The Eternal Dance

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Album Info

Release Date: 1992-09-22

Labels: Columbia, Legacy, ARC, Kalimba Productions

Tracks taken :
1-1 & 1-2 from LP " Earth, Wind & Fire " ( 1971 )
1-3 from LP " The Need Of Love " ( 1971 )
1-4 from the sessions for " Last Days And Time " and previously unreleased
1-5 to 1-7 from LP " Last Days And Time " ( 1972 )
1-8 & 1-9 from LP " Head To The Sky " ( 1973 )
1-10, 1-11 and 1-13 from LP " Open Our Eyes " ( 1974 )
1-12 from the sessions for " Open Our Eyes " and previously unreleased
1-14 previously unreleased alternate version
1-15 to 1-18 from LP " That's The Way Of The World " ( 1975 )
2-1 previously unreleased ( Portion of " Sing A Message To You " released on 2-LP " Gratitude ")
2-2 " Head To The Sky " previously unreleased. " Devotion " from 2-LP " Gratitude " ( 1975 )
2-3 and 2-5 to 2-8 from 2-LP " Gratitude " ( 1975 )
2-4 previously unreleased
2-9 from LP " Spirit " ( 1976 ) and 0:10 intro previously unreleased
2-10 & 2-11 from LP " Spirit " ( 1976 )
2-12 previously unreleased ( A portion of this session appeared on LP " All 'N All " )
2-13 to 2-16 from LP " All 'N All " ( 1977 )
2-17 from LP " All 'N All " ( 1977 ). Appeared under the title " Brazilian Rhime "
2-18 from single A-side ( 1978 )
3-1 from LP compilation " The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire Vol. I " ( 1978 )
3-2 to 3-4 from LP " I Am " ( 1979 )
3-5 from the sessions for " I Am " and previously unreleased
3-6 to 3-8 from 2-LP " Faces " ( 1980 )
3-9 & 3-12 from the sessions of " Raise! " and previously unreleased
3-10 & 3-11 from LP " Raise! " ( 1981 )
3-13 from the sessions of " Powerlight " and previously unreleased
3-14 from LP " Powerlight " ( 1983 ) with ( alternate ) original ending
3-15 from LP " Electric Universe " ( 1983 )
3-16 & 3-17 from LP/CD " Touch The World " ( 1987 )
3-18 from single B-side of " Heritage " released only in US in 1990. Included on the album " Heritage " ( 1990 ) outside of the US
3-19 from the HBO television special " Earth, Wind & Fire in concert " and previously unreleased on album

Tracks recorded :
1-1 & 1-2 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, early 1971
1-3 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, late 1971
1-4 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, April 1972
1-5 & 1-6 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, April - May 1972
1-7 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, May 1972
1-8 & 1-9 at Clover Recorders, Hollywood, CA, January 1973
1-10 to 1-13 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO, November 1973
1-14 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO, and Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, December 1974
1-15 to 1-18 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO, and Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, December 1974 / February 1975
2-1 live at Nassau Coliseum, Hempstead, NY, May 23, 1975
2-2 & 2-4 live at The Omni Theater, Atlanta, GA, May 18, 1975
2-3 live in Baltimore, MD, May 24, 1975
2-5 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, August 1975
2-6 to 2-8 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, August 14, 1975
2-9 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, April 26, 1976
2-10 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, April 21, 1976
2-11 at Wally Heider Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA, April 1976
2-12 at The Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA, June 1977
2-13 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, June 21, 1977
2-14 & 2-15 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, June 9, 1977
2-16 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, June 1977
2-17 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, June 15, 1977
2-18 at Northstar Studios, Boulder, CO, October 1977
3-1 in Hollywood, 1978
3-2 & 3-3 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, August 28, 1978
3-4 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, September 1978
3-5 at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA, September 11, 1978
3-6 to 3-8 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, AIR Studios, Montserrat, West Indies, and Davlen Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA, in 1980
3-9 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, in 1981
3-10 & 3-11 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, May 1981
3-12 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 1981
3-13 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, in 1982
3-14 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, and Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, in 1982
3-15 at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, in 1983
3-16 at Studio D, Sausalito, CA, July 1987
3-17 at Studio Ultimo, Los Angeles, CA, in 1987
3-18 in Hollywood, CA, summer 1989
3-19 live in Houston, TX, in 1982

©1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. except
tracks 2-2 (Head To The Sky) & 2-18 ℗1978 RSO Records, Inc.
tracks 1-1 to 1-3 ℗1974 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Digitally Remastered at Sony Music Studios, New York
Sony Music Photo Archives and Kalimba Productions
Manufactured by Columbia Records

The box includes three jewel-case CDs and a 44-page long booklet.

US copy was also released in Australia by Sony Music Australia Limited, on or about 7 December 1992 (date of Platterlog listing).

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