The Blackbyrds - The Blackbyrds + Flying Start

Styles: Vocal, Soul, Funk 

Year: 1974

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 75:55

Size: 176,2 MB

Art: Front + Back

(5:31)  1. Do It, Fluid

(4:12)  2. Gut Level

(4:08)  3. Reggins

(4:16)  4. The Runaway

(7:03)  5. Funky Junkie

(5:10)  6. Summer Love

(3:16)  7. Life Styles

(3:18)  8. A Hot Day Today

(5:33)  9. I Need You

(5:20) 10. The Baby

(4:48) 11. Love Is Love

(4:07) 12. The Blackbyrds' Theme

(4:16) 13. Walking In Rhythm

(4:45) 14. Future Children, Future Hopes

(3:52) 15. April Showers

(6:13) 16. Spaced Out

In 1995, Ace Records took two of the Blackbyrds' finest recordings and combined them on one disc. Their eponymous debut was released originally on Fantasy in 1973 to much acclaim, and is considered one of the finest works in their catalog. Flying Start followed shortly afterwards in 1974, also on Fantasy.~Rob Theakston http://www.allmusic.com/album/blackbyrds-flying-start-mw0001960831

The Blackbyrds + Flying Start

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The Blackbyrds - Night Grooves

Styles: Vocal, Soul, Funk
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:37
Size: 86,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:11)  1. Happy Music
(4:10)  2. Gut Level
(4:10)  3. Walking In Rhythm
(5:29)  4. Do It Fluid
(6:18)  5. Rock Creek Park
(7:16)  6. Supernatural Feeling
(4:00)  7. Soft And Easy

The Blackbyrds is an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C., in 1973 and reformed in 2012 by Keith Killgo. The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan C. Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), and Barney Perry (guitar). Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) joined later. They signed to Fantasy Records in 1973 and are best known for their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm", which received a Grammy nomination, sold over one million copies by May 1975, and was awarded a gold discWith eight albums released for Fantasy from 1974 to 1980, The Blackbyrds became an inspiration to late 1970s and early 1980s British jazz-funk acts like Light of the World and Hi-Tension.More recently, they have made a significant impact on the hip-hop generation with Gang Starr, Da Lench Mobb, and Full Force sampling their music. In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups and artists such as MF DOOM, De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Tone Loc and Wiz Khalifa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blackbyrds

Night Grooves

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