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A1	The Payback Written-By – Fred Wesley, James Brown, John Starks*	7:35
A2	Doing The Best I Can Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	7:50
B1	Take Some, Leave Some Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	8:22
B2	Shoot Your Shot Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	8:08
C1	Forever Suffering Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	5:42
C2	Time Is Running Out Fast Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	12:37
D1	Stone To The Bone Written-By – James Brown	10:05
D2	Mind Power Written-By – Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown	10:35

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – International Recording
• Recorded At – Advantage Sound
• Mixed At – Advantage Sound
• Published By – Dynatone Publishing Co.
• Published By – Belinda Music, Inc.
• Published By – Unichappell & Co.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Incorporated
• Manufactured By – Polydor Incorporated
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Art Direction – Davis Fried Krieger Inc.
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Don Brautigan*
• Design [Cover] – Charles Bobbit, James Brown
• Engineer – Bob Both, Lowell Dorn
• Liner Notes – Alan M. Leeds*
• Mastered By – RL*
• Producer, Arranged By – James Brown
• Supervised By [Production Supervision] – Bob Both

Notes

A James Brown Production Soul I

James Brown—The Hitman—The Godfather Of Soul

Recorded at International Recording, Augusta, Georgia
Mixing and Additional Recording at Advantage Sound, N.Y.C.

Released in a gatefold jacket.

Likely released sometime after October 13.

This version is the Pitman (CP) pressing variation. It can be identified by the runout groove etchings and by the labels.
Label Differences:
- James Brown is not wearing a hat (compare with this version and this version).
- Matrix numbers are not enclosed within parentheses (compare with this version).
- Phonographic copyright information appears in the upper left area (compare with this version and this version).

Note: On some copies, the "P" etched in the runout grooves resembles a "D".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): PD 2-3007-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): PD 2-3007-B
• Matrix / Runout (Label side C): PD 2-3007-C
• Matrix / Runout (Label side D): PD 2-3007-D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): PD-2-3007-A-1A 10-13-73 STERLING RL P
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): PD-2-3007-B-1A-1-11 P STERLING RL
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): PD-2-3007-C-1A-1 STERLING RL P
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): PD-2-3007-D-DJ-1 STERLING P
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PD 2-3007	James Brown	The Payback ‎(2xLP, Album)	Polydor	PD 2-3007	US	1973
STR-19	James Brown	The Payback ‎(2xLP, Album)	Yegrin Record Co	STR-19	South Korea	1973
PD-2-3007, 2672 015	James Brown	The Payback ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)	Polydor, Polydor	PD-2-3007, 2672 015	US	Unknown
B0021512-01	James Brown	The Payback ‎(2xLP, Album, RE)	Polydor	B0021512-01	US	2014
2929 017	James Brown	The Payback ‎(2xLP, Album)	Polydor	2929 017	Brazil	1974

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