Labelle – Nightbirds€4
Label:
Epic – EPC 80566, Epic – KE 33075
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:
Europe
Released:
1974
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Soul, Disco
Tracklist
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A1

Lady Marmalade
Written-By – Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan
Written-By – Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan
3:57
A2

Somebody Somewhere
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
3:26
A3

Are You Lonely?
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
3:13
A4

It Took A Long Time
Written-By – Bob Crewe, L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth
Written-By – Bob Crewe, L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth
4:04
A5

Don't Bring Me Down
Written-By – Allen Toussaint
Written-By – Allen Toussaint
2:50
B1

What Can I Do For You?
Written-By – Edward Batts*, James Ellison*
Written-By – Edward Batts*, James Ellison*
4:03
B2

Nightbird
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
3:10
B3

Space Children
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
3:03
B4

All Girl Band
Written-By – Allen Toussaint
Written-By – Allen Toussaint
3:51
B5

You Turn Me On
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
Written-By – Nona Hendryx
4:38
Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Manufactured By – Epic Records
• Recorded At – Sea-Saint Studio
• Published By – Stone Diamond Music Corp.
• Published By – Tanny Boy Music
• Published By – Kenny Nolan Publishing
• Published By – Gospel Birds, Inc.
• Published By – Saturday Music, Inc.
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Published By – Marsaint Music, Inc.
• Lacquer Cut At – CBS, Haarlem
• Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem

Credits

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

Notes
℗1974 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Epic Records/Epic is a trademark of CBS Inc./NL printed in Holland

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

Basic songs arrangements for all Nona Hendryx material were by LABELLE, Gene Casey, and their band - Bud Ellison-Keyboards, Rev Batts-Guitar, Hector Seda-Bass, Jeffery Shannon-Drums.

Allen Toussaint and The Meters courtesy of Warner Brothers Records.

Publishing:
A1: Copyright © 1974 Stone Diamond Music (BMI), Tanny Boy Music (BMI), Kenny Nolan Publishing (ASCAP), Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
A2, A3, B1 to 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)

Made in Holland

Runouts are etched.
Side 1 runout variant 2, AII: II reads as an exponent.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Price Code: Ⓑ
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): EPC 80566-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): AL 33075
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): EPC 80566-2
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): BL 33075
• Rights Society (Publishing): ASCAP
• Rights Society (Publishing): BMI
• Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 1): EPC 80566-A Ⓗ
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 1): EPC 80566-B Ⓗ
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 2): EPC 80566-AII Ⓗ
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 2): EPC 80566-B Ⓗ

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