arranged by, conductor Wade Marcus
art direction Phil Carroll
bass David Shields
bass [the blackbyrds] Joe Hall
concertmaster, coordinator [string contractor] Charles Veal Jr.
congas Eddie "Bongo" Brown
coordinator [horn contractor] George Bohanon
design Lance Anderson
drums [the blackbyrds] Keith Killgo
drums, percussion Ollie Brown
engineer [assistant] Serge Reyes
engineer [recording and remix engineer] Jim Nipar
guitar Ray Parker Jr.
guitar [the blackbyrds] Orville Saunders
mastered by, engineer Mike Reese
photography by Gerald Panopoulos
piano [acoustic piano], synthesizer [arp synthesizers] [the blackbyrds] Kevin Toney
producer, trumpet Donald Byrd
saxophone [the blackbyrds] Stephen Johnson
tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Ernie Watts
vocals The Block Boys Orchestra
vocals [the block boys orchestra] Bili Thedford
vocals [the block boys orchestra] Jim Gilstrap
vocals [the block boys orchestra] John Lehman
vocals [the block boys orchestra] Ollie Brown
vocals [the block boys orchestra] Ronnie Mayez
vocals [the block boys orchestra] Roy Galloway
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fantasy Records
Copyright (c) Fantasy Records
Published By Blackbyrd Music
Produced For Blackbyrd Productions, Inc.
Recorded At The Sound Factory
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
On rear cover: ℗ 1977, Fantasy® Records
On labels: ℗ 1977, Fantasy Records
On spine: © Fantasy Records, 1977 Printed in U.S.A.

Recorded at the Sound Factory, Hollywood
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood

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Rights Society: BMI
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