Earth, Wind & Fire – Head To The Sky (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2016] {SACD ISO + }

As phenomenally popular as Earth, Wind & Fire was from the mid-’70s to the early ’80s, it’s easy to forget that the band was hardly an overnight success. With Head to the Sky – EWF’s fourth album overall, second with Philip Bailey, and second for Columbia – Maurice White’s very spiritual and ambitious brand of soul and funk was starting to pay off commercially. The Latin-influenced “Evil” became the soulsters’ biggest hit up to that point, and material ranging from the hauntingly pretty title song (which boasts one of Bailey’s finest performances ever) to the jazz fusion gem “Zanzibar” is just as rewarding. The lineup White unveiled with Last Days and Time was working out beautifully; Bailey was clearly proving to be a major asset. Also worth noting is the presence of singer Jessica Cleaves, who left after this album and, several years later, resurfaced in George Clinton’s eccentric female group the Brides of Funkenstein. EWF still had what was basically a cult following, but that was beginning to change with Head to the Sky. And when EWF took off commercially in 1974 and 1975, many new converts went back and saw for themselves just how excellent an album Head to the Sky was.

Tracklist:
01. Evil
02. Keep Your Head To The Sky
03. Build Your Nest
04. The World’s A Masquerade
05. Clover
06. Zanzibar

SACD mastering: Steve Hoffman & Stephen Marsh.

SACD ISO

mqs.link_EarthWindFireHeadTTheSky1973AudiFidelity2016SACDIS.part1.rar
mqs.link_EarthWindFireHeadTTheSky1973AudiFidelity2016SACDIS.part2.rar
mqs.link_EarthWindFireHeadTTheSky1973AudiFidelity2016SACDIS.part3.rar
mqs.link_EarthWindFireHeadTTheSky1973AudiFidelity2016SACDIS.part4.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

mqs.link_EarthWindFireHeadTTheSky1973AudiFidelity2016FLACStere2488.2.rar