Earth Wind & Fire - Essential (2002)

Earth Wind & Fire - Essential (2002)

1 Mighty Mighty 3:02
2 Evil 4:56
3 Devotion 4:49
4 Keep Your Head to the Sky 5:09
5 Kalimba Story 4:01
6 Shining Star 2:50
7 That's the Way of the World 5:45
8 Yearnin' Learnin' 3:39
9 All About Love 5:30
10 Reasons 4:58
11 Sing a Song 3:23
12 Can't Hide Love 4:09
13 Getaway 3:45
14 Saturday Nite 4:02
15 Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme)/Be Ever Wonderful 6:00
16 Open Our Eyes 5:03
17 Got to Get You into My Life 4:03
18 (2) September 3:35
19 (2) Serpentine Fire 3:50
20 (2) Fantasy 4:36
21 (2) I'll Write a Song for You 5:22
22 (2) Drum Song 5:09
23 (2) In the Stone 4:25
24 (2) Can't Let Go 3:28
25 (2) After the Love Has Gone 4:25
26 (2) Wait 3:39
27 (2) You and I 3:31
28 (2) Let Me Talk 4:08
29 (2) And Love Goes On 4:04
30 (2) You 5:30
31 (2) Let's Groove 5:32
32 (2) Fall in Love With Me 5:49
33 (2) Side by Side 5:31
34 (2) Boogie Wonderland 4:48

Jacqueline Lustgarten - Cello
Joy Lyle - Violin
Steve Madaio - Trumpet
Arthur Maebe - French Horn
Virginia Majewski - Viola
Miguel Martinez - Cello
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Percussion
George Massenburg - Engineer
Lew McCreary - Trombone
Al McKay - Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals
Sidney Muldrow - French Horn
Billy Myers - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Don Myrick - Saxophone
Ross Pallone - Engineer
Richard Perissi - French Horn
Tom Perry - Engineer
Jerry Peters - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano Steve Porcaro Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Paul Polivinick - Viola
Benjamin Powell - Trombone
Jerome Reisler - Violin
Marilyn Robinson - French Horn
Dean Rod - Engineer
James Ross - Viola
Henry Roth - Violin
Louis Satterfield - Trombone
Skip Scarborough - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
Haim Shtrum - Violin
Harry Shultz - Cello
Maurice Spears - Trombone
Charles Stepney - Synthesizer, Piano, Associate Producer, Producer, Keyboards, Arranger
Linn Subotnick - Viola
Ilka Talvi - Violin
Beloyd Taylor - Guitar, Vocals
Barbara Thomason - Viola
Tom Tom 84 - Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Kevan Torfeh - Cello
Wayne Vaughn - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Verdine White - Bass, Percussion, Production Assistant, Vocals
Sheila Whitt 
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Joseph Wissert - Producer
Andrew Woolfolk - Flute, Percussion, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano)
Ken Yerke - Violin
James Dunham - Viola
Leo Sacks - Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
Daniel Smith - Cello
John Walz - Cello
Jerome Webster - Violin
William Henderson - Violin
Marie Fera - Cello
Joseph Livoti - Violin
Anton Sen - Violin
Sherman Bryana - Violin
Leena Sherman - Violin
Judith Talvi - Violin
Rosmen Torfeh - Violin
Laury Woods - Viola
Robert Spano - Engineer
Clark Duval - Product Manager
Maxine Lewis - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Jeffrey Mayer - Photography
Rick Kelly - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Steve Crimmel - Engineer
Sandy Speiser - Photography
Richard Salvato - Direction
Sheldon Sanow - Violin
Bruce Talamon - Cover Photo
Craig Widby - Engineer
Richard Goodman - Engineer
Kyle Wofford - A&R
Sandy Seemore - Violin
Seth Foster - Mastering
Zakir Hussein - Tabla
Ben Wright - Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
George Bohanon - Trombone
Darren Salmieri - A&R
Art Macnow - Direction
Deodato - Arranger, Conductor
Fred Jackson - Saxophone
David Foster - Synthesizer, Piano, String Arrangements, Keyboards
Roland Bautista - Guitar
Marilyn Baker - Viola
Robert Appere - Engineer
Eduardo del Barrio - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
George DelBarrio - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
Delores M. Bing - Cello
Oscar Brashear - Trumpet
Garnett Brown - Trombone
Denyse Buffum - Viola
David Campbell - Viola
Charles Veal - Concert Master
Ronald Clark - Violin
Ronald Cooper - Cello
Larry Corbett - Cello
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Rollice Dale - Viola
Assa Drori - Violin
David Duke - French Horn
Larry Dunn - Organ, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming, Production Assistant, Piano Pavel Farkas Violin
Henry Ferber - Violin
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Winterton Garvey - Violin
Pamela Gates - Violin
Harris Goldman - Violin, Concert Master
Joseph Goodman - Violin
Jack Gootkin - Violin
Janice Gower - Concert Master
Gary Grant - Trumpet
Mick Guzauski - Engineer
Michael Harris - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jeanette Hawes 
Marlo Henderson - Guitar
Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
Wanda Hutchinson 
Ralph Johnson - Percussion, Drums
Dennis Karmazyn - Cello
Jan Kelley - Cello
Barbara Korn - French Horn
Gina Kronstadt - Violin
Richard Lepore - Tympani (Timpani)
Linda Lipsett - Viola
Charles Loper  - Trombone
Steve Lukather - Guitar
Philip Bailey - Percussion, ?, Vocals, Conga Earth, Wind & Fire Arranger, Main Performer
Maurice White - Drums, Producer, Vocals, Compilation Producer, Kalimba, Timbales
Dorothy Ashby - Harp
Bill Meyers - Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone
Jerome Richardson - Saxophone
Bobby Bryant - Trumpet
Azar Lawrence - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano
Herman Riley - Saxophone