Singer: Donald Byrd
Title: Thank You … For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)
Label: Elektra ‎– 6E-144
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Australia
Date of released: 1978
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Disco, Funk
Size MP3 zip: 1389 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1289 mb
Rating: 3.5✭
Format: MP3 MIDI FLAC DXD MOD MP2 MP3 AAC FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Thank You For Funking Up My Life Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Kevin Toney	4:15
A2	Sunning In Your Loveshine Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Orville Saunders	5:40
A3	Your Love Is My Ecstasy Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Melvin Ragin	5:03
A4	Loving You Written-By – Joe Hall	4:48
B1	Have You Heard The News? Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Melvin Ragin	4:42
B2	In Love With Love Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Melvin Ragin	4:48
B3	Cristo Redentor Written-By – Duke Pearson	4:45
B4	Close Your Eyes And Look Within Written-By – Art Posey, Josef Powell, Orville Saunders	5:15

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Published By – Blackbyrd Music
• Published By – Art & Josef Music Pub. Co.
• Published By – D.B. Music
• Published By – Wahwatson Music
• Published By – Gailantcy Music
• Recorded At – The Sound Factory
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
• Distributed By – WEA Records Pty. Limited – none

Credits

• Arranged By – Wade Marcus
• Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements By] – Donald Byrd
• Art Direction – Johnny Lee , Ron Coro
• Artwork By [Collage] – Romare Bearden
• Bass – Ed Watkins*
• Concertmaster [Concert Master] – Sidney Sharp
• Conductor [Conducted By] – Wade Marcus
• Contractor [Contractor For Musicians] – George Bohannon*
• Contractor [Contractor For Singers] – Jim Gilstrap
• Design – Mary Francis
• Drums – Anthony Cox
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Joe Ronersa*
• Engineer [Assistant Remix Engineer] – Serge Reyes
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Jim Nipar, Serge Reyes
• Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Jim Nipar
• Executive-Producer – Donald Byrd
• Guitar – Wah Wah Watson*, Paul Jackson Jr., Rick Littlefield
• Mastered By – Mike Reese
• Photography By – Beverly Parker
• Piano – Greg Phillinganes
• Producer – Donald Byrd
• Solo Vocal – Art Posey (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Jim Gilstrap (tracks: A4), Maxine Anderson* (tracks: B2), Syreeta Wright (tracks: A2)
• Vocals – Angela Winbush, Art Posey, Donald Byrd, John Lehman, Josef Powell, Lisa Roberts, Marlena Jeter, Maxine Anderson*, Patricia Henderson*, Ralph Turnbough, Stephanie Spruill, Syreeta Wright

Notes

℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records

Produced By: Donald Byrd for Bluebyrd Productions, Inc.
Recorded at: The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Recorded: February-July, 1978
Mastered at: The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California

Wah Wah Watson appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Syreeta Wright appears courtesy of Motown Record Corporation.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-144	Donald Byrd	Thank You … For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra	6E-144	US	1978
P-10529E, 6E-144	Donald Byrd	Thank You ... For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Elektra, Elektra	P-10529E, 6E-144	Japan	1978
P-10529E	Donald Byrd	Thank You … For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Warner-Pioneer Corporation	P-10529E	Japan	1978
6E-144	Donald Byrd	Thank You... For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Elektra	6E-144	US	1978
ELK 52 097, 6E-144	Donald Byrd	Thank You … For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	ELK 52 097, 6E-144	Netherlands	1978