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Heritage (Earth, Wind and Fire album)

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Released
  
1990

Length
  
51:16

Release date
  
1990

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1988-1989

Artist
  
Earth, Wind & Fire

Producer
  
Maurice White

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues

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Heritage (1990)
  
The Eternal Dance (1992)

Similar
  
Earth - Wind & Fire albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Heritage is the fifteenth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released on Columbia Records in January 1990, and produced by the band's leader Maurice White. Heritage went to number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and the single Heritage peaked at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The album also featured an appearance by Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone on the track Good Time. It was EWF's last album of new material on Columbia.

Contents

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  • Track 14 "Gotta Find Out" isn't included on most of the US releases of the album including the current iTunes release. It is included as a track on The Eternal Dance however.

    • Personnel

  • John Agnello - engineer
  • Philip Bailey - lead and backing vocals
  • Gary Bias - tenor saxophone
  • Frankie Blue - guitar, engineer
  • The Boys
  • Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Robert Brookins - synthesizer, keyboards, programming
  • Ray Brown - trumpet
  • Sonny Emory - drums
  • Jon Gass - mixing
  • Mitch Gibson - engineer
  • Jeanette Hawes - background vocals
  • Jerry Hey - trumpet
  • Josie James - background vocals
  • Ralph Johnson - percussion
  • Jesse Kanner - engineer
  • Paul Klingberg - engineer
  • David Luke - engineer
  • Robert Macias - engineer
  • MC Hammer - rap
  • Mike McKnight - synthesizer, programming
  • Bill Meyers - synthesizer, keyboards
  • Les Pierce - synthesizer, drums, keyboards, programming, engineer
  • Ian Prince - synthesizer, keyboards
  • Sheldon Reynolds - guitar, background vocals
  • David Rideau - engineer
  • Billy Savage - synthesizer, keyboards, programming
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastering
  • Dick Smith - guitar
  • Michael "Patches" Stewart - trumpet
  • Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - background vocals
  • Donnell Sullivan - assistant engineer
  • Wanda Vaughn - background vocals
  • Maurice White - percussion, lead and backing vocals, kalimba, producer, liner botes
  • Verdine White - bass
  • Andrew Woolfolk - alto & tenor saxophones
  • Billy Young - synthesizer, keyboards
  • Reggie C. Young - trombone
  • Charles L. Freeman - production coordinator

    • Songs

    1Interlude: Soweto0:36
    2Takin' Chances3:30
    3Heritage4:05

    References

    Heritage (Earth, Wind & Fire album) Wikipedia
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