LaBelle - Nightbirds

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A1	Lady Marmalade Written-By – Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan	3:57
A2	Somebody Somewhere Written-By – Nona Hendryx	3:26
A3	Are You Lonely? Drums – Smokey JohnsonWritten-By – Nona Hendryx	3:13
A4	It Took A Long Time Bass – Walter PaytonDrums – Smokey JohnsonWritten-By – Bob Crewe, L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth	4:04
A5	Don't Bring Me Down Written-By – Allen Toussaint	2:50
B1	What Can I Do For You? Written-By – Edward Batts*, James Ellison*	4:03
B2	Nightbird Written-By – Nona Hendryx	3:10
B3	Space Children Written-By – Nona Hendryx	3:03
B4	All Girl Band Written-By – Allen Toussaint	3:51
B5	You Turn Me On Written-By – Nona Hendryx	4:38

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sea-Saint Studio
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Mastered At – Customatrix
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Gospel Birds, Inc.
• Published By – Gospel Birds, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Copyright (c) – Marsaint Music, Inc.
• Published By – Marsaint Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Stone Diamond Music
• Published By – Stone Diamond Music
• Copyright (c) – Tanny Boy Music
• Published By – Tanny Boy Music
• Copyright (c) – Kenny Nolan Publishing
• Published By – Kenny Nolan Publishing
• Copyright (c) – Saturday Music, Inc.
• Published By – Saturday Music, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Epic Records
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Alto] – Clarence Ford
• Arranged By [Basic Song Arrangements] – Gene Casey (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), Hector Seda (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), Bud Ellison* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), Jeffery Shannon* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), LaBelle (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), Rev Batts (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5)
• Art Direction [Art Director] – Ed Lee
• Band, Bass – Hector Seda
• Band, Drums – Jeffery Shannon*
• Band, Guitar – Rev Batts
• Band, Keyboards – Bud Ellison*
• Baritone Saxophone [Baritone] – Carl Blonin*
• Bass – George Porter Jr.* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B5)
• Design – Andy Engel
• Drums – Herman Villere Ernest III* (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B5)
• Engineer – Ken Laxton
• Executive-Producer – Vicki Wickham
• Guitar – Leo Nocentelli, Rev Batts (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3, B5)
• Lacquer Cut By – SJR*
• Musician – The Meters
• Musician [The Meters] – Arthur Neville*, George Porter Jr.*, Leo Nocentelli
• Organ – Arthur Neville*
• Performer [Are Labelle] – Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash
• Photography By – Fred Lombardi
• Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Bud Ellison* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3, B5)
• Piano [Acoustic Piano], Electric Piano [RMI Electric Piano], Percussion – Allen Toussaint
• Producer, Arranged By – Allen Toussaint
• Soprano Saxophone [Soprano], Alto Saxophone [Alto] – Earl Turbinton
• Tenor Saxophone [Tenor], Flute – Alvin Thomas, Lon Price
• Trombone – Lester Caliste
• Trumpet – Clyde Kerr Jr., Steve Howard

Notes

Recorded At Sea-Saint Studios, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.

A1. Copyright © 1974 Stone Diamond Music (BMI), Tanny Boy Music (BMI), Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, B5. Copyright © 1974 Gospel Birds, Inc. (BMI)
A4. Copyright © 1970 Saturday Music Inc. (BMI)
A5, B4. Copyright © 1974 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Marsaint Music, Inc. (BMI)

(Allen Toussaint and The Meters courtesy of Warner Brothers Records)

LP housed in lyric inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 33075
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 33075
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): P AL 33075-1E
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): P BL 33075-1D
• Matrix / Runout (Etched side A (o stamped), variant 2): S PAL 33075-1C o F/W-NYC SJR 4 A
• Matrix / Runout (Etched side B (o stamped), variant 2): S PBL 33075-1C o F/W NYC SJR 1 A
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KE 33075	LaBelle	Nightbirds ‎(LP, Album, Ter)	Epic	KE 33075	US	1974
EPC 80566	LaBelle	Nightbirds ‎(LP, Album)	Epic	EPC 80566	Spain	1975
EK 33075, 33075	Labelle	Nightbirds ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Epic, Epic	EK 33075, 33075	US	Unknown
476753 2	LaBelle	Nightbirds ‎(CD, Album)	Epic	476753 2	Europe	Unknown
CAUT-5054	LaBelle	Nightbirds ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Caudal	CAUT-5054	Spain	1978

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