tracks 1-3, 5-7, 10-17 arranged by Charles Stepney
tracks 10-17 arranged by Earth, Wind & Fire
tracks 8-9 arranged by Jerry Peters
tracks 4 arranged by Tom Tom 84
tracks 1-9 bass trombone Lew McCreary
tracks 1-9 cello Dennis Karmazyn
tracks 1-9 cello Harry Shlutz
tracks 1-9 cello Marie Fera
tracks 1-9 cello Ronald Cooper
tracks 10-17 co-producer Charles Stepney
tracks 1-9 concertmaster Charles Veal Jr.
drums, percussion Fred White
drums, percussion Ralph Johnson
tracks 1-9 engineer [assistant recording engineer - westlake audio] Dean Rod
tracks 1-9 engineer [assistant recording engineer - wally heider studio 3] Richard Goodman
engineer [quadraphonic remix engineer] Don Young
tracks 1-9 engineer [quadraphonic remix engineer] Larry Keyes
engineer [recording], remix George Massenburg
tracks 1-9 french horn Art Maebe
tracks 1-9 french horn David Duke
tracks 1-9 french horn Marilyn Robinson
tracks 1-9 french horn Sidney Muldrow
graphics [reissue graphics] Paul Evans
guitar Johnny Graham
guitar, percussion Al McKay
harp Dorothy Ashby
liner notes Charles Waring
percussion Harvey Mason
tracks 17 performer [traditional african music] Matepe Ensemble
tracks 17 performer [traditional african music] Saini Murira
piano Jerry Peters
piano, organ, synthesizer [moog] Larry Dunn
tracks 1-9 producer Charles Stepney
producer Maurice White
tracks 17 recorded by [traditional african music] Curt Wittig
remastered by Michael J. Dutton
tracks 1-9 saxophone Don Myrick
tracks 10-17 saxophone Ernie Watts
saxophone, percussion Andrew Woolfolk
sleeve notes Maurice White
tracks 10-17 supervised by [quadraphonic sound and remix supervision] Harold J. Kleiner
tracks 10-17 synthesizer [moog] Charles Stepney
tracks 1-9 trombone Charles Loper
trombone George Bohanon
tracks 1-9 trombone Louis Satterfield
tracks 1-9 trumpet Chuck Findley
tracks 1-9 trumpet Michael Harris
trumpet Oscar Brashear
tracks 1-9 trumpet Steve Madaio
tracks 1-9 tuba John Thomas Johnson
tracks 1-9 viola Barbara Thomason
tracks 1-9 viola David Campbell
tracks 1-9 viola Denyse Buffum
tracks 1-9 viola James Dunham
tracks 1-9 viola Linn Subotnick
tracks 1-9 viola Marilyn Baker
tracks 1-9 viola Paul Polivnick
tracks 1-9 viola Rollice Dale
tracks 1-9 violin Assa Drori
tracks 1-9 violin Carl LaMagna
tracks 1-9 violin Haim Shtrum
tracks 1-9 violin Harris Goldman
tracks 1-9 violin Joy Lyle
tracks 1-9 violin Kenneth Yerke
tracks 1-9 violin Sandy Seemore
tracks 1-9 violin Winterton Garvey
vocals, bass, percussion Verdine White
vocals, congas, percussion Philip Bailey
vocals, kalimba, drums, timbales Maurice White
Licensed From Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Columbia Records
Copyright (c) Vocalion Ltd
Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At Westlake Audio
Recorded At Caribou Ranch
Remixed At CBS Studios, New York
Mixed At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Spirit recorded in Los Angeles, California at Wally Heider Sutdio 3, The Burbank Studios, Hollywood Sound Recorders, and Westlake Audio, April-August 1976

That's the Way of the World recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado 16-19 September 1974. Strings recorded at The Burbank Studios, Los Angeles California.
Mixed in stereo at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California, mixed in quad at CBS Studios, New York.

Contains the complete original stereo and quadraphonic mixes of the albums Spirit PC/PCQ 34241 (1976) and That's The Way Of The World PC/PCQ 33280 (1975).

All Tracks Available In Stereo And Multichannel
Disc Manufactured in Austria
Barcode: 7 65387 85742 4
SPARS Code: ADD
Rights Society: MCPS
Matrix / Runout: A0103218305-A911 1000 1A00 (outer ring)
Matrix / Runout: A0103218305-B911 17 A00 (Inner ring)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY25
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94A8