title: The Price to Play
text: # The Price to Play
  
  The Price to Play è il primo album discografico di Alan Price (a nome Alan Price Set), pubblicato dalla casa discografica Decca Records nel 1966.
  
  ## Tracce
  
  ### Lato A
  
  * Barefootin' – 4:36 (Robert Parker)
  * Just Once in My Life – 3:27 (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Phil Spector)
  * Goin' Down Slow – 4:46 (Champion Jack Dupree)
  * Gettin' Mighty Crowded – 2:10 (Van McCoy)
  * Honky Tonk – 4:41 (Bill Doggett, Shep Shephard, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler)
  * Move on Drifter – 2:28 (Jeanette Washington)
  
  ### Lato B
  
  * Mercy, Mercy – 3:09 (Don Covay, Ronald Alonzo Miller)
  * Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever – 2:45 (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder)
  * Ain't That Peculiar – 3:22 (Smokey Robinson, Warren Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, Bobby Rogers)
  * I Can't Turn You Loose – 2:23 (Otis Redding)
  * Critic's Choice – 2:01 (Oliver Nelson)
  * Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – 2:49 (Helen Deutsch, Bronislau Kaper)
  
  Il brano Goin' Down Slow sull'album è accreditato a Champion Jack Dupree, in altre fonti il brano è assegnato a St. Louis Jimmy Oden
  
  ### Edizione CD del 1996, pubblicato dalla Repertoire Records (REP 4611-WY)
  
  * Barefootin' – 4:36 (Robert Parker)
  * Just Once in My Life – 3:27 (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Phil Spector)
  * Going Down Slow – 4:46 (Champion Jack Dupree)
  * Gettin' Mighty Crowded – 2:10 (Van McCoy)
  * Honky Tonk – 4:41 (Bill Doggett, Shep Shephard, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler)
  * Move on Drifter – 2:28 (Jeanette Washington)
  * Mercy Mercy – 3:09 (Don Covay, Ronald Alonzo Miller)
  * Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever – 2:45 (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder)
  * Ain't That Peculiar – 3:22 (Smokey Robinson, Warren Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, Bobby Rogers)
  * I Can't Turn You Loose – 2:23 (Otis Redding)
  * Critic's Choice – 2:01 (Oliver Nelson)
  * Hi-Lilli, Hi-Lo – 2:49 (Helen Deutsch, Bronislau Kaper)
  * Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) – 2:58 (Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach) – Additional Track
  * Never Be Sick on Sunday – 3:58 (John Walters) – Additional Track
  * I Put a Spell on You – 3:19 (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – Additional Track
  * Iechyd-Da – 3:35 (John Walters) – Additional Track
  * Take Me Home – 2:48 (Alan Price) – Additional Track
  * Willow Weep for Me – 2:46 (Ann Ronell) – Additional Track
  * Yours Until Tomorrow – 2:50 (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – Additional Track
  * Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear (stereo) – 1:50 (Randy Newman) – Additional Track
  * Who Cares – 2:54 (Harold Waterman) – Additional Track
  * Shame – 2:49 (Alan Price) – Additional Track
  * Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear – 2:01 (Randy Newman) – Additional Track
  * Tickle Me – 2:49 (Randy Newman) – Additional Track
  
  ## Formazione
  
  The Alan Price Set
  
  * Alan Price - voce, tastiere
  * Pete Kirtley - chitarra
  * Steve Gregory - sassofono tenore
  * Clive Burrows - sassofono baritono
  * John Walters - tromba
  * Rod Boots Slade - basso
  * Little Roy Mills - batteria
  
  Note aggiuntive
  
  * An Anim Production - produzione
  * Chris Walter - fotografia copertina album
  * Eric Burdon - note retrocopertina album
  
  ## Classifica
  
  Singoli
  
  | Anno | Titolo del brano | Classifica | Posizione raggiunta |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1966 | I Put a Spell on You | Official Singles Chart | 9 |
  | 1966 | Hi-Lilli, Hi-Lo | Official Singles Chart | 11 |
  | 1966 | I Put a Spell on You | Billboard Hot 100 | 80 |
  | 1967 | Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear | Official Singles Chart | 4 |
  | 1967 | Shame | Official Singles Chart | 45 |
  