The Price to Play

The Price to Play
Studio album by The Alan Price Set
Released	December 1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	Rock and roll, rhythm and blues
Length	38:43
Label	Decca
The Alan Price Set chronology
The Price to Play (1966) A Price on His Head (1967)

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The Price to Play is the debut album from Alan Price & The Alan Price Set, released in 1966. It was released in the UK only, although some tracks would later come out in the US. Fronting a six-piece band that includes three horns, Price sticks mostly to covers of familiar American rhythm and blues and soul tunes.

Track listing

1. "Medley: Barefootin' / Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is) / Land of 1000 Dances" (Robert Parker/Chris Kenner) – 4:36
2. "Just Once in My Life" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Phil Spector) – 3:26
3. "Goin' Down Slow" (St. Louis Jimmy) – 4:45
4. "Getting Mighty Crowded" (Van McCoy) – 2:15
5. "Honky Tonk" (Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 4:40
6. "Move On Drifter" (Jeanette Washington) – 2:29
7. "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay) – 3:09
8. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder) – 2:46
9. "Ain't That Peculiar" (Pete Moore, William "Smokey" Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin) – 3:22
10. "I Can't Turn You Loose" (Otis Redding) – 2:24
11. "Critic's Choice" (Oliver Nelson) – 2:02
12. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Helen Deutsch, Bronisław Kaper) – 2:49

Personnel

• Alan Price – keyboards, vocals

The Alan Price Set

• Clive Burrows – saxophone
• Steve Gregory – saxophone
• John Walters – trumpet
• Pete Kirtley – guitar
• Rod "Boots" Slade – bass
• "Little" Roy Mills – drums

Technical

• Chris Walter – photography
• Eric Burdon – liner notes