1978 - Earth Wind and Fire (The Best Of Earth, Wind and Fire Vol I [mp3@320)[mrtude42][h33t]

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Earth, Wind & Fire - The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol.1
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Review from allmusic.com
by Steve Huey

When it was originally released in 1978, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
was a succinct, ten-track collection of the group's best and biggest singles up
to that point. The excellent "September," a brand-new song, soon became a
hit in its own right, and the non-LP Beatles cover "Got to Get You into My
Life," recorded for the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film, also makes
its first appearance on an EWF album here, as does the track "Love Music."
EWF's commercial prime hadn't yet ended when this collection appeared; thus,
it's missing several crucial latter-day hits, including the slinky funk of
"Serpentine Fire," the ballad "After the Love Has Gone," and the disco
smashes "Let's Groove" and "Boogie Wonderland." But even if it's an
incomplete hits collection, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 still ranks as a
strong encapsulation of EWF the funk innovators. The singles gathered here
constitute some of the richest, most sophisticated music the funk movement
ever produced; when the absolute cream of the group's catalog is heard in
such a concentrated fashion, the effect is dazzling. That's why The Best of
Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 was remastered and reissued along with the rest of
EWF's catalog, even though it's been supplanted by more extensive single-
disc (Greatest Hits), double-disc (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire), and
triple-disc (The Eternal Dance) anthologies. 1998's Greatest Hits now stands
as the definitive single-disc EWF overview, but for the budget-minded and the
disco-phobic, this still makes for an excellent listen.

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Tracklisting
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1. Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide My Love [03:56]
2. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy [03:33]
3. Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway [03:34]
4. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life [03:49]
5. Earth, Wind & Fire - Love Music [03:41]
6. Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons [04:46]
7. Earth, Wind & Fire - September [03:23]
8. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star [02:36]
9. Earth, Wind & Fire - Singasong [03:10]
10. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World [05:32]

Playing Time.........: 38:04
Total Size...........: 87.75 MB

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Artist...............: Earth, Wind & Fire
Album................: The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol.1
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1978
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-earth-wind-amp-fire-vol-1-mw0000193649
Ripped by............: Mrtude42 on 7/15/2013
Posted by............: Mrtude42 on 7/15/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back



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