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A1	Control It Written-By – S. Bordley*	4:50
A2	Take Me Along Written-By – R. Telson*	6:08
A3	Dyin' To Be Dancin' Lead Vocals – Heidi DudleyMixed By – Francois Kevorkian*Written-By – R. Telson*	7:00
B1	Gonna Get Ya What You Want Written-By – R. Telson*	6:57
B2	Take A Risk Written-By – N. Braddy*, R. Bassoff*	6:15
B3	Give In To Love Written-By – L. Golden*, R. Scher*	6:00

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Prelude Records
• Copyright (c) – Prelude Records
• Produced For – The Empire Project Inc.
• Recorded At – Counterpoint Studios
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Distributed By – Prelude Records
• Manufactured By – Prelude Records
• Published By – Trumar Music
• Published By – Crown Heights Affair Publishing Co.
• Published By – Four Twenty Music
• Published By – Union Square Music
• Published By – RC Songs Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Larry Smith
• Bass Guitar – Arnold "Muki" Wilson, Butch Porter
• Drums – Randy Hutchinson, Raymond Rock*
• Engineer – Brian Wisch, John Potoker
• Executive-Producer – Don Silver , Michael Friedman, Robert Fish
• Guitar – William "Bubba" Anderson*
• Lead Vocals – Gail Smith
• Mastered By – Herb Powers, Jr.*
• Percussion – Sam Figueroa*, Steve Thornton
• Photography By – Trudy Schlachter
• Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Clifford Branch Jr.*
• Producer, Arranged By – Raymond Reid, William Anderson
• Synthesizer [Obx Oberheim] – Fred Zarr
• Synthesizer [Prophet 5], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Andrew Schwartz*
• Tenor Saxophone – Bert Reid, Jeff Smith*
• Trombone – Ray "Johnny" Reid*
• Trumpet – James "Ajax" Baynard*, Tyrone Cox

Notes

Cover Info: ℗ & © 1981 Prelude Records
Label Info: ℗ 1982 Prelude Records
Produced & Arranged for The Empire Project Inc.
Recorded at: Counterpoint Studio NYC & Sigma Sound, NYC.
Published by Truman Music (BMI) / Crown Heights Affair Pub.Co.(BMI)
Four Twenty Music (BMI)

Special Thanks to: Crown Heights Affair, Yvonne Sewall, Kenton Nix, Pearline Smith, Chris Brown and especially Marvin & Stan and the Whole Staff at Prelude Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side One): PRL 14102 AS
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side Two): PRL 14102 BS
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side One): PRL-14102-A MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK Herbie :^) FK JR
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side Two): PRL-14102-B MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK Herbie :^) FK JR
• Rights Society: BMI ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PRL 14102	Empress	Empress ‎(LP, Album)	Prelude Records	PRL 14102	US	1982
PRL 3004	Empress	Empress ‎(LP, Album)	Prelude Records	PRL 3004	Portugal	1983
2C 068-64.702	Empress	Empress ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	2C 068-64.702	France	1982
RAMSH 5017	Empress	Empress ‎(LP, Album)	Rams Horn Records	RAMSH 5017	Netherlands	1982
PRL 20306	Empress	Empress ‎(LP, Album)	Prelude Records	PRL 20306	Italy	1982

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