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Black Ivory
1	Dance Written-By – Leroy Burgess, Russell Patterson	4:56
2	White Wind Written-By – Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe	5:10
3	Making Love In My Mind Written-By – Bobby Flax, Lennie Lambert*	2:18
4	Mandy / Could This Be Magic Written-By – Hiram Johnson, Richard Blandon, Richard Kerr, Scott English	4:10
5	Walking Downtown (Saturday Night) Written-By – Jorge Barreiro	8:20
6	Longer Ride Written-By – Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe	3:37
7	You Mean Everything To Me Written-By – Graham Layden	4:08
8	Can't You See Written-By – Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe	3:01
Hangin' Heavy
9	Big Apple Rock Written-By – Bruce Smith , Donald Hepburn, Marlon McClain, Michael Hepburn, Nathaniel Phillips	10:15
10	Get Down (Comin' Down) Written-By – Gwen McCrae, Leroy Burgess	4:15
11	Peace & Harmony Written-By – Stuart Bascombe	4:18
12	Mainline Written-By – Leroy Burgess	6:56
13	Rest Inside My Love Written-By – Jerry Butler, Lawrence Hanks, Rodney Massey	4:34
14	Hustlin' (You Gotta Be Dancin') Written-By – Leroy Burgess	5:54
15	You Turned My Whole World Around Written-By – Danny Pearson, Frank Wilson	5:18

Companies, etc.

• 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

Credits

• Arranged By – Marlon McClain (tracks: 9), Pleasure (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
• 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 (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
• 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 (tracks: 9 to 15)
• Photography By [Hangin' Heavy] – John Ford
• 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 (tracks: 9), Russell Patterson (tracks: 10 to 15), Stuart Bascombe (tracks: 10 to 15)
• Production Manager [Reissue] – Matt Murphy
• Reissue Producer – Tony Calvert
• Reissue Producer [Assistant] – Randy Mahon
• Remastered By – Tim Sturges
• Remix – Mixmaster Michael Gomes* (tracks: 12)
• Vocals – Jaci Jones (tracks: 5)

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.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 526180 123873
• Matrix / Runout: DIDX-822301 1
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L328
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 50FB

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SPLK-7006	Black Ivory	Black Ivory / Hangin' Heavy ‎(CD, Comp)	Unidisc	SPLK-7006	Canada	1991
HTS 009, 88691938072	Black Ivory	Black Ivory / Hangin' Heavy ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RM)	Funky Town Grooves, Buddah Records, Sony Music Commercial Music Group	HTS 009, 88691938072	US	2012

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