The Blackbyrds - City Life / Unfinished Business

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City Life
1	Rock Creek Park Written-By – D. Byrd*, J. Hall*, K. Killgo*, K. Toney*, O. Saunders*, S. Johnson*	4:40
2	Thankful 'Bout Yourself Written-By – O. Saunders*	5:13
3	City Life Written-By – K. Toney*	5:25
4	All I Ask Written-By – K. Toney*	3:55
5	Happy Music Written-By – D. Byrd*	4:58
6	Love So Fine Written-By – J. Hall*	5:03
7	Flying High Written-By – K. Killgo*	3:33
8	Hash And Eggs Written-By – L. Mizell & F. Mizell*	5:10
Unfinished Business
9	Time Is Movin' Written-By – K. Killgo*	4:46
10	In Life Written-By – J. Hall*, K. Killgo*, K. Toney*, O. Saunders*	5:15
11	Enter In Written-By – J. Hall*	4:41
12	You've Got That Something Written-By – D. Byrd*, K. Toney*	4:18
13	Party Land Written-By – D. Byrd*, O. Saunders*	5:20
14	Lady Written-By – J. Hall*	6:32
15	Unfinished Business Written-By – K. Toney*	5:53

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Ace Records Ltd.
• Licensed To – Ace Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – PDO, UK – 10317561
• Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
• Produced For – Blackbyrd Productions, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings And Horns], Other [Special Thanks] – Wade Marcus (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Arranged By, Conductor – Wade Marcus (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Art Direction – Phil Carroll
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Stewart Daniels (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Artwork [Cover] – Phil Bray (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Artwork [Lettering] – Lance Anderson (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Bass – Joe Hall
• Bass Trombone – Lew McCreary (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Contractor [Orchestra Contractor] – George Bohannon* (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Design [Package] – Philip Barker
• Drums – Keith Killgo
• Engineer [Recording] – Dave Hassinger (tracks: 1 to 8), Jim Nipar, Serge Reyes (tracks: 9 to 15), Val Garay (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Engineer [Remix Assistant] – Serge Reyes (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Engineer [Remix] – Dave Hassinger (tracks: 1 to 8), Jim Nipar
• Flute [Solo] – Ernie Watts (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – The Black Boy Orchestra (tracks: 9 to 15)
• French Horn – Alan Robinson (tracks: 9 to 15), Marilyn Robinson (tracks: 9 to 15), Vincent DeRosa (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Guitar – Orville Saunders, Ray Parker* (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Harmonica – Tommy Morgan (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Keyboards – Kevin Toney
• Mastered By – Mike Reese
• Photography By [Liner Photo] – Gerald Panopoulos
• Producer – Donald Byrd
• Saxophone – Stephen Johnson (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Saxophone, Flute – Wesley Jackson (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Trombone – Charles Loper (tracks: 9 to 15), George Bohannon* (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Trumpet – Steve Madaio (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Chuck Findley (tracks: 9 to 15), Gary Grant (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Vocals – Alex Brown (tracks: 9 to 15), Charlie Barnett (tracks: 9 to 15), Jim Gilstrap (tracks: 9 to 15), John Lehman (tracks: 9 to 15), Kenny Moore (tracks: 9 to 15), Marti McCall (tracks: 9 to 15), Myrna Matthews (tracks: 9 to 15), The Blackbyrds (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Vocals [Soloist] – Mildred Lane (tracks: 9 to 15)

Notes

4 page liner contains credits, artwork and photos

Two albums on 1 CD. Originally released as:

City Life ©1975 (Fantasy 9490)
Very special thanks to:
Merry Clayton
George Bohanon
Ernie Watts
Patrice Rushen
Gary Bartz
Larry Mizell
Fonce Mizell
Tommy Morgan

Unfinished Business ©1976 (Fantasy 9518)
Jackie Kelso & William Green credited as The Black Boy Orchestra

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 29667 27892 8
• Barcode (String): 029667278928
• Matrix / Runout: CDBGPD 089 10317561 01 % MADE IN U.K. BY PDO
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0450

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FCD-24751-2	The Blackbyrds	City Life & Unfinished Business ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Fantasy	FCD-24751-2	US	1999

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