LaBelle Nightbirds
1974 Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing
Funk
Disco

Main image
Epic
tracks a2, a3, b2, b3, b5 arranged by [basic song arrangements for all nona hendryx material] Gene Casey
tracks a2, a3, b2, b3, b5 arranged by [basic song arrangements for all nona hendryx material] LaBelle
art direction [art director] Ed Lee
band [are labelle] Nona Hendryx
band [are labelle] Patti LaBelle
band [are labelle] Sarah Dash
band [labelle's band], bass Hector Seda
band [labelle's band], drums Jeffrey Shannon
band [labelle's band], guitar Rev Batts
band [labelle's band], keyboards James Budd Ellison
band [the meters*] Art Neville
band [the meters*] George Porter, Jr.
band [the meters*] Leo Nocentelli
design Andy Engel
engineer Ken Laxton
executive-producer Vicki Wickham
featuring The Meters
lacquer cut by Stuart J. Romaine
musician, alto saxophone [alto] Clarence Ford
musician, baritone saxophone [baritone] Carl Blouin
musician, bass George Porter, Jr.
tracks a4 musician, bass Walter Payton
tracks a1, a2, a5 to b5 musician, drums Herman Ernest III
tracks a3, a4 musician, drums Smokey Johnson
tracks a1 to a4, b1 to b3, b5 musician, guitar Edward Levone Batts
musician, guitar Leo Nocentelli
musician, organ Art Neville
tracks a4, a5, b4 musician, piano [accoustic] James Budd Ellison
musician, piano [accoustic], electric piano [rmi], percussion Allen Toussaint
musician, soprano saxophone [soprano], alto saxophone [alto] Earl Turbinton
musician, tenor saxophone [tenor], flute Alvin Thomas
musician, tenor saxophone [tenor], flute Lon Price
musician, trombone Lester Caliste
musician, trumpet Clyde Kerr Jr.
musician, trumpet Steve Howard
photography by Fred Lombardi
producer [produced by], arranged by Allen Toussaint
Record Company CBS Inc.
Recorded At Sea-Saint Studio
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) Gospel Birds, Inc.
Copyright (c) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Copyright (c) Marsaint Music, Inc.
Copyright (c) Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Copyright (c) Tanny Boy Music
Copyright (c) Kenny Nolan Publishing
Copyright (c) Saturday Music, Inc.
Published By Gospel Birds, Inc.
Published By Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By Marsaint Music, Inc.
Published By Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Published By Tanny Boy Music
Published By Kenny Nolan Publishing
Published By Saturday Music, Inc.
Manufactured By Epic Records
Lacquer Cut At Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
This version is the Terre Haute pressing variation and can be identified by the label typesetting and by the pressing plant's 'T#' etching found in the runout grooves.

LP housed in lyric sleeve.

Recorded At Sea-Saint Studios, New Orleans

℗ 1974 CBS Inc.
© 1974 CBS Inc.

[Publishing]
All publishers were affiliated with BMI except for Kenny Nolan Publishing, which was affiliated with ASCAP.
- A1: Copyright © 1974 Stone Diamond Music Corp., Tanny Boy Music, Kenny Nolan Publishing
- A2, B1, B2, B3, B5: Copyright © 1974 Gospel Birds, Inc.
- A3: Copyright © 1970 Saturday Music, Inc.
- A5, B4: Copyright © 1974 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Marsaint Music, Inc.
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: T (In runouts)
Matrix / Runout: AL 33075 (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: BL 33075 (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: T3 PAL 33075-1A F/W NYC (SJR) (A-side runout etching variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 33075-1A F/W NYC (SJR) C (B-side runout etching variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: T2 PAL 33075-1B F/W NYC (SJR) B (A-side runout etching variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T1 PBL 33075-1B F/W NYC (SJR) D13 (B-side runout etching variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: T1 PAL 33075-1B F/W NYC (SJR) A (A-side runout etching variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: T1 PBL 33075-1B F/W NYC (SJR) D (B-side runout etching variant 3)



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