arranged by, conductor Wade Marcus
art direction, cover Phil Carroll
bass Joe Hall
bass trombone Lew McCreary
cover, photography by Phil Bray
drums Keith Killgo
engineer [recording], mixed by [remix assistant] Serge Reyes
engineer [recording], mixed by [remix] Jim Nipar
french horn Alan Robinson
french horn Marilyn Robinson
french horn Vincent DeRosa
guitar Orville Saunders
keyboards Kevin Toney
lacquer cut by Nick Webb
mastered by Mike Reese
producer Donald Byrd
saxophone, flute Wesley Jackson
solo vocal Mildred Lane
soloist, flute Ernie Watts
soloist, guitar Ray Parker Jr.
soloist, harmonica Tommy Morgan
tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute Jackie Kelso
tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute William Green
trombone Charles Loper
trombone, contractor George Bohanon
trumpet, flugelhorn Chuck Findley
trumpet, flugelhorn Gary Grant
trumpet, flugelhorn Nolan Smith
trumpet, flugelhorn Steve Madaio
typography [lettering] Lance Anderson
vocals Alex Brown
vocals Bill Medford
vocals Charlie Barnett
vocals Jerry Spikes
vocals Jim Gilstrap
vocals John Lehman
vocals Kenny Moore
vocals Marti McCall
vocals Myrna Matthews
vocals The Blackbyrds
Record Company EMI Records Ltd.
Produced For Blackbyrd Productions, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fantasy Records
Pressed By EMI Records
Printed By Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Published By ATV Music Ltd.
Published By Heath Levy Music Ltd.
Mixed At The Sound Factory
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Lacquer Cut At Abbey Road Studios
Issued in a gatefold sleeve
Recorded at The Sound Factory Hollywood
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood, by Mike Reese (Aphex-Aural Exciter System)

On labels:
℗ 1976 Fantasy Records
EMI Records Ltd
Made in Gt Britain

On sleeve:
℗ 1976 Fantasy Records
EMI Records Ltd.
Hayes Middlesex England
Made and printed in Great Britain

George Bohanon appears courtesy of A&M / Horizon Records.

Publishers:
ATV Mus. Ltd. (A1 to A3, B2, B3)
ATV Mus. Ltd - Heath Levy Mus. Ltd. (A4, B1)
Matrix / Runout: FTA.3007A (A-side label)
Matrix / Runout: FTA.3007B (B-side label)
Matrix / Runout: FTA 3007 A-1 H 1 NICK W (A-side runout stamped, except NICK W etched)
Matrix / Runout: FTA 3007 B-1 R 1 NICK W- (B-side runout stamped, except NICK W- etched)
Other: 7701 (Printer's date stamp)