Earth Wind & Fire Funk Soul Music Vinyl LP FC 35730 ARC Columbia Sealed SS 1979

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Worthy of gift giving. Still sealed since 1979. Has some slight ring press and corner bump.

Earth, Wind & Fire ?– I Am
Label:ARC (3) ?– FC 35730, Columbia ?– FC 35730 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold
Country:US Released:1979 Genre:Funk / Soul Style:Soul, Funk, Disco

Tracklist;

A1 In The Stone Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David Foster 4:48 A2 Can't Let Go Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 3:29 A3 After The Love Is Gone Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David FosterSoloist, Saxophone – Don MyrickWritten-By – Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon 4:31 A4 Let Your Feelings Show Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 5:22 B1 Boogie Wonderland Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Ben Wright*Producer – Al McKay, Maurice WhiteVocals – The EmotionsWritten-By – Jon Lind 4:49 B2 Star Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84Soloist, Trumpet – Rahmlee Michael DavisWritten-By – Eddie Del Barrio* 4:26 B3 Wait Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 3:39 B4 Rock That Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry HeyArranged By [Strings] – David Foster 3:07 B5 You And I Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Tom Tom 84 2:58 Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Don Myrick
• Bass – Verdine White
• Cello – Daniel Smith (4), Delores Bing, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Jan Kelley, John Walz, Kevan Torfeh, Larry Corbett, Miguel Martinez (2)
• Concertmaster – Janice Gower
• Design – Roger Carpenter (2)
• Drums – Fred White
• Engineer – Tom Perry
• Engineer [Assistant] – Craig Widby, Ross Pallone
• Engineer, Mixed By – George Massenburg
• French Horn – Barbara Korn, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow
• Guitar – Al McKay, Johnny Graham, Marlo Henderson, Steven Lukather*
• Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby*
• Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
• Keyboards – Billy Myers*, David Foster, Eddie Del Barrio*
• Management [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
• Mastered By – Michael Reese*
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
• Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim, Moog] – Larry Dunn
• Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Steven Porcaro*
• Saxophone – Fred Jackson Jr.*, Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson
• Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
• Timpani – Richard Lepore
• Trombone – Benjamin Powell*, William Reichenbach*, Garnett Brown, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears
• Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Jerry Hey, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Steve Madaio
• Viola – James Ross*, Laurie Woods, Linda Lipsett, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski
• Violin – Anton Sen, Sherman Bryana*, Carl LaMagna, Cynthia Kovaks, Gina Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Ilkka Talvi, Jack Gootkin, Jerome Reisler, Jerome Webster, Joseph Goodman, Joseph Livoti, Judith Talvi, Leeana Sherman, Marcy Dicterow*, Pamela Gates*, Pavel Farkas, Ronald Clarck*, Rosmen Torfeh, Sheldon Sanov, William Henderson (2)
• Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Philip Bailey
• Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
• Written-By – Allee Willis (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B3, B5), David Foster (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B3 to B5), Maurice White (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2 to B5)

I Am is the ninth studio album by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on June 9, 1979 on CBS Records. The album features the singles "Boogie Wonderland" with The Emotions and "After the Love Has Gone". I Am has been certified double platinum in the US by the RIAA and platinum in the UK and in Canada by the British Phonographic Industry and Music Canada.

Grading/Condition Descriptions (unless otherwise noted, grading is by visual inspection):

‘SS’ = Still Sealed. In original shrink-wrap/packaging. May have cut out or Punch, Price stickers, and Ring Press. See Photo.

‘MNT‘ = Mint. As close to perfect as you can get, no visible scuffs or scratches. Played POSSIBLY NEVER OR only once.

‘EX+’ = Excellent +. Vinyl may have 1 or 2, if any, minor surface scuffs, but certainly no scratches. Label has no evidence of wear, no writing and sharp coloring. Jacket has no seam splits, no creases, clean edges/corners, no ring-wear, no writing.

‘EX’ = Excellent. Vinyl has only a couple minor surface scuffs, but certainly no scratches. Label has very slight evidence of wear, no writing and sharp coloring. Jacket has no seam splits, no creases, very minor chipping at edges/corners, very minor ring-wear, no writing.

‘EX-’ = Excellent -. Vinyl has a few surface scuffs, but certainly no scratches. Label has slight evidence of wear, no writing and sharp coloring. Jacket has no seam splits, no creases, very minor chipping at edges or minor bumped corners, minor ring-wear, no writing.

‘VG+’ = Very Good +. Vinyl has a few surface scuffs and/or very minor scratches (but no ‘feeler’ scratches). Label shows some evidence of wear, no writing. Jacket has no seam splits, but has 1-2 small hairline creases and/or minor chipping at edges or bumped corners, some ring-wear, no writing.

‘VG’ = Very Good. Vinyl has numerous surface scuffs and/or very minor scratches (but no ‘feeler’ scratches). Label shows some evidence of wear, no writing. Jacket has no seam splits, but has a few hairline creases and/or chipping at edges or bumped corners, moderate ring-wear, no writing.

‘VG-’ = Very Good-. Vinyl has numerous surface scuffs and minor scratches (but no ‘feeler’ scratches). Label shows evidence of wear and/or has small amount of writing. Jacket has small seam split (less than 2” long) or has numerous small creases and/or chipping at edges or bumped corners or small amount of writing, moderate ring-wear.

‘G’ = Good. Vinyl has numerous surface scuffs/scratches and probably a ‘feeler’ scratch (as noted in listing). Label shows a lot of wear and/or some writing. Jacket has seam split (less than 6” long) or numerous moderate creases and/or major chipping at edges and corners, water damage/stains, or major writing, or heavy ring-wear.

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