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A1	I Need You Written-By – Cheryl Toney, Donald Byrd	5:30
A2	The Baby Written-By – Donald Byrd	5:17
A3	Love Is Love Written-By – Keith Killgo	4:46
A4	Blackbyrds' Theme Written-By – Allan Barnes, Joe Hall, Kevin Toney	4:03
B1	Walking In Rhythm Written-By – Barney Perry	4:13
B2	Future Children, Future Hopes Written-By – Kevin Toney	4:41
B3	April Showers Written-By – Allan Barnes	3:49
B4	Spaced Out Written-By – Kevin Toney	6:11

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – EMI Records Ltd.

Credits

• Art Direction – Phil Carroll
• Art Direction, Photography – Tony Lane
• Bass – Joe Hall
• Drums – Keith Killgo
• Engineer [Mastering] – Doug Fax
• Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Val Christian Garay*
• Engineer [Recording] – Jim Stern
• Executive Producer – Orrin Keepnews
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Allan Barnes
• Guitar – Barney Perry
• Horns, Baritone Saxophone – Jackie Kelso
• Horns, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A1)
• Horns, Trombone – Alexander Thomas, George Bohanon
• Horns, Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Oscar Brashear
• Percussion – Perk Jacobs
• Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp] – Kevin Toney
• Producer – Donald Byrd
• Synthesizer [Arp String Ensemble, Pro Soloist, Odyssey] – The Blackbyrds
• Vocals – The Blackbyrds (tracks: A4, B1), Bruce Fisher (tracks: A4), Keith Barbour (tracks: B3), Keith Killgo (tracks: A1), Sigidi (tracks: A4, B1)

Notes

Produced for Blackbyrd Productions
Recorded and remixed at the Sound Factory, Los Angeles (August, September, October 1974).
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
Special thanks to: Larry Mizell (Sky High Productions), Chuck Davis, Dave Hassinger, Carol Campbell, Terrie Birns
℗ 1974, Fantasy Records

Made and printed in Great Britain.
7504 AL Printed and made by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd.

Blackbyrd Music

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Run-out area side 1 [machine-etched]): FT 522 A-1
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out area side 2 [machine-etched]): FT 522 B-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
F-9472	The Blackbyrds	Flying Start ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Fantasy	F-9472	US	1974
FT 522, 0C 062 • 96392	The Blackbyrds	Flying Start ‎(LP, Album)	Fantasy, Fantasy	FT 522, 0C 062 • 96392	UK	1974
F-5998	The Blackbyrds	Flying Start ‎(LP, Album)	Fantasy	F-5998	France	1974
0061.108	The Blackbyrds	Flying Start ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Fantasy	0061.108	Germany	1980
LFS-80133	The Blackbyrds	Flying Start ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Fantasy	LFS-80133	Japan	1974