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Payne & Pleasure is Freda Payne's fifth American-released album and her first for the ABC/Dunhill label, released in 1974 (ABC owned Payne's previous label, Impulse! Records as well). The album was produced by McKinley Jackson. It consists of four songs co-written by Lamont Dozier's brother, Reginald ("Reggie"), along with three covers (the Carpenters' hit "I Won't Last a Day Without You," "The Way We Were" [from the film of the same name], and Leon Russell's "A Song for You"). The album was reissued on CD on November 17, 2009. The reissue contains a biographical essay (sourced by interviews with Freda Payne and Lamont Dozier) of Payne's life and career by A. Scott Galloway.
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
| Label | ABC/Dunhill | |||
| Producer | McKinley Jackson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "It's Yours to Have" | Reginald Dozier, McKinley Jackson | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Didn't I Tell You" | Reginald Dozier, Althea King | 3:28 |
| 3. | "I Get Carried Away" | Reginald Dozier, Althea King | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Run for Your Life" | McKinley Jackson, Barney Perkins | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" | Reginald Dozier, McKinley Jackson | 6:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shadows on the Wall" | McKinley Jackson, Barney Perkins | 5:07 |
| 2. | "I Won't Last a Day Without You" | Paul Williams, Roger Nichols | 4:29 |
| 3. | "The Way We Were" | Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman | 3:42 |
| 4. | "A Song for You" | Leon Russell | 5:52 |
Personnel
editMusicians on "It's Yours to Have," "Didn't I Tell You," "Run for Your Life"
- Guitars: Ray Parker Jr. and Dennis Budimir
- Bass: Scott Edwards
- Grand piano: Joe Sample
- Vibes: Emil Richards
- Organ: Huby Heard
- WHP Wahguitar: Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin
- Drums: Kenny "Spike" Rice
Musicians on "A Song for You," "Shadows on the Wall"
- Grand piano: Joe Sample
- Guitars: Dennis Budimir and Ray Parker Jr.
- Bass: Scott Edwards
- Drums: Ed Greene
- Vibes: Emil Richards
- Congo: Leslie Bass
Musicians on "I Get Carried Away," "Don't Wanna Be Left Out," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," "The Way We Were"
- Bass: Scott Edwards
- Drums: Ed Greene
- Electric and grand piano: Joe Sample
- Harpsichord: Gene Page
- Vibes: Emil Richards
- Guitars: Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin, Ray Parker Jr., Don Peake
- Organ: Huby Heard
Solo work by:
- Jesse Ehrlich - cello: "A Song for You"
- Joe Sample - piano: "Run for Your Life"
- Huby Heard - organ: "Don't Wanna Be Left Out"
- Ernest Watts - tenor saxophone and flute: "A Song for You"
- Background vocals: Shirley Jones, Edna Wright, Marti McCall, Julia Tillman, Myrna Matthews, Clydie King
- Arranged and orchestrated by: Lamont Dozier
- Recording engineers: Barney Perkins, Reginald Dozier
- Mixing engineer: Barney Perkins
- Musician contractor: Olivia Page (Beautiful)
- Background contractors: Edna Wright, Marti McCall
- Copying supervisors: George Annis, Marion Sherrill
- Front and back cover photography: Harry Langdon for ABC Records
- Inside photos: Harry Langdon, courtesy of Shooting Star Gallery, Los Angeles
CD reissue credits
edit- Reissue supervision: Paul Williams
- Project coordination: Howard Tucker, Universal Music Enterprises
- Mastered by: Bill Lacey at Digital Sound & Picture, New York
- CD design: Chris Eselgroth / FourEyes Studio
- Memorabilia and label scans: John Lester, The Reel Music Archives
- Thanks to: Harry Weinger, Scott Ravine, Allison Sundberg
- Special thanks: Freda Payne and Lamont Dozier
References
edit- ^ "Payne & Pleasure". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ Freda Payne – Payne & Pleasure (liner notes): 1974.
- ^ https://www.sessiondays.com/2018/02/1974-freda-payne-payne-pleasure/