More Info Fantasy Records had been in business for nearly 20 years, specialising in jazz and R&B, when a rock band they had signed became national and international best-sellers. Creedence Clearwater Revival had ten Top 10 singles and five Top 10 albums on the Billboard charts between 1969 and 1971. Fantasy suddenly had a lot more money and, instead of trying to follow the next big thing in pop music, the label’s owners reinvested in the music that they knew most about; buying older jazz labels to add to their portfolio. At a time when funk-based jazz was starting to cross-over to the R&B charts they added groups that could straddle this divide. Fantasy struck gold in this field with the Blackbyrds, brought to the label by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and his producers Larry and Fonce Mizell. Byrd had great success with his own jazz-funk albums on Blue Note. The Blackbyrds, who had been students of his at Howard University in Washington, were soon scoring their own hits. Fantasy’s next step was an association with another straight-ahead jazz musician who had crossed over, Wayne Henderson. Tracklist 1 Let's Dance5:002 I'm Mad3:083 Pleasure For Your Pleasure3:404 We Have So Much3:295 Jammin' With Pleasure2:266 Ghettos Of The Mind5:067 The Love Of My Life4:038 Theme For The Moonchild5:249 2 For 14:22
