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With production from New Orleans' own piano man, Allen Toussaint, the No. 7 Pop/No. 4 R&B Nightbirds (1974) was the most successful LP ever by Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash.  It was bolstered by the success of Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan's "Lady Marmalade," which topped the Pop, R&B and Dance charts.  Crewe's "It Took a Long Time (For the First Time in My Life") is also featured on the album - you can hear Bob's own version on Bob Crewe: The Complete Elektra Recordings from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music - as well as a couple of Toussaint compositions and a number of Nona Hendryx originals.  This hybrid SACD has a remastered stereo version of the album as well as the original 4.0 quad mix!