Payne & Pleasure
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Personnel
- Produced by: Mckinley Jackson
Musicians on "It's Yours to Have," "Didn't I Tell You," "Run for Your Life"
- Guitars: Ray Parker and Dennis Budimir
- Bass: Scott Edwards
- Grand piano: Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
- Vibes: Emil RichardsEmil RichardsEmil Richards, born Emilio Joseph Radocchia on September 2, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussion instruments.-Biography:...
- 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 RichardsEmil RichardsEmil Richards, born Emilio Joseph Radocchia on September 2, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussion instruments.-Biography:...
- 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 WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
- tenor saxophone and flute: "A Song for You"
- Background vocals: Shirley Jones, Edna Wright, Marti McCall, Julia Tillman, Myrna Matthews, Clydie KingClydie KingClydie Crittendon is an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist....
- 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