1-12	Can't Hide Love Written-By – S. Scarborough*	4:10
CD1-13	Getaway Written-By – B. Taylor*, P. Cor*	3:45
CD1-14	Saturday Nite	4:02
CD1-15	Ponta De Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) / Be Ever Wonderful Arranged By, Conductor – Eumir DeodatoWritten-By – M. Nascimento*	6:01
CD1-16	Open Our Eyes Written-By – L. Lumpkins*	5:04
CD1-17	Got To Get You Into My Life Written-By – Lennon-McCartney	4:03
CD2-1	September	3:35
CD2-2	Serpentine Fire Arranged By – Tom Tom 84Written-By – S. Burke*	3:50
CD2-3	Fantasy Written-By – E. Del Barrio*	4:37
CD2-4	I'll Write A Song For You Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Eumir DeodatoWritten-By – S. Beckmeier*	5:22
CD2-5	Drum Song	5:09
CD2-6	In The Stone	4:25
CD2-7	Can't Let Go Written-By – B. Myers*	3:29
CD2-8	After The Love Has Gone Written-By – B. Champlin*, J. Graydon*	4:26
CD2-9	Wait Arranged By [Strings] – Tom Tom 84	3:39
CD2-10	You And I	3:32
CD2-11	Let Me Talk Written-By – R. Johnson*	4:08
CD2-12	And Love Goes On Written-By – B. Russell*	4:04
CD2-13	You Written-By – B. Russell*	5:30
CD2-14	Let's Groove Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Bill Meyers	5:32
CD2-15	Fall In Love With Me Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Bill MeyersWritten-By – W. Vaughn*	5:50
CD2-16	Side By Side Written-By – W. Vaughn*	5:32
CD2-17	Boogie Wonderland Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Ben Wright*Featuring [With] – The EmotionsProducer – Al McKayWritten-By – J. Lind*	4:48
Video Clips
DVD1	Serpentine Fire
DVD2	Boogie Wonderland Featuring [With] – The Emotions
DVD3	September
DVD4	Let Me Talk
DVD5	Let's Groove
DVD6	Magnetic
DVD7	Fall In Love With Me
DVD8	System Of Survival
DVD9	Thinking Of You
DVD10	Evil Roy
DVD11	Heritage
DVD12	September '99 (Phats & Small Remix)
Live Tracks
DVD13	Fantasy
DVD14	Reasons
DVD15	Sing A Song
DVD16	I've Had Enough
DVD17	After The Love Has Gone

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
• Copyright (c) – Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Distributed By – Columbia Records
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records

Credits

• Arranged By – Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-14, 1-16, 2-5), Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 1-16, 1-17, 2-5)
• Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Tom Tom 84 (tracks: 1-15, 2-1, 2-3, 2-7, 2-10, 2-16)
• Arranged By [Horn] – Jerry Hey (tracks: 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13)
• Arranged By [Strings] – David Foster (tracks: 2-6, 2-8, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13)
• Backing Vocals – Beloyd Taylor
• Cello – Daniel Smith , Delores Bing, Dennis Karmazyn, Harry Shultz*, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Jan Kelley, John Walz, Kevin Torfeh*, Larry Corbett, Marie Fera, Miguel Martinez , Ronald Cooper
• Co-producer – Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10)
• Compilation Producer – Leo Sacks, Maurice White
• Concertmaster – Charles Veal*, Harris Goldman, Janice Gower
• Drums, Percussion – Fred White, Ralph Johnson
• Engineer – Craig Widby, Dean Rod, George Massenburg, Mick Guzauski, Richard Goodman, Robert Appere*, Robert Spano*, Russ Pallone*, Steve Crimmel, Tom Perry
• Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – Andrew Woolfolk
• French Horn – Arthur Maebe*, Barbara Korn, David Duke, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow
• Guitar – Beloyd Taylor, Marlo Henderson, Roland Bautista, Steve Lukather
• Guitar, Percussion – Johnny Graham
• Harp – Dorothy Jean Ashby*
• Horns – The Phenix Horns
• Mastered By – Mark Wilder, Seth Foster
• Percussion – Harvey Mason, Paulinho Da Costa
• Photography By [Additional] – Jeffrey Mayer, Sandy Speiser
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Bruce Talamon
• Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Azar Lawrence, Billy Myers*, Charles Stepney, David Foster, Eddie Del Barrio*, George Del Barrio, Jerry Peters, Maxine Lewis*, Rick Kelly, Skip Scarborough, Steve Porcaro, Wayne Vaughn
• Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Larry Dunn
• Producer – Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Joe Wissert (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-16, 2-5), Maurice White (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17)
• Producer [Assistant] – Larry Dunn (tracks: 2-2 to 2-4), Verdine White (tracks: 2-2 to 2-4)
• Producer [Associate] – Charles Stepney (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-16, 2-5)
• Saxophone – Fred Jackson, Jr.*, Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson
• Saxophone [The Phenix Horns] – Don Myrick
• Tabla – Zakir Hussein*
• Timpani – Richard Lepore
• Trombone – Benjamin Powell*, Bill Reichenbach , Charles Loper, Garnett Brown, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Maurice Spears
• Trombone [The Phenix Horns] – Louis Satterfield
• Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Charles Findley*, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Steve Madaio
• Trumpet [The Phenix Horns] – Elmar Brown
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn [The Phenix Horns] – Michael Harris, Rahmlee Michael Davis
• Tuba – Tommy Johnson
• Viola – Barbara Thomason, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, James Dunham, James Ross*, Laurie Woods, Linda Lipsett, Lynn Subotnick*, Marilyn Baker, Paul Polivnick, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski
• Violin – Anton Sen, Asa Drori*, Sherman Bryana*, Carl La Magne*, Cynthia Kovaks, Gina Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Ilkka Talvi, Jack Gootkin, Jerome Reisler, Jerome Webster, Joseph Goodman, Joseph Livoti, Joy Lyle, Judith Talvi, Ken Yerke*, Leena Sherman*, Marcy Dicterow*, Pamela Gates*, Pavel Farkas, Ronald Clark*, Rosmen Torfeh, Sandy Seemore, Sheldon Sanov, William Henderson , Winterton Garvey
• Vocals, Bass, Percussion – Verdine White
• Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Philip Bailey
• Vocals, Drums, Kalimba, Timbales – Maurice White
• Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – Al McKay
• Written-By – A. McKay* (tracks: 1-11, 1-14, 2-1, 2-4, 2-11), A. Willis* (tracks: 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-17), C. Stepney* (tracks: 1-7, 1-8, 1-10), D. Foster* (tracks: 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13), L. Dunn* (tracks: 1-6, 1-9, 1-15, 2-11, 2-12), M. White* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 1-14, 1-15, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-9 to 2-16), P. Bailey* (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-14, 2-4, 2-11), V. White* (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 2-2, 2-3, 2-11, 2-12), W. Vaughn* (tracks: 2-14 to 2-16)

Notes

℗ 1973-1981, 1983, 2002 Sony BMG Music Entertainment / Program
© 2004 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V. / Art and Design
© 2002, 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Manufactured and distributed by Columbia Records, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Digipack combining the two audio CD set "The Essential Earth Wind & Fire" and the DVD "Earth Wind & Fire: The Collection".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 827969648827