Now We May Begin

Now We May Begin
Studio album by Randy Crawford
Released	1980
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Wizard Recording Studios
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper
Randy Crawford chronology
Raw Silk (1979)Raw Silk1979 Now We May Begin (1980) Secret Combination (1981)Secret Combination1981

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Now We May Begin is an album by American R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The album got to Nos. 10 & 30 on the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard Top R&B Albums charts respectively. Now We May Begin has also been certified silver in the UK by the BPI.^[1][2][3][4]

Overview

The album cut "One Day I'll Fly Away" was also certified silver in the UK by the BPI.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Last Night at Danceland"
2. "Tender Falls the Rain"
3. "My Heart is Not as Young as it Used to Be"
4. "Now We May Begin"
5. "Blue Flame"
6. "One Day I'll Fly Away"
7. "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)"
8. "When Your Life Was Low"

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Personnel

• Mike Baird: Drums
• Roland Bautista: Guitar
• Oscar Brashear: Trumpet
• Eddie Brown: Percussion
• Randy Crawford: Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals
• Paulinho da Costa: Percussion
• Wilton Felder: Bass, Producer, Tenor Saxophone
• Melvin Franklin: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Bernie Grundman: Mastering
• Stix Hooper: Drums, Producer
• Tom Hooper: Executive Assistant
• Will Jennings: Composer
• Abraham Laboriel, Sr.: Bass
• Pamela Hope Lobue: Production Coordination
• Robert Margouleff: Mixing
• Timothy May: Guitar
• Gwen Owens: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Dean Parks: Guitar
• Rick Ruggieri: Mixing
• Joe Sample: Composer, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements
• Norman Seeff: Photography
• Richard Seireeni: Art Direction
• Howard Siegel: Mixing
• Jeremy Smith: Engineer
• Hill Swimmer: Assistant Engineer
• Julia Tillman: Vocals (Background)
• David T. Walker: Guitar
• Maxine Willard Waters: Vocals, Vocals (Background)^[1]

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