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.

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
 * 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