The Blackbyrds

City Life (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) (LP)

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Release Date: July 11, 2025

Expected to ship the week of July 11, 2025.

This product is being RESTOCKED. Ships by July 11th, 2025.

Featuring “Happy Music,” and “Rock Creek Park,” described by AllMusic as “one of the pinnacles of ‘70s jazz-funk” and sampled by the likes of De La Soul and Nas, the Billboard Jazz Chart-topping City Life finds The Blackbyrds at the height of their hitmaking powers. Cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, packaged in a gatefold tip-on jacket.  

Side A
1. Rock Creek Park
2. Thankful 'Bout Yourself
3. City Life
4. All I Ask

Side B
1. Happy Music
2. Love So Fine
3. Flying High
4. Hash And Eggs

50th Anniversary of the album's release
Cut (AAA) from the original tapes
Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI
Gatefold tip-on jacket