: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
 SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
EARTH WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD
ON DRUMS
2, 4, 6, 7, 8,9, 10. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
 DAN HIGGIANS - HORNS
 SONG TRACKS :
 PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
EARTH WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
SOUNDTRACK / SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND / 1979
1. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS & PRESTON GLASS FOR GLASS SLIPPER PRODUCTIONS
 WALTER HAWKINS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
 THE HAWKINS FAMILY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 9. HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW
 GARY GRANT - HORNS
 BILL REICHENBACH - HORNS
1. RECORDED AT STUDIO D, SAUSALITO, CA
WRITTEN BY : BILL MEYERS
PRODUCED BY : BILL MEYERS
CO-PRODUCED BY : WAYNE VAUGHN
Release Year : 1987
 RICKY LAWSON - DRUM OVERDUB
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Session List : E
3. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE
EARTH, WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD / BACK COVER
5. PRODUCED BY : BILL MEYERS
EARTH, WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD / COVER
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : MAURICE WHITE, WAYNE VAUGHN & WANDA VAUGHN
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE
WRITTEN BY : R. NEVIL & M. MUELLER
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
 NATHAN EAST - BASS
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JEFFREY "WOODY" WOODRUFF
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : SKYLARK
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS & PRESTON GLASS FOR GLASS SLIPPER PRODUCTIONS
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS : MITCH ZELEZNY & LES COOPER
 SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
MIXED AT LIGHTHOUSE STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA
 LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
 PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT DIFFERENT FUR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
 GEORGE DUKE - PIANO
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
 BILL MEYERS - DRUM, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHSIZER PROGRAMMING, COMPOSED
 JEANETTE WILLIAMS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 4. YOU AND I
ENGINEER : ACAR KEY
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
ARRANGED BY : WAYNE VOUGHN
 RHETT LAWRENCE - DRUM PROGRAMMING, FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JIM WATTS VEREECKE
WRITTEN BY : JON LIND & BROCK WALSH
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
WRITTEN BY : MAURICE WHITE, A. WILLIS & DANNY SEMBELLO
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT ENGINEER : RED DAVIDSON
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. RECORDED AT STUDIO ULTIMO, LOS ANGELES, CA.
RECORDED AT AMIGO RECORDING STUDIO, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA.
 WAYNE VOUGHN - SEQUENCING & BACKGROUND VOCALS
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
ENGINEER : PAUL BROWN
MIXED BY DAVID RIDEAU
 RAY FULLER - GUITAR
 1. SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
8. TRACKING RECORDED AT SOUND CASTLE, LOS ANGELES, CA.
1. SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
 5:01  SKYLARK (PROGRAMMING)
 MAURICE WHITE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 10. VICTIM OF THE MODERN HEART
WRITTEN BY : PHILIP BAILEY, M. SHARRON & G. BALLARD
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
 ANDREW WOOLFOLK - SAXOPHONE SOLO
 6. MONEY TIGHT
 PRESTON GLASS - ELECTRIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER & ADDITIONAL DRUM PROGRAMMING
 JERRY HEY - HORNS
 GARY GRANT - HORNS
 WAYNE WALLACE - HORNS
 MARK RUSSO - HORNS
 MAURICE WHITE - VOCODER, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 2. EVIL ROY
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : MARK SLAGLE
 PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD VOCALS
 DAN DeSOUZA - DRUM, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHSIZER PROGRAMMING
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
 RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
ALL SONGS ENGINEERED & MIXED BY : TOM LORD ALGE
 SKYLARK - DRUMS, SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING & ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. YOU AND I
 4:04  JEFF
3. THINKING OF YOU
 4:41  RHETT LAWRENCE (PROGRAMMING)
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENTS BY : GEORGE DUKE
 NATHAN EAST - BASS
SYNTHSIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS & PHILIP BAILEY
 RICKY LAWSON - DRUMS
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : LIZ CLUSE
2. EVIL ROY
 4:52  ATTALA ZANE GILES (PROGRAMMING)
WRITTEN BY : IAN PRINCE
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JEFF LORENZEN
5. MUSICLA INTERLUDE : NEW HORIZONS
 2:01  DAN DeSOUZA (PROGRAMMING)
ARRANGED BY : IAN PRINCE
MIXED AT LARRABEE SOUND, LOS ANGELES, CA
6. MONEY TIGHT
 4:37  DANNY SEMBELLO (PROGRAMMING)
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
 IAN PRINCE - DRUMS, SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
EXCEPT "NEW HORIZONS" MIXED BY : DAVID RIDEAU AT LIGHTHOUSE STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA
7. EVERY NOW AND THEN
 4:22  JEFF
SPECIAL THANKS :
8. TOUCH THE WORLD
 5:16  RICKY LAWSON
 SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
 BILL MEYERS - PIANO
WRITTEN BY : PHILIP BAILEY, A. WILLIS & ATTALA ZANE GILES
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
BURT BACHARACH, CARLA BERKOWITZ, LARRY BLACKMON, REGGIE CALLOWAY, NATHAN EAST, BERNARD EDWARDS, MICKEY EICHNER,
9. HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW
 3:59  RICKY LAWSON
 JERRY HEY - HORNS
 PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
FAIRLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, RACHEL FIELDS, PRESTON GLASS, FRANNIE GOLDE, CECIL HOLMES, JEFF INGBER, PAUL LAURENCE,
10. VICTIM OF THE MODERN HEART
 3:49  IAN PRINCE
 MUSICIANS :
 GARY GRANT - HORNS
 MAURICE WHITE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 5. MUSICAL INTERLUDE : NEW HORIZONS
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
TOP PAGE
ARRANGED & SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY :  ATTALA ZANE GILES
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
ARRANGED BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS
 RICKY LAWSON - DRUMS
 NATHAN EAST - BASS
CONNECTION
 CREDITS :
 PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD VOCALS
 NATHAN EAST - BASS
 SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
 RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
 GEORGE DUKE - PIANO
 STEVE LINDSEY - KEYBOARDS
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD VOCALS
 EDWIN HAWKINS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
 LYNETTE HAWKINS STEPHENS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
 PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 8. TOUCH THE WORLD
 PAUL JACKSON - GUITAR
 RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
 LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
 BILL MEYERS - PIANO
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
 7. EVERY NOW AND THEN
 STEVE LINDSEY - KEYBOARDS
 JERRY HEY - HORNS
 SHELDON REYNOLDS - LEAD GUITAR
 DANNY SEMBELLO - DRUM PROGRAMMING & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
 PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 3. THINKING OF YOU
 MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
 SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
 RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT PROGRAMMING
 ATTALA ZANE GILES - DRUM PROGRAMMING, ADDITIONAL GUITAR & ADDITIONAL VOCALS
Session Volume : 2
WRITTEN BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS
Producers :
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
 RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT PROGRAMMING
 PAUL JACKSON - GUITAR
Song Tracks : E
IAN PRINCE, SKYLARK, ROBYN SMITH, MORRIS STEWARD, CYNTHIA VARGAS, CAROL WARE, JUDY WEIDER, REV. OLIVER WELLS
MANAGEMENT : RON WEISNER ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
SALES DATE : 1987.
 BILL REICHENBACH - HORNS
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
 DAN HIGGIANS - HORNS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER : ATTALA ZANE GILES FOR GROOVE SPECIALIST PRODUCTIONS, INC.
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