Earth, Wind & Fire: when the picture came together - The ...

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H E A D L I N E H I P H O P F U N K V I N Y L

EARTH WIND amp F IRE WHEN THEPICTURE CAME TOGETHER

Posted on 30th June 2017

Title Spirit

Label Speakers Corner

Therersquos a lot of people out there who when they here the word lsquofunkrsquo lose interest For manypeople funk can be a bit niche in musical terms some see it as being a sort of nerdy version of souland RampB Full of life showmanship and groove sure but also offering little in general melodic termsand maybe therersquos a few questions to be answered in terms of songwriting quality or even broadappeal Yet for those people who scrunch up their nose to funk they will gladly spend a lot of time

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listening to Earth Wind amp Firehellipa funk band So whatrsquos so special about EWampF

Their musical professionalism melodic creativity and the sheer innovation in terms of arrangementstand head and shoulders over many of their colleagues in the funk genre The fact the the bandenjoys folding in other genres into their songs such as jazz smooth soul gospel pop rockpsychedelia blues folk African music and disco helps too Therersquos also a sparkling showmanship askill with a ballad and a mystical edge a sort of spiritual underlying theme to all of their music Attheir best EWampF were truly and eye poppingly spectacular

To get to this point the band had just release a soundtrack Thatrsquos the Way of the World a self-penned LP While the film bombed this LP scored The cash from its success allowed EWampF to buildits spectacular live show and establish its famed brass section the Phoenix Horns Also MauriceWhite took over the arranging after long-term group member Charles Stepney who tragically diedof a heart attack

Spirit which played on the bandrsquos positive and uplifting quasi-religious mystical bent featured ahost of excellent songs such as On Your Face Getaway and the poetic ballad Imagination The bandwere on top form especially Philip Baileyrsquos excellent vocal performance

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0 Comments By PAUL RIGBY

Blat BrutrsquoshellipBlat Brut

4th January 2015

Old 97rsquos maturing cowpunk froma band on the up-slope

23rd March 2017

Jung An Tagen Hersquos the Full-OnMan

17th November 2016

Mastering is excellent beautifully pressed on quiet vinyl the mastering is tonally balanced withstrong bass never blooming or masking the fine detail Midrange is focused but never bright whilecompression is absent giving the music a warmly organic presentation

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PAUL RIGBY

Irsquove been a journalist and editor for 30 years and still retain my good humourWhorsquod have thought I have worked within a range of industries writing forhundreds of national magazines and newspapers in the UK Europe and the USAcovering aviation music computer technology computer gaming hi-fi mobiletechnology home automation ladyrsquos lifestyle plastic model making antiques andmore I currently write for national magazines in the subjects of business musichi-fi and general technology

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