Dominoes - Donald Byrd (Vinyl 12") 1976

[emceeslo]

Over 56,000 views. Still, no dislikes!!!

[colebrook100]

great track but likeing live version more from central pk!!!!!!

[RADCOMJ1]

this is a particular favourite of mine...thanks for posting

[TheIsaac1312]

this song takes me back to the time when if felt free. This is a great song with a beat that has with stood time in my mind. I wish they still made music like this.

[VenusGospeI]

love donny byrd he is my mantra

[shanskye]

The best track ever  !!

[BenjaminCWRuhe]

Thanks for putting this PURE UNDILUTED MASTERPIECE up FASTflyer'... Bless yourself myREAL...well taught.

[JiveMiguel70]

I haven't heard this for years... thanks for posting!

[soap1919jt]

Wow! What a gem of a find, here! I didn't know that a long version of this song existed. The wonderfully gorgeous, haunting melody, along with the funky rhythm and uniquie, snazzy vocals make for an awesome piece of music! It's hard to find music this fabulous anymore.

[bacnthaday]

Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff- single: Brand New Funk!

[sergioleonemaestro]

RONFREEDOM - This version is on Mastercuts Jazz Funk Volume 1 0r 2

Absolute classic, genius

[lewishamse6]

Just broke into my early teens loved this tune

[RONFREEDOM]

I founds Donald's Best of in a local record shop but am having a hard time finding this one. I gotta have it!

[zakcapriturbo]

@RONFREEDOM You can get the original album which this track comes from ("Places and Spaces") for £6 on Amazon. It is one of my all time favourite albums

[quiksix25]

Love that little scratchy vinyl sound! And I'm only 22 so some of us young-uns do have a sense of culture and class- haha

[starchedownon84s]

@quiksix25 You're just like me. Vinyl forever. Big props to you from a 21 year old jazz listener &

vinyl collector.

[deejaycashmere]

Love this song! This is my old school. Let it last forever! Richard Morgan Class of 1980, Santa Fe High School! yes it's me. The who always had the radio!

[jinters1]

Loved it then, love it still! Will always be a funk soul jazz sister. Even though it's rubbish getting older I'm glad I was born when I was...I've experienced so much amazing music throughout my life and for taht I give thanks xx

[vgb42222]

beautiful.again.

[Hard4321]

A rare treasure indeed! Until 2 weeks ago, I had NO IDEA that this disc existed! This is the best!  Thank you for sharing!

[RONFREEDOM]

FUCK YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing beats Funk Soul and Jazz from this era! Thanks for the post!

[gailt1956]

Wow. Takes me back to HU, when Donald was the Chair of the Music Dept and I was a sophomore. Exceptional times. WE ARE THE BISON!

[a090006]

So nice this song,Donald Bird is pure class!!can play this song for over and over(most off his songs in fact),gives a late summer feeling

[a090006]

So nice this song,Donald Bird is pure class!!

[TheCalebson]

And thankyou fastflyer for uploading the song! It is beautiful!

[TheCalebson]

Mr Byrd, you are the man! I have always loved your music. Thank you so much!

[kmp3000]

So good, it hurts!

[salahudeenabduladl]

@fastflyer2007 Yes, yes truly BRILLIANT!!!

[2maxxjazz]

The kids just don't how to chill anymore , This is the best at picnics in the park !! 1980 !!! 30 years old and sounds like yesterday !! GOD bless the Duke & Chic Correa/Stanley Clark/ Marcus Miller/ Herbie Hancock/ Chaka Khan/ GeORGE bENSON/ John McLaughlin/ Billy Cobham/ Harvey Mason/ keep adding to the list on your list

[lawhamjr]

@2maxxjazz Al Jarreau, Grover Washington Jr., Norman Connors, Greg Phillingaines, Joe sample Chuck Mangione Herbie Mann yeah this could take a while.........................­.

[mssquirrely]

@lawhamjr - I'll help you out! cont'd... Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, George Duke, John Coltrane, Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller, Miles D....LOL! You're right, this could take awhile........................­.

[vgb42222]

@mssquirrely thanks. roy ayers my boy. my business. thanks for the reminder.

[peppersax]

I love Donald Byrd, but I like his Blue Note recordings waaaaaaayyyyyy better!

[leroydubya]

OK, I'm 50, loved this cut when I was a teenager. But I had no idea there was a 12-inch version! Thanks for sharing!!

[oldaverich]

@leroydubya Right behind ya, leroy...guess I'm gonna search for Places and Spaces next.

[aaltoF1N]

OMG ever since i heard Greg Edwards play this on his Jazz FM show back in 1999 ive loved this

[cednumber1]

12"!! Cool, cool, cool!

[uVueD2b]

I bought the 12 " to Talkin' All That Jazz back in '89 with the Dominoes remix-not knowing The Byrd sample ( I know several of his works but this slipped by)..loved it! Fast forward 20 years later I bought a compilation CD "Soul Hits" at a Circuit City closing sale last year and played the 2nd disc. In the middle of the disc,this came on...MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR...must've played it 10 times back to back...I love-just a perfect song!!!...Thanks so much for posting the vinyl!!!

[maceo28]

Classssssssssssic tune!! All the thugged out brothers boppin' in front of school...learning the latest steps...some blowin' weed ...just laughin' enjoyin' the music...no worries...memories.....

