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Payne and Pleasure

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Released
  
1974

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Dunhill Records

Artist
  
Freda Payne

Producer
  
McKinley Jackson

Payne & Pleasure (1974)
  
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Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Pop music

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Payne & Pleasure was 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.

Contents

Personnel

  • Produced by: Mckinley Jackson
  • Musicians 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
  • 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, 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

  • 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
  • Songs

    1It's Yours to Have4:17
    2Didn't I Tell You3:22
    3I Get Carried Away4:12

    References

    Payne & Pleasure Wikipedia