Album · 1973
The Payback
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
The Payback
The Payback
7:40
2
Doing the Best I Can
The Payback
7:42
3
Take Some... Leave Some
The Payback
8:34
4
Shoot Your Shot
The Payback
8:09
Disc 2
1
Forever Suffering
The Payback
5:52
2
Time Is Running Out Fast
The Payback
12:48
3
Stone to the Bone
The Payback
10:14
4
Mind Power
The Payback
12:05
In print
First pressed 1973, still pressed 2026 — 61 pressings across 18 countries.
Credits
Davis Fried Krieger Inc.
Art Direction
Jeffrey Faville
Design
Bob Both
Engineer
Don Brautigam
Illustration
Darryl Hassan Jamison
Instrument · trumpet [uncredited]
Fred Thomas
Instrument · bass
Fred Wesley
Instrument · trombone
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin
Instrument · guitar
Isiah "Ike" Oakley
Instrument · trumpet
Jerone Jasaan Sanford
Instrument · trumpet [uncredited]
Jimmy Nolen
Instrument · guitar
John Griggs
Instrument · percussion
John Morgan
Instrument · percussion
John Starks
Instrument · drums
Maceo Parker
Instrument · alto saxophone
St. Clair Pinckney
Instrument · tenor saxophone
“Sweet” Charles Sherrell
Instrument · bass [uncredited]
Alan Leeds
Liner Notes
Bob Ludwig
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Joseph M. Palmaccio
Mastering · remastered by
Ray Janos
Mastering
The Godfather Of Soul
Performer
Harry Weinger
Producer · executive-producer [for reissue]
James Brown
Producer
Lowell Dorn
Recording
Charles Bobbitt
Writer