EARTH WIND & FIRE – THE COLUMBIA MASTERS BOX SET

EARTH WIND & FIRE SET TO RELEASE ‘THE COLUMBIA MASTERS’ BOX SET IN THE UK ON 28^TH OCTOBER 2013

Earth Wind & Fire have announced details of an exclusive new box set The Columbia Masters scheduled for release in the UK on 28^th October and boasting 15 newly re-mastered albums personally supervised by the groups founding member Maurice White.

The Columbia Masters encompasses the band’s astonishing recording career on Columbia records and includes a bonus disc of rarities, instrumentals and previously unreleased tracks.

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The Box Set Includes:

• ·        15 of the band’s classic albums, re-mastered for superior sound
• ·        Original LP Jackets, meticulously reproduced
• ·        A 40-page booklet with photos and commentary by Maurice White

Bonus Disc Includes:

• ·        Two unreleased tracks from the Touch the World sessions.
• ·        Two scintillating live performances (‘Getaway’ and ‘In The Stone’) recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 1980
• ·        Rare instrumental versions of ‘Lets Groove’ and ‘Boogie Wonderland’ (with The Emotions)
• ·        Maurice White’s unmistakable productions for Neil Diamond, Ramsey Lewis, Jennifer Holiday and Barbra Streisand.

The band will also be performing a medley of their songs on Strictly Come Dancing  –  Sunday 27^th October.   Not only will the dancers be grooving on the dance floor, everyone will be up on their feet!

Their new studio album Now, Then & Forever is released 21^st October on Sony Music. It is the group’s first new studio album in eight years and is being heralded as a true return to form; debuting at #11 on the Billboard Top 200 and #5 on the Billboard R&B charts.  This is the bands highest charting album for 32 years in the US.

Earth Wind & Fire will be playing two UK live shows:

October 19^th  – Royal Albert Hall.

October 20^th  – Manchester Apollo

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