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Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C.* – Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. VG+

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Donald Byrd & 125th Street, N.Y.C. - Donald Byrd And 125th Street, N.Y.C. album cover

Label:    Elektra – 6E-247
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:    US
Released:    1979
Genre:    Funk / Soul
Style:    Jazz-Funk, Disco
A1        Pretty Baby
Written-By – Donald Byrd, Ronnie Garrett, William Duckett
5:05
A2        Gold The Moon, White The Sun
Written-By – Donald Byrd, Kathy Wakefield
5:27
A3        Giving It Up
Written-By – Donald Byrd
5:06
A4        Marilyn
Written-By – Donald Byrd
3:58
B1        People Suppose To Be Free
Written-By – Donald Byrd, Kathy Wakefield
4:48
B2        Veronica
Written-By – Donald Byrd
4:23
B3        Morning
Written-By – Clare Fischer
4:05
B4        I Love You
Written-By – Donald Byrd
4:04

    Recorded At – The Sound Factory
    Remixed At – The Sound Factory
    Remixed At – Record One, Los Angeles
    Edited At – The Nest (2)
    Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
    Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
    Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
    Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
    Published By – Bluebyrd Productions, Inc.

    Arranged By [Strings And Horns] – Wade Marcus
    Art Direction – Ron Coro
    Bass – Ronnie Garrett
    Contractor [Singers] – Jim Gilstrap
    Contractor [Strings And Horns] – George Bohanon
    Drums, Percussion – Victor (Butch) Azevedo*
    Electric Guitar – William (Country) Duckett*
    Engineer [Assistant Remix @ Record One] – George Ybarra
    Engineer [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant Remix @ Sound Factory] – Donald (Butch) Lynch*
    Engineer [Remix] – Serge Reyes
    Executive-Producer – Don Mizell
    Flute – Ernie Watts
    Keyboards, Organ [Yamaha EX-42], Synthesizer [Arp Soloist], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes & Dyno-My-Piano], Alto Saxophone, Piano [Acoustic] – Clare Fischer
    Mastered By – Mike Reese
    Musical Assistance [Executive Assistant] – Carol Campbell
    Musical Assistance [Studio Assistant] – Veronica (Ronnie) Maynez
    Painting [Cover] – Ernie Barnes
    Performer – 125th Street, N.Y.C. Orchestra And The Uptown Singers*
    Photography By – Randee St. Nicholas
    Producer [Assistant], Edited By [Editing Engineer] – Roger Cordell
    Saxophone – Peter Christlieb*
    Steel Guitar – Marcus Carlisle
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Producer, Arranged By [Vocals] – Donald Byrd
    Vocals – Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Joyce Michael, Michael Campbell*, Mitch Gordon, Zedric Turnbough

Recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA; August/September 1979.
Remixed at The Sound Factory and Record One Studio.
Edited at The Nest, Los Angeles, California.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California.

Cat# on sleeve: 6E 247

Produced for Bluebyrd Productions, Inc.

Album art from an original painting, courtesy of Company of Art Los Angeles, California. © 1979 Ernie Barnes

℗ & © 1979 Elektra/Asylum Records
962 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069
665 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10022
A Division of Warner Communications, Inc.

    Matrix / Runout (Side A - Runout, variant 1): 6E-247-A-SP
    Matrix / Runout (Side B - Runout, variant 1): 6E-247-B-SP
    Matrix / Runout (Side A - Runout, variant 2): 6E-247-A-SP SRC TML-M 1-2
    Matrix / Runout (Side B - Runout, variant 2): 6E-247 B-2 SP 1-2 SRC
    Pressing Plant ID: SP