Payne & Pleasure

Payne & Pleasure
Studio album by Freda Payne
Released	1974
Genre	Pop, R&B
Label	ABC/Dunhill
Producer	Mckinley Jackson
Freda Payne chronology
Reaching Out (1973) Payne & Pleasure (1974) Out of Payne Comes Love (1975)

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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.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Side B
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

• 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

References

1. "Payne & Pleasure". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.