Stevie WonderSongs In The Key Of Life

Label:

Motown – 1C 190-97 900/01

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP
Vinyl , 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP
All Media , Album

Country:

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Latin Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Love's In Need Of Love Today
Performer [Collinga]Eddie "Bongo" Brown
7:05
A2 Have A Talk With God 2:42
A3 Village Ghetto Land 3:25
A4 Contusion
Backing VocalsShirley Brewer
BassNathan Watts
DrumsRaymond Pounds
FeaturingWonderlove
KeyboardsGregory Phillinganes*
Lead GuitarMike Sembello*
Rhythm GuitarBen Bridges
3:45
A5 Sir Duke
Alto SaxophoneHank Redd
BassNathan Watts
DrumsRaymond Pounds
Lead GuitarMike Sembello*
Rhythm GuitarBen Bridges
Tenor SaxophoneTrevor Lawrence
TrumpetSteve Madaio
3:52
B1 I Wish
Alto SaxophoneHank Redd
BassNathan Watts
DrumsRaymond Pounds
Tenor SaxophoneTrevor Lawrence
TrumpetSteve Madaio
4:12
B2 Knocks Me Off My Feet 3:35
B3 Pastime Paradise
PercussionRaymond Maldonado*
3:20
B4 Summer Soft
OrganRonnie Foster
PercussionNastee Latimer*
Rhythm GuitarBen Bridges
4:16
B5 Ordinary Pain
Alto SaxophoneHank Redd
Backing VocalsTerry Hendricks
Lead GuitarMike Sembello*
Voice [Reply]Shirley Brewer
6:22
C1 Isn't She Lovely
Handclaps [Background]Tucker*
KeyboardsGregory Phillinganes*
6:33
C2 Joy Inside My Tears
Backing VocalsSusaye Green*
KeyboardsGregory Phillinganes*
6:29
C3 Black Man
Alto Saxophone, Tenor SaxophoneHank Redd
TromboneGlen Ferris*
TrumpetSteve Madaio
Voice [Verbal Replies]Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble, Harlem, N.Y.
8:29
D1 Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
Percussion [Background]Shirley Brewer
Translated By [Spanish]Raymond Maldonado*
Translated By [Zulu]Thoko Mdalose Hall
3:48
D2 If It's Magic
HarmonicaStevie Wonder
HarpDorothy Ashby
3:11
D3 As
Backing VocalsMary Lee Whitney
Bass, Handclaps [Background]Nathan Watts
DrumsGreg Brown (8)
GuitarDean Parks
Handclaps [Background]Yolanda Simmons
Keyboards, Handclaps [Background]Herbie Hancock
7:07
D4 Another Star
Alto SaxophoneHank Redd
Backing VocalsStevie Wonder
BassNathan Watts
FluteBobbi Humphrey
Guitar, Backing VocalsGeorge Benson
PercussionNathan Alford, Jr.
Tenor SaxophoneTrevor Lawrence
TimbalesCarmello Hungria Garcia*
TrumpetSteve Madaio
8:19
A Something's Extra (Bonus Record)
E1 Saturn
KeyboardsGregory Phillinganes*
Lead GuitarMike Sembello*
Rhythm GuitarBen Bridges
4:54
E2 Ebony Eyes
BassNathan Watts
SaxophoneJim Horn
Steel GuitarPeter ''Sneaky Pete'' Kleinow*
4:10
F1 All Day Sucker
Lead GuitarW.G. 'Snuffy' Walden*
Rhythm GuitarMike Sembello*
5:06
F2 Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)
BassNathan Watts
3:58

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyEMI Electrola GmbH
  • Distributed ByEMI Electrola
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Motown Record Corporation
  • Made ByEMI Electrola
  • Printed ByDruckhaus Maack KG
  • Published ByJobete Music Co., Inc.
  • Published ByBlack Bull Music, Inc.
  • Recorded AtCrystal Sound
  • Recorded AtThe Hit Factory
  • Recorded AtRecord Plant, Los Angeles
  • Recorded AtRecord Plant, Sausalito
  • Mastered AtCrystal Sound
  • Mastered AtMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △100679
  • Mastered AtMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △21331

Credits

  • Arranged By, Producer, Composed By, Lead Vocals, MusicianStevie Wonder
  • EngineerJohn Fischbach
  • Engineer [Assistant, Hit Factory]Howie Lindeman
  • Engineer [Assistant, Record Plant, Los Angeles]Steve Smith (7)
  • Engineer [Assistant, Record Plant, Sausalito]Chris Morris (2)
  • Engineer [Assistant]Dave Henson*
  • Mastered ByJeff Sanders
  • Programmed By [Bass EQ]Gary Olazabal
  • Programmed By [Programming]Stevie Wonder
  • Written-ByStevie Wonder

Notes

Original first German edition

Gatefold cover

℗ 1976 Motown Record Corporation
Made from masters of Motown Record Corporation

Printed in

On front cover:
Collector's Album
Includes Two Records
A Something's Extra
Bonus Record
24-Page
Lyric Booklet

Dream Machine - Yamaha Electrone Polyphonic Synthesizer GX10 [booklet]

Made in [back sleeve, labels]

Recorded / Mastered at Crystal Industries, Inc., Hollywood, California [Crystal Sound]

Auto-Coupled Release:
Record 1 has sides A and D
Record 2 has sides B and C

Differences to Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life:
- no black ring printed in front of cat# on rear cover upper right corner

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Label Code: LC 0363
  • Other (Cat.# on disc 1): 1C 190-97 900
  • Other (Cat.# on disc 2): 1C 190-97 901
  • Other (Cat.# on 7"): 7 F 665 778
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped / etched): 97900-A-0 W. T·13340 C2 2645S 06 XTAL AB [MR] △ 21330 (1)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped / etched): 97900-B-0 W. T·13340 C2 2648S · 06 XTAL AB [MR] △ 21331-X (1)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped / etched): 97901-A-0 W. T13340 C2 2646S 06 XTAL AB [MR] △ 21330-X (3)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped / etched): 97901-B-0 W. T·13340 C2 2647S 06 XTAL AB [MR] △ 21331 (3)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side E stamped / etched): EP-7F 665778-A-0 W. T13340 EP 2649 06 △ 100679 (5) JS · 4 · XTAL
  • Matrix / Runout (Side F stamped / etched): EP-7F 665778-B-0 W. T13340 EP 2650 06 △ 100679-X (7) JS · 2 · XTAL

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Songs In The Key Of Life (2×LP, Album, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP) Motown 2 C168-97900/1, 2C 168-97900/1 1976
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Songs In The Key Of Life (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Yellow, Gatefold, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo, Yellow) Motown 5C 158-97900/1 Netherlands 1976
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Songs In The Key Of Life (2×LP, Terre Haute Pressing, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, All Media, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Tamla T13-340C2 US 1976
Songs In The Key Of Life (2×LP, Stereo, Gatefold, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo, All Media, Album) Motown TMSP 6002, 0C 158-98 261-3 UK 1976
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Songs In The Key Of Life (2×LP, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, All Media, Album) Tamla T13-340C2 US 1976

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Reviews

  • rhenneberger's avatar
    rhenneberger
    why does this sound better than my USA first pressing? Sometimes i am annoyed by the QC of records pressed in the USA,during the vinyl heyday,, i understand they had access to the same masters , so if both have the same source why is the german press better? Superior plating and pressing,,, we should be ashamed,,, RTI and QRP are answering the bell time for rainbow, memphis, united, and all the other USA plants to step it up!!!!!

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