1980 Randy Crawford – Now We May Begin
Now We May Begin is an album by the American R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The album got to No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 30 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Now We May Begin has also been certified Silver in the UK by the BPI.
Tracks
1 Last Night At Danceland (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 04:57
2 Tender Falls The Rain (Randy Crawford) 04:11
3 My Heart Is Not As Young As It Used To Be (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 03:55
4 Now We May Begin (Joe Sample) 04:56
5 Blue Flame (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 06:28
6 One Day I’ll Fly Away (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 05:06
7 Same Old Story (Same Old Song) (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 04:08
8 When Your Life Was Low (Joe Sample; Will Jennings) 03:21
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
| Bass | Wilton Felder |
| Drums | Stix Hooper |
| Drums | Mike Baird |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Guitar | Tim May |
| Keyboards | Joe Sample |
| Percussion | Eddie Brown |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Gwen Owens |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Melvin Franklin |
| Vocals | Randy Crawford |
Other Musicians
2 Tender Falls The Rain
| Guitar (solo) | David T Walker |
3 My Heart Is Not As Young As It Used To Be
| Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
7 Same Old Story (Same Old Song)
| Sax | Wilton Felder |
Liner Notes
Producer – Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
Arranged By (Strings) – Joe Sample
Coordinator – Pamela Hope Lobue, Michael Lovelady
Engineer – Jeremy Smith
Engineer (Assistant) – Bill Koepnick, Hill Brin Swimmer
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Howard Siegel, Robert Margouleff
Mixed By – Rick Ruggieri (Tracks 1, 3, 5)
Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
Photography – Norman Seeff
Mastered At A&M Records
Recorded At Wizard Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Phonographic Copyright Warner Bros Records Inc
Copyright Warner Bros Records Inc