Everything Must Change | ||||
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Released | 1976 | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York Hollywood Sound Recorders | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:03 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
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Everything Must Change is the debut studio album by singer Randy Crawford released in 1976 on the Warner Bros. label. [2]
It was recorded and mixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders except "I'm Easy" and "I've Never Been To Me", which, along with all horns and strings, were recorded at The Hit Factory, New York City, and engineered by Kevin Herron with assistant engineer Ted Spencer. In addition "Everything Must Change" and "Gonna Give Lovin' A Try" were recorded live at the World Jazz Association's first recorded concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in November 1975.
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