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A1	Soul Shadows = ソウル・シャドウズ Lyrics By – Will JenningsMusic By – Joe Sample	8:13
A2	Honky Tonk Struttin' = ホンキー・トンク・ストラッティン Music By – Wilton Felder	4:24
A3	Elegant Evening = エレガント・イヴニング Music By – Stix Hooper*	6:00
B1	Rhapsody And Blues = ラプソディー & ブルース Music By – Joe Sample	8:46
B2	Last Call = ラスト・コール Music By – Joe Sample	6:40
B3	Sweet Gentle Love = スイート・ジェントル・ラヴ Music By – Stix Hooper*	4:53

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Crusaders Productions, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Universal City Studios, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Four Knights Music
• Copyright (c) – Irving Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Blue Sky Rider Songs
• Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
• Recorded At – Britannia Studios
• Mastered At – A&M Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – George Osaki
• Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: A1), Alphonso Johnson (tracks: B3), Wilton Felder (tracks: A2, B2)
• Coordinator [Equipment] – Michael Lovelady
• Coordinator [Production] – Pamela Hope Lobue
• Drums, Percussion – Stix Hooper*
• Engineer [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Russell Bracher
• Engineer, Mixed By – Greg Venable
• Executive-Producer [Assistant] – Tom Hooper
• Guitar – Bob Mann, Dean Parks, Philip Upchurch, Sr.*, Roland Bautista
• Illustration – Andy Engel, Ron Larson
• Keyboards [Acoustic, Electric], Synthesizer, Arranged By [Synthesizer] – Joe Sample
• Liner Notes [Insert] – 青木 啓*
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, B2), Sheila Escovedo (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Photography By – Richard Arrindell
• Producer – Stix Hooper*, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
• Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Rory Kaplan
• Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Wilton Felder
• Trumpet – Ralf Rickert (tracks: A1)
• Vocals – Bill Withers (tracks: A1)

Notes

℗1980 MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Recorded at Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA, March 1980

All songs © 1980 Four Knights Music, BMI
except A1 © 1980 Four Knights Music / Irving Music Inc. & Blue Sky Ryder Songs BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): MCA-2250
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): MCA-2251
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped): 〄Ⓑ MCA 2250Ⓢ 111
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped): 〄Ⓑ MCA 2251 113
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Retail price): ¥2,500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCG 4010	The Crusaders	Rhapsody And Blues ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	MCA Records	MCG 4010	UK	1980
MCA-5124, MCA2251	The Crusaders	Rhapsody And Blues ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	MCA Records, MCA Records	MCA-5124, MCA2251	US	1980
BDS-2020	The Crusaders	Rhapsody And Blues ‎(Cass, Album)	Beograd Disk, MCA Records	BDS-2020	Yugoslavia	1980
250 535-1	The Crusaders	Rhapsody And Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	MCA Records	250 535-1	Europe	1984
1196	The Crusaders	Rhapsody And Blues ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records, Melodi Plak	1196	Turkey	Unknown

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