One thing I should clear up is this: Though this is indeed the first grouping of Maurice's
so named Earth Wind and Fire he first recorded under the name The Salty Peppers. Most
already know that. Thanks to the internet all of that group's releases are available online
now. The core of the group Maurice, Wade Flemons on vocals and Don Whitehead on keyboards did continue into EWF but as Maurice mentioned in his autobiography things
got a little testy. Wade basically tried to take over the group from Maurice. Don went
on to have some success later as half of McFadden and Whitehead with a hit, Ain't No
Stopping Us Now. Anyway, some of the first EWF album material were reworkings
of Salty Peppers tunes. Open Your Heart and Your Love Is Life for example. This though
never revisited was their first or second release...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUuC...9wM_kSym0YZ430
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