Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow

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Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow

A1 Stepping Into Tomorrow 5:11
A2 Design A Nation 4:19
A3 We’re Together 4:23
A4 Think Twice 6:10
B1 Makin’ It 3:45
B2 Rock And Roll Again 6:09
B3 You Are The World 4:29
B4 I Love The Girl 3:53

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Copyright © – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Produced For – Sky High Productions, Inc.
Recorded At – The Sound Factory
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Record Company – Blue Note Records
Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.
Published By – Alruby Music, Inc.
Published By – Masong Music
Published By – Elgy Music
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Bartz
Arranged By [Background Vocals], Backing Vocals – Fred Perrin*
Arranged By [Background Vocals], Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
Arranged By, Conductor – Larry Mizell (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Backing Vocals – Kay Haith (tracks: A3, A4), Lorraine Kennar* (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Margie Evans (tracks: B3), Stephanie Spruill (tracks: A1, B1)
Congas – Mayuto Correa
Copyist – Sigidi
Drum [Batah Drum], Jew’s Harp [Mouth Harp] – Harvey Mason (tracks: B1)
Drums – Harvey Mason
Electric Bass [Fender Bass] – Chuck Rainey
Engineer [Assistant] – James Nipar*
Engineer [Technical Director] – Chuck Davis
Engineer, Recorded By – John Mills (21)
Engineer, Recorded By, Remix – Dave Hassinger, Val Christian Garay*
Executive-Producer – George Butler
Guitar – David T. Walker, John Rowin, Rhonghea Southern (tracks: A4)
Liner Notes – Khadjuka [Don Mizell]*
Music Consultant [Artistic Consultant], Trumpet [Solo Trumpet], Flugelhorn, Solo Vocal – Donald Byrd
Music Consultant [Synthesizers] – Chuck Davis
Painting [Cover] – Greg Edwards
Percussion – Roger Sainte, Stephanie Spruill, Stuff ‘N Ramjet*
Photography By – Doug Metzler
Piano [Acoustic Piano], Organ – Jerry Peters
Producer, Arranged By [Background Vocals], Backing Vocals, Synthesizer [Arp], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Mizell
Whistling – James Carter (2)
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing per “T \” etch in runouts.
Original “Black Note” label design. Issued with photo/credit inner sleeve.

All runout info etched exc. Artisan Sound Recorders logo stamp, which resembles an Lp record framed by two diagonal strokes, to form the letter “A”.
Rights Society (A1 to B3): ASCAP
Rights Society (B4): BMI
Price Code (On spine): 0698
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): BNLA T1 U̶A̶ ̶L̶A̶ 368-1 Re 1-2 [Artisan Logo]
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): BNLA T1 U̶A̶ ̶L̶A̶ 368-2 Re1-2 [Artisan Logo]
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): BNLA TI U̶A̶ ̶L̶A̶ 368-1 Re 1-1 [Artisan Logo]
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