All 'n All
by Earth Wind & Fire
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 November 1977
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:04
- Community rating: 4.02/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Terry Harrington, Renita Koven, Ron Clark, Oscar Brashear, Eduardo Del Barrio, Al McKay, Meyer "Mike" Rubin, Ralph Johnson, Chuck Findley, Steve Beckmeier, Skip Scarborough, Ruth Henry, David Duke, James McGee, Phil Ayling, Betty LaMagna, Roger Bobo, Sonny Burke, Fred White, Dorothy Ashby, Ronald Cooper, Richard Gus Klein, Norman Forrest, Marilyn Robinson, Carl LaMagna, Marcia Van Dyke, George Bohanon, Andrew Woolfolk, Philip Bailey, Linda Lipsett, Sheldon Sanov, Garnett Brown, Abe Most, Steve Madaio, David Stockhammer, Gale Robinson, Alan Robinson, Wind, Jan Kelley, Haim Shtrum, Blanche Belnick, Barry Socher, Jack Gootkin, Barbara Thomason, Mary Lundquist, Harris Goldman, Lya Stern, Paulinho da Costa, Susan Ranney, Johnny Graham, Daniel Smith
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Arriving at the absolute height of their spectacular commercial dominance, Earth Wind & Fire unleashed a staggeringly joyful, flawlessly executed progressive soul triumph. 'All 'n All' bursts with incredibly lush, wonderfully warm brass arrangements and fiercely rhythmic, jazz-funk grooves, crafting deeply uplifting, highly optimistic dance anthems built for endless summer fantasy.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, fantasy, funky, soulful, groove-laden, orchestral
Tracklist
- Serpentine Fire (3:50)
- Fantasy (4:37)
- In the Marketplace (Interlude) (0:43)
- Jupiter (3:11)
- Love's Holiday (4:22)
- Beijo (Interlude) (1:20)
- I'll Write a Song for You (5:24)
- Magic Mind (3:39)
- Runnin' (5:51)
- Brazilian Rhyme (aka Ponta de Areia) (0:53)
- Be Ever Wonderful (5:08)
Credits
- Wind & Fire - primary artist
- Meyer "Mike" Rubin - acoustic bass
- Susan Ranney - acoustic bass
- Tom Tom 84 - arranged by [horns], arranged by [strings]
- Daniel Smith - cello
- Jan Kelley - cello
- Ronald Cooper - cello
- Larry Dunn - co-producer [production assistant], piano, synthesizer [oberheim, moog], written-by
- Verdine White - co-producer [production assistant], vocals, bass, written-by
- Janice Gower - concertmaster [violins]
- Roger Carpenter - design [album design]
- Jim Wood - design [lettering design]
- Fred White - drums, written-by
- Ralph Johnson - drums
- Warren Dewey - engineer [additional]
- Jack Rouben - engineer [assistant]
- George Massenburg - engineer, remix
- Abe Most - flute
- Fred Jackson, Jr. - flute
- Phil Ayling - flute
- Terry Harrington - flute
- Alan Robinson - french horn
- David Duke - french horn
- Gale Robinson - french horn
- James McGee - french horn
- Marilyn Robinson - french horn
- Richard Gus Klein - french horn
- Al McKay - guitar, written-by
- Johnny Graham - guitar
- Dorothy Ashby - harp
- Don Myrick - horns [horn section], alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Louis Satterfield - horns [horn section], trombone
- Michael Harris - horns [horn section], trumpet
- Shusei Nagaoka - illustration
- Cavallo-Ruffalo Management - management [exclusive representation]
- Mike Reese - mastered by
- Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
- J眉rgen Reisch - photography by
- Eduardo Del Barrio - piano, written-by
- Skip Scarborough - piano
- Maurice White - producer, vocals, drums, kalimba, written-by
- Geri White - production manager [kalimba staff]
- Julius West - production manager [kalimba staff]
- Leonard Smith - production manager [kalimba staff]
- Monte White - production manager [kalimba staff]
- Andrew Woolfolk - tenor saxophone
- Garnett Brown - trombone
- George Bohanon - trombone
- Chuck Findley - trumpet
- Oscar Brashear - trumpet
- Steve Madaio - trumpet
- Roger Bobo - tuba
- Barbara Thomason - viola
- Linda Lipsett - viola
- Norman Forrest - viola
- Renita Koven - viola
- Barry Socher - violin
- Betty LaMagna - violin
- Blanche Belnick - violin
- Carl LaMagna - violin