The Blackbyrds
Album: 	Flying Start
Release Date: Nov 1974
Label: Fantasy #9472

Tracklist:
1 I Need You 			5:33	Byrd, Toney 	
2 The Baby 			5:20	Byrd 	
3 Love Is Love 			4:49	Killgo 	
4 Blackbyrds' Theme 		4:07	Barnes, Toney 	
5 Walking in Rhythm 		4:17	Barnes, Perry 	
6 Future Children, Future Hopes 4:45	Toney 	
7 April Showers 		3:52	Barnes 	
8 Spaced Out 			6:13	Toney

Credits Band:
Allan Barnes 	Flute, Saxophone (Tenor & Soprano)
Joe Hall 	Bass
Perk Jacobs 	Percussion
Keith Killgo 	Drums
Barney Perry 	Guitar
Kevin Toney 	Piano (Acoustic & Electric), Clavinet, Synthesizer (Arp)
Donald Byrd 	Producer 

Credits:
George Bohanon		Horns, Trombone
Oscar Brashear		Horns, Trumpet
Bobby Bryant		Horns, Trumpet
Jackie Kelso    	Horns, Baritone Saxophone
Alexander Thomas 	Horns, Trombone
Ernie Watts		Horns, Tenor Saxophone (track #1)

Vocals:
The Blackbyrds (tracks: #4,5), Bruce Fisher (#4), Keith Barbour (73), Keith Killgo (#1), 
Sigidi (#4,5)


Art Direction 			Phil Carroll
Art Direction, Photography 	Tony Lane
Engineer [Recording, Remix] 	Val Christian Garay
Engineer [Mastering] 		Doug Fax
Engineer [Recording] 		Jim Stern
Executive Producer 		Orrin Keepnews

Notes:
Produced by Donald Byrd for Blackbyrd Productions
Recorded and remixed at the Sound Factory, Los Angeles (August, September, October 1974).
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
(P) 1974, Fantasy Records 

Special thanks to: 
Larry Mizell (Sky High Productions), Chuck Davis, Dave Hassinger, Carol Campbell, Terrie Birns



Charts (Billboard)
1975 	  Flying Start 	  	Jazz Albums 		 2
1975 	  Flying Start 	  	R&B Albums 		 5
1975 	  Flying Start 	  	The Billboard 200 	30