Various Artists

Before the stadium-sized success with Earth, Wind & Fire and Deniece Williams, Charles Stepney was quietly reshaping music at Chess Records, and Eternal Journey captures that revolution in full. Blending soul, jazz, orchestration, electronics and psychedelia, Stepney's productions for Rotary Connection, Minnie Riperton, Ramsey Lewis, Terry Callier, Marlena Shaw and The Dells sound as daring now as they did then. Long prized by DJs and collectors, this era of his work has influenced everyone from Masters At Work to Radiohead. Beautifully remastered and expertly curated, this is a long-overdue tribute to one of modern music's most visionary architects.

• 01 Ramsey Lewis - Dear Prudence
• 02 Minnie Riperton - Les Fleur
• 03 The Dells - It's All Up To You
• 04 Billy Stewart - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
• 05 Meditation Singers - Stand Up and Be Counted
• 06 The New Rotary Connection - Love Has Fallen On Me
• 07 Terry Callier - What Color Is Love
• 08 Marlena Shaw - Brother Where Are You
• 09 Little Milton - More and More
• 10 Ramsey Lewis - Eternal Journey
• 11 Marlena Shaw - California Soul
• 12 Terry Callier - Can't Catch The Trane
• 13 The Dells - The Love We Had
• 14 Rotary Connection - Teach Me How To Fly
• 15 Phil Upchurch - More and More
• 16 Bo Diddley - I'm High Again
• 17 Muddy Waters - %22Let's Spend The Night Together
• 18 Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
• 19 Junior Wells - Girl You Lit My Fire
• 20 Buddy Guy - I'm Gonna Keep It To Myself