Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am album flac
Performer: Earth, Wind & FireTitle: I Am
Style: Soul, Funk, Disco
Released: 1979
MP3 album: 1423 mb
FLAC album: 1828 mb
Rating: 4.9
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Genre: Funk and Soul
I Am is the ninth studio album by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on June 9, 1979 on CBS Records. The LP rose to Nos. 1 & 3 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. I Am has been certified Double Platinum in the US by the RIAA, Platinum in the UK by the BPI and Platinum in Canada by Music Canada. I Am was produced by Maurice White. Artists such as The Emotions and Toto's Steve Lukather also made guest appearances on the album.
Some copies also include a one-sided insert advertising previous album releases. Matrix, Runout (Va., side A runout, etched): CBS S 86084 A-1., side B runout, etched): CBS S 86084 B-2., side A runout, etched): CBS-S-86084-A-2. Earth, Wind & Fire. I Am (CD, Album, RE, RM, Exp). ARC (3), Columbia, Legacy. COL 508611 2. UK & Europe. I Am (LP, Album, RE).
Earth, Wind & Fire. Нравится слушателям: Elvis Presley, Luther Vandross, The Beatles. The Duets Album/ Breathless. The Ultimate Dinner Party Album. The Masters Series: 70's Soul Vol. 2.
Earth, Wind & Fire is the self-titled debut studio album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in February 1971 by Warner Bros. The album got to No. 24 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. Off the album the track Love Is Life rose to No. 43 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.
White founded Earth, Wind & Fire in Chicago in 1969. In 1967, he'd replaced Redd Holt in the popular jazz group the Ramsey Lewis Trio, where he was introduced to the kalimba, an African thumb piano he would use extensively in future projects. Although I Am became EWF's sixth straight multi-platinum album, there were signs that the group's explosion of creativity over the past few years was beginning to wane. 1980's Faces broke that string, after which guitarist McKay departed. While 1981's Raise brought them a Top Five hit and R&B chart-topper in "Let's Groove," an overall decline in consistency was becoming apparent.
Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | In The StoneArranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David Foster |
4:48 |
| A2 | Can't Let GoArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 |
3:29 |
| A3 | After The Love Is GoneArranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David FosterSoloist, Saxophone – Don Myrick |
4:31 |
| A4 | Let Your Feelings ShowArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 |
5:22 |
| B1 | Boogie WonderlandArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Ben Wright*Producer – Al McKay, Maurice WhiteVocals – The Emotions |
4:49 |
| B2 | StarArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84Soloist, Trumpet – Rahmlee Michael Davis |
4:26 |
| B3 | WaitArranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 |
3:39 |
| B4 | Rock ThatArranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David Foster |
3:07 |
| B5 | You And IArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 |
2:58 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound
- Recorded At – Davlen Sound Studios
- Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
- Record Company – CBS Dischi S.p.A.
- Pressed By – CGD Pressing Plant
- Distributed By – CGD Messaggerie Musicali S.p.A.
Credits
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Don Myrick
- Bass – Verdine White
- Cello – Daniel Smith , Delores Bing, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Jan Kelley, John Walz, Kevan Torfeh, Larry Corbett, Miguel Martinez
- Concertmaster – Janice Gower
- Design – Roger Carpenter
- Drums – Fred White
- Engineer – Tom Perry
- Engineer [Assistant] – Craig Widby, Ross Pallone
- Engineer, Mixed By – George Massenburg
- French Horn – Barbara Korn, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow
- Guitar – Al McKay, Johnny Graham, Marlo Henderson, Steven Lukather*
- Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby*
- Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
- Keyboards – Billy Myers*, David Foster, Eddie Del Barrio*
- Lacquer Cut By – DD*
- Management [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
- Mastered By – Mike Reese
- Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
- Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim, Moog] – Larry Dunn
- Producer, Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
- Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Steven Porcaro*
- Saxophone – Fred Jackson Jr.*, Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson
- Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
- Timpani – Richard Lepore
- Trombone – Benjamin Powell*, William Reichenbach*, Garnett Brown, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears
- Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Jerry Hey, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Steve Madaio
- Viola – James Ross*, Laurie Woods, Linda Lipsett, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski
- Violin – Anton Sen, Sherman Bryana*, Carl LaMagna, Cynthia Kovaks, Gina Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Ilkka Talvi, Jack Gootkin, Jerome Reisler, Jerome Webster, Joseph Goodman, Joseph Livoti, Judith Talvi, Leeana Sherman, Marcy Dicterow, Pamela Gates*, Pavel Farkas, Ronald Clarck*, Rosmen Torfeh, Sheldon Sanov, William Henderson
- Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Philip Bailey
- Written-By – Allee Willis (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5), Bill Champlin (tracks: A3), David Foster (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B3 to B5), Eddie Del Barrio* (tracks: B2), Jay Graydon (tracks: A3), Jon Lind (tracks: B1), Maurice White (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2 to B5)
Notes
Gatefold sleeve.Printed inner sleeve with credits and lyrics.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A): CI 86084 - 1L cgd 31-5-79 DD
- Matrix / Runout (B): CI 86084 - 2L cgd 31-5-79 DD
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC 35730 | Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am (LP, Album, Ter) | ARC , Columbia | FC 35730 | US | 1979 |
| COL 508611 2 | Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am (CD, Album, RE, RM, Exp) | ARC , Columbia, Legacy | COL 508611 2 | UK & Europe | 2004 |
| 0326561, S160020 | Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am (LP, Album, RE) | Columbia, Simply Vinyl | 0326561, S160020 | UK | 2003 |
| 32DP 367 | Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am (CD, Album, RE) | CBS/Sony | 32DP 367 | Japan | 1985 |
| 25AP 1400 | Earth, Wind & Fire | I Am (LP, Album, Gat) | CBS/Sony | 25AP 1400 | Hong Kong | 1979 |