[barriobajaj]

Stepping Into Tomorrow and Places And Spaces were epic albums.

I treasure my vinyl copies.

Never knew Blue Note issued 12" singles. The mix is amazing!

[Living4much]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

[shrimperforever]

Just brings back all those steamy nights of 76 pure class!!

[trappy69]

Oh my goodness......love it....Thanks again for the memories

[bolillo239]

didn't Stetsasonic sample this record for their "IN FULL GEAR" album in 88?

[Silkyslim48]

LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow

[Ubetcholife54]

Takes me back to 1976,;istening to the radio late one night nearly asleep, and I heard this song. That beat woke me up, That drummer DAMNNN!!!

[niccoc1603]

nice one bro

[mclarp]

Great 12" version, somebody did a remix / cover of Dominoes around 1993, anyone remember that, or who it was by?

[gergynamfauk]

@mclarp remember it yes but it only dissapointed when put next to this think i bought it but regretted it eventually found the album versionon a blu note sampler in a second hand record shop in york as bfar as i new the 12 was virtually extinct and the album was 50quid to buy utube is a gift from the gods

[145k493]

pure soul yes

[fiddyyears]

@145k493 "Pure soul?" Try Jazz fusion. Ask Herbie Hancock to address the hate he encountered during the 70's. The music industry or life in general kicks yo ass for doin shit off the beaten path til you're accepted by the masses. Then they can't kiss enough booty and pretend they were on your side from Day1

[jdubbjazzbass]

this is the jam

[makeithottt]

thats what Im talking about!!!!!

[1dgirloriginal]

yes!

[blaknificent09]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING and all your hard work!!!! 5*****

[firdaws1977]

great

[terrencepaulmiller]

Good as gold.....the mix & the vinyl the post

[UKTribe1]

1 of the best b/lines ever...

[metroworldfilmworks]

I use to have this album back in the day. I LOVE seeing that BlueNote Label spin around and around. EXCELLENT JOB!!

[teegotmuscle]

Jazz musicians was on the funk back then. They had people partyin'.

[tomkowo]

What a bassline!

[raspyshiit]

Now, this is what you call Acid Jazz!!

[teegotmuscle]

Thats just a label. Because it sounds like funk to me.

[bistola99]

"Stand our problems all in a row and watch them fall like Dominoes" Inspirational!! thanks for posting

[vanessa4u4evr]

Yeah, Howard University. Brings back memories. This was the jam ya'll. It's so, so sad that music like this is a thing of the past. But that's okay, it lives in our hearts, and on YouTube!

[braziliansamba54]

Hey, I went to Hofstra back in he early to mid-seventies but used to hang on Howard's and Georgetown's campuses back then. We've probably crossed paths.

[carolinesimone]

classic :)

[admiral42]

CAN I HAS UR VINYL>?!??!??!

[JET997u]

Magic.

[Lauracb1000]

wow brings back soo many good memories! Royalty, caster weekends! good days!!

[Robertnuns]

this is nice

[egregreh]

ufff!!! Donald Byrd the best of Jazz; Lo mejor de lo mejor!!!!!!!!

[MarkyCool67]

Talking all that Jazz!

[Davidhuggar]

Donald Byrd's the man!

[PIMPDULLA]

Timeless music,thank you Donald byrd

[baltimore71962]

I saw the Blackbyrd's live at Blues Alley,Washington,D.C. They are really good live....

[jody808]

i love Donald Byrd music

[gillystyle]

what a tune this reminds me of the all dayers and all nighters back in the day!

[leslieghore]

Aw Damn! THis cut here is cold, back when I was fucking around with Edmund Darris, one of the greatest guitarist in the world! He use to jam with Bobby Harper, Michael and Cedric Howell...that was my Niggie back in the day! Dominoes...aw damn, Man!

[TheNaxed]

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your time won't be wasted if you are the fan of house music :)

[jody808]

great song, i rock this on my ipod

[bigbrobunny]

Superb! Thanx!!!!

[sammybee]

Wow -didnt realise there was a 12"of this classic!

[MusicalGenius88]

this that feel good music

[secretsquirrel76]

This brings back some memories. Used to love this. Hearing it again, I still do.

[tardit]

This version blows my mind

[buddyruff727]

Yall listening 2 this GROOVE, so MELLOW man! I'm tryin' 2 TOLD you 4real!

[Jkaneshige]

FF07, another great classic. Thanks!

[DCR1357]

When I heard the song back then I had to run out and buy it..still have it

[SgtRock57]

My brother bought this 8 track tape, and I bought Jefferson Starship Red Octopuss- 1976. Grest times!

[daneby1]

found this record one sunday in a record shop in wolverhampton uk i went in the back part of the shop and there was a door which was private so there was nobody around exept for the guy at the front of the shop so i had a look.

there was a pile of disco 12 and this was in there

[hevyonez97]

i have all of donald's 70's blue note lp's produced by larry and fonce mizell!! i have my father to thank for that, lol....this track is one of the ultimate low ridin' funk jams from trhe old skool era...and i still ride smooth and easy with this track....this is a perfect song, too, especially in the summertime!!

[slanario]

This brings back memories. Excellent track.... wasn't there a faster mix played in the clubs?

[FroggyMe6581]

wow, this is a 12" version

[FroggyMe6581]

I was listening to my classic 70s Blue Note albums today. I have this one too!