Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2

Earth, Wind & Fire: Al McKay (vocals, guitar, percussion); Verdine White (vocals, bass, percussion); Maurice White (vocals, drums, timbales, kalimba); Philip Bailey (vocals, congas, percussion); Johnny Graham (guitar, percussion); Roland Bautista (guitar); Andrew Woolfolk (flute, soprano & tenor saxophones); Larry Dunn (piano, organ, sythesizers, programming); Ralph Johnson, Fred White (drums, percussion).
The Emotions: Wanda Hutchinson, Sheila Whitt, Jeanette Hawes (vocals).
The Phoenix Horns: Don Myrick (saxophone); Michael Harris, Rahmlee Michael Davis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Elmar Brown (trumpet); Louis Satterfield (trombone).
Additional personnel includes: Steve Lukather (guitar); David Foster (keyboards).
Producers: Maurice White, Joe Wissert, Charles Stepney, Al McKay, Rhett Lawrence.
Reissue producers: Maurice White, Leo Sacks.
Engineers include: Robert Appere, Mick Guzauski, George Massenburg.
Includes liner notes by Virginia Prescott.
Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder & Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
The second collection covering hit singles from the '70s top funk and soul band, Earth, Wind & Fire. This anthology has recently been supplanted by a box set covering virtually all of their big Columbia singles and some early Warners material. If you enjoyed their disco and late '70s cuts more than the early tracks, this anthology is worth getting. The 2000 CD reissue has two bonus tracks: the moderate 1973 hit "Keep Your Head to the Sky" and "I'll Write a Song for You," from the 1977 album All 'n All. ~ Ron Wynn & Richie Unterberger