tracks

Dance
White Wind
Making Love In My Mind
Mandy / Could This Be Magic
Walking Downtown (Saturday Night)
Longer Ride
You Mean Everything To Me
Can't You See
Big Apple Rock
Get Down (Comin' Down)
Peace & Harmony
Mainline
Rest Inside My Love
Hustlin' (You Gotta Be Dancin')
You Turned My Whole World Around

notes

Two Classic Albums on One CD. Originally released on Buddah Records in 1976 and 1979 respectively.

"Hangin' Heavy" mistitled "Hanging Heavy" on spine.

Jorge Barriero appears courtesy of CBS Records International.

Produced for Black Ivory Productions.

The three horn players are credited as Ivory Coast.

Recorded at Hit Factory and Media Sound Studios.

credits

Arranged By – Marlon McClain (tracks: 9), Pleasure (4) (tracks: 9)
Arranged By [Rhythm & Vocals] – Black Ivory (tracks: 1 to 8)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Leroy Burgess (tracks: 9 to 15), Patrick Adams (tracks: 9 to 15)
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Jorge Barriero, (tracks: 1, 5, 13), Kenny Lehman (tracks: 15), Patrick Adams (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14)
Art Direction [Black Ivory] – Milton Sincoff
Art Direction [Hangin' Heavy] – Donn Davenport
Backing Vocals – Black Ivory, Diane Ransom, (tracks: 9 to 15), Leroy Burgess
Bass – Bob Babbitt (tracks: 9 to 15), James L. Calloway,
Clavinet – Gregory McCray (tracks: 1 to 8), Leroy Burgess (tracks: 1 to 8)
Co-producer – Michael Gately (tracks: 1 to 8), Robert John (tracks: 1 to 8)
Design [Hangin' Heavy] – Phenographix Inc.
Design [Reissue Package] – Roger Williams (14)
Drums – Jimmy Young (tracks: 9 to 15), L. Mike Conner (tracks: 1 to 8)
Engineer – Alex Head, (tracks: 1 to 8), Ed Sprigg, Harvey Goldberg (tracks: 1 to 8), Ted Spencer (tracks: 9 to 15)
Engineer [Assistant] – Christopher Martinez (tracks: 9 to 15), Ted Spencer (tracks: 9 to 15)
Executive-Producer – Steven Baker (2) (tracks: 9 to 15)
Guitar – Craig Snyder (tracks: 9 to 15), Lance Quinn (tracks: 9 to 15), Larry Hackney (tracks: 1 to 8), William Dogan (tracks: 1 to 8)
Horns – Donald Pickney (tracks: 1 to 8), Eddie Cotton (tracks: 1 to 8), George Ellington (tracks: 1 to 8)
Keyboards – Leroy Burgess (tracks: 9 to 15), Patrick Adams (tracks: 9 to 15)
Lead Vocals – Diane Ransom, (tracks: 9 to 15)
Liner Notes – Matt Bauer (6)
Mastered By – Leonard I. Adams, Mixmaster Michael Gomes, (tracks: 12), Russell Patterson (tracks: 9 to 11, 23 to 15), Stuart Bascombe (tracks: 9 to 11, 13 to 15)
Mixed By – Jorge Barreiro, Leonard I. Adams, Russell Patterson (tracks: 9 to 15), Stuart Bascombe (tracks: 9 to 15)
Percussion – Donald Pinkney (tracks: 1 to 8), Jo-Jo (Dance Factory) Smith, (tracks: 1 to 8), Jorge Barreiro (tracks: 1 to 8), Michael Lewis (3) (tracks: 9 to 15)
Photography By [Hangin' Heavy] – John Ford (9)
Piano, Electric Piano – Gregory McCray (tracks: 1 to 8)
Producer – Black Ivory (tracks: 1 to 8), Leonard Adams (tracks: 10 to 15), Marlon McClain (tracks: 9), Pleasure (4) (tracks: 9), Russell Patterson (tracks: 10 to 15), Stuart Bascombe (tracks: 10 to 15)
Production Manager [Reissue] – Matt Murphy (4)
Reissue Producer – Tony Calvert
Reissue Producer [Assistant] – Randy Mahon
Remastered By – Tim Sturges
Remix – Mixmaster Michael Gomes, (tracks: 12)
Vocals – Jaci Jones (tracks: 5)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
Copyright (c) – Funkytowngrooves USA
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
Recorded At – Mediasound
Recorded At – The Hit Factory
Remastered At – Battery Studios, New York

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