Earth, Wind And Fire* – The Need Of Love
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records – WS 1958 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Soul, Funk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Energy | 9:39 | |
| A2 | Beauty | 4:15 | |
| B1 | I Can Feel It In My Bones | 5:06 | |
| B2 | I Think About Lovin' You | 6:02 | |
| B3 | Everything Is Everything | 6:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Published By – Hummit Music, Inc.
- Published By – Don-Pow Music
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits
- Arranged By – Earth, Wind And Fire*
- Bass – Verdine A. White*
- Composed By – Earth, Wind And Fire* (tracks: A1 to B2)
- Drums, Percussion, Kalimba, Vocals – Maurice White
- Engineer, Recorded By – Doug Botnick
- Guitar, Harmonica – Michael Beal
- Mixed By – Al Schmitt
- Percussion, Congas – Yackov Ben Israel
- Photography By – Roland Charles
- Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals – Don Whitehead
- Producer – Joe Wissert
- Tenor Saxophone – Chet Washington*
- Trombone – Alex Thomas*
- Vocals – Sherry Scott, Wade Flemons
Notes
Original pressing on green Warner Bros. vinyl label.
Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label variation: This version has "(P) 1971" printed below center hole.
Recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label variation: This version has "(P) 1971" printed below center hole.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runout): P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): S40007
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): S40008
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): WS-1958 2 40007-1 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): WS-1958 40008-1 [Artisan Logo] 5 P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): P WS-1958 40007-1 A0
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): WS-1958 P 40008-1 [Artisan Logo] 11
Other Versions (5 of 34)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Need Of Love (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1958 | US | 1971 | ||
Recently Edited | The Need Of Love (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1958 | US | 1971 | ||
New Submission | The Need Of Love (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1958 | Barbados | 1971 | ||
New Submission | The Need Of Love (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records | M 81958 | US | 1971 | ||
| The Need Of Love (LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | WS 1958 | US | 1971 |
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Reviews
- Edited 5 months agoAfter a critically acclaimed debut album, "Maurice White" and "Earth, Wind & Fire" released their 2nd "Warner Bros." album, " The Need Of Love", in just a few months...The energy (not the song "Energy") of the album is like the debut, only looser...
That was really evident of the song "Energy" (Ok, but I had to make a point earlier)...It's 9:39 of a loose groove, with "Ms. Sherry Scott" reciting a Poem in its beginning...
"Beauty" and "I Can Feel It In My Bones" follows the same vain, only a little more structured Musically...
"I Think About Lovin' You" (Written and Preformed by "Ms Scott", and the Crown Jewel) is a VERY, VERY nice Slow Jam...It is still heavy on the "Jazz" side, but that didn't make a difference whatsoever...
The last song in "Donny Hathaway's" "Everything Is Everything" rounds out the album nicely...It has nothing on "Hathaway's" version, but it's a excellent rendition all the same...
Even though this, and the first album were well received by the Critics, the Public SNUBBED them...It took years later for People to realize how great these albums were...As a result though, because of the "We Didn't Make It" factor, most of the group decided to leave, only leaving "Maurice" and "Verdine" behind.......
That's ok though, because I am sure, with things to come, that would be the worst decision the former members would ever make!!!!!!! - The album Arrived in timely manner. Seller recommend. Thank you
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