The Price to Play
# The Price to Play

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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

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