Payne & Pleasure

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.

Track listing

Personnel

• Adapted from liner notes.
• 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 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

• 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