℗ 2020 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
| Released | 1974 |
| Duration | 36m 39s |
| Record Label | Craft Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | CR03034 |
| Genre | R & B |
The Blackbyrds
The Blackbyrds
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Do It, Fluid
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5:26 | |||
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1.2
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Gut Level
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4:12 | |||
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1.3
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Reggins
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4:09 | |||
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1.4
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The Runaway
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4:13 | |||
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1.5
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Funky Junkie
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7:01 | |||
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1.6
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Summer Love
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5:09 | |||
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1.7
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Life Styles
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3:13 | |||
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1.8
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A Hot Day Today
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3:16 |
Trumpeter Donald Byrd always had a keen ear for talent. He discovered Herbie Hancock in the early Sixties and, a decade later, organized six of his students at Howard University into a band he called the Blackbyrds, after his then-recent hit fusion album, Black Byrd. They were masters of jazz-funk fusion or "acid jazz," as it’s known today, but also had strong pop sensibilities.
Their debut album contained the No. 23 R&B, No. 69 pop single "Do It, Fluid," while the second yielded an across-the-board smash in the No. 4 R&B, No. 6 pop "Walking in Rhythm." Rare grooves from those two classic Blackbyrd albums have been widely sampled by such hip-hop artists as Queen Latifah and UTFO and can now be experienced for the first time on compact disc in their original glory.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Craft Recordings Studio Masters
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.49 -0.49 to -0.48 | -15.77 -17.19 to -13.96 | -12.39 -13.70 to -11.20 | 10 9 to 11 | |
| 1 | Do It, Fluid | -0.48 | -15.67 | -12.0 | 10 |
| 2 | Gut Level | -0.49 | -15.40 | -11.9 | 11 |
| 3 | Reggins | -0.49 | -17.19 | -13.7 | 11 |
| 4 | The Runaway | -0.49 | -16.51 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 5 | Funky Junkie | -0.49 | -16.21 | -12.5 | 11 |
| 6 | Summer Love | -0.49 | -13.96 | -11.2 | 9 |
| 7 | Life Styles | -0.49 | -16.66 | -13.3 | 11 |
| 8 | A Hot Day Today | -0.49 | -14.59 | -11.8 | 10 |