Earth, Wind & Fire - Another Time (2WS2798)

Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire
Title: Another Time
Catalog #: 2WS2798
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Year: 1974
Format: 2xLP
Condition: VG+

A posthumous Warner Bros. compilation drawing from Earth, Wind & Fire's first two albums — Earth, Wind & Fire (1971) and The Need of Love (1971) — Another Time documents the group's earliest incarnation, before Maurice White had fully assembled the lineup and aesthetic that would make them one of the defining acts of the 70s. The Warner material is rawer and more jazz-influenced than anything that followed on Columbia, and it offers essential context for collectors interested in the group's full arc. Released as the band was breaking commercially on Columbia, this double LP captures the prehistory of a phenomenon. This VG+ copy plays cleanly — an important archival piece for the Earth, Wind & Fire completist and early 70s soul and jazz-funk collector.