1983 Earth, Wind & Fire - Powerlight
Powerlight is the twelfth studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in February 1983 by Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. Powerlight was also certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Tracks
1 Fall In Love With Me (Maurice White; Wayne Vaughn; Wanda Vaughn) 05:55
2 Spread Your Love (Maurice White; Beloyd Taylor; Azar Lawrence) 03:52
3 Side By Side (Maurice White; Wayne Vaughn; Wanda Vaughn) 05:57
4 Straight From The Heart (Philip Bailey; Eduardo Del Barrio; Freddie Washington; Roxanne Seeman) 04:42
5 The Speed Of Love (Maurice White; Wayne Vaughn; Wanda Vaughn; Tony Hayes) 03:36
6 Freedom Of Choice (Maurice White; Beloyd Taylor; Azar Lawrence) 04:10
7 Something Special (Maurice White; Wayne Vaughn; Wanda Vaughn) 04:24
8 Hearts To Heart (Maurice White; Beloyd Taylor; Azar Lawrence) 03:45
9 Miracles (Maurice White; Jon Lind; Eduardo Del Barrio; Marry D’Astugues) 04:58
Biography
Band
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Maurice White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Piano | Larry Dunn |
| Synthesizer | Larry Dunn |
| Programming | Larry Dunn |
| Sax (Tenor) | Andrew Woolfolk |
| Kalimba | Maurice White |
| Percussion | Fred White |
| Percussion | Philip Bailey |
| Percussion | Ralph Johnson |
| Background Vocals | Maurice White |
| Background Vocals | Philip Bailey |
| Background Vocals | Beloyd Taylor |
| Vocals | Maurice White |
| Vocals | Philip Bailey |
Other Musicians
| Guitar | Beloyd Taylor |
| Piano | Maxayne Lewis |
| Keyboards | Wayne Vaughan |
| Keyboards | Eduardo Del Barrio |
| Keyboards | Rick Kelly |
| Keyboards | George Del Barrio |
| Keyboards | Skip Scarborough |
| Sax | Don Myrick |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Rahmlee Michael Davis |
| Trumpet | Michael Harris |
| Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
| Profit | Azar Lawrence |
| Steel Drums | Robert Greenidge |
| Tablas | Zakir Hussein |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
3 Side By Side
| Steel Drums | Robert Greenidge |
5 The Speed Of Love
| Sax (Soprano) | Don Myrick |
6 Freedom Of Choice
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
9 Hearts To Heart
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
Strings
Bass – Arni Egilsson
Cello – Ronald Cooper, Larry Corbett, Douglas Davis, Susie Katayama, Earl Madison, Fredrick Seykora
Harp – Dorothy Remsen
Viola – Rollice Dale, Alan Deveritch, Pamela Goldsmith, Allan Harshman, Roland Kato, Milton Kestenbaum, Carole Mukogawa, David Schwartz, Joel Soultanian, Linn Subotnick
Violin – Assa Drori, David Frisina, Brenton Banks, Myer Bello, Arnold Belnick, Harold Bluestone, Nicole Bush, Ron Clark, Bill Hybel, Karen Jones, Anatol Kaminsky, George Kast, Janet Lakatos, Robert Lipsett, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Haim Shtrum, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Pamela, Tomkins, Shari Zippert, Miwako Watanabe
Liner Notes
Producer – Maurice White
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Bill Meyers (Tracks 1, 2)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Tom Tom 84 (Track 3)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – George Del Barrio (Track 4, 9)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9)
Concertmaster – Assa Drori, David Frisina
Engineer (Assistant) – Robert Spano, Steve Crimmel
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Mick Guzauski
Mixed By (Additional) – Tom Perry
Recorded By – Mick Guzauski
Art Direction – Roger Carpenter, Monte White
Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
Mastered At A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At The Complex Studios, West LA, CA
Recorded At Oceanway Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc.
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