Merry Clayton - Merry Clayton

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Southern Man Written-By – Neil Young	3:15
A2	Walk On In Written-By – Carole King	2:44
A3	After All This Time Written-By – Carole King	3:09
A4	Love Me Or Let Me Be Lonely Written-By – Anita Poree, Jerry Peters, Skip Scarborough	3:32
A5	A Song For You Written-By – Leon Russell	4:15
A6	Sho'Nuff Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	2:44
B1	Steamroller Written-By – James Taylor	3:44
B2	Same Old Story Written-By – Carole King	4:50
B3	Light On The Hill Written-By – Richard Jones	2:40
B4	Grandma's Hands Written-By – Bill Withers	3:30
B5	Whatever Written-By – Leon Ware	2:40

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – A&M Studios
• Distributed By – A&M Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Arranged By – Billy Preston (tracks: A6), Carole King (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Jerry Peters (tracks: A1, A4)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Marty Paich (tracks: A3, B2)
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Backing Vocals – Abigail Haness, Jerry Peters, Merry Clayton, Patrice Holloway, James Cleveland Choir* (tracks: B2, B4)
• Bass [Electric] – Wilton Felder
• Design [Album] – Chuck Beeson
• Drums – Paul Humphrey
• Engineer – Hank Cicalo
• Guitar – David T. Walker
• Keyboards – Billy Preston, Carole King, Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample
• Percussion – Bobbye Porter*, Gary Coleman, Sandra Crouch
• Photography By – Jim McCrary
• Producer – Lou Adler
• Saxophone – Curtis Amy

Notes

Liner notes on back cover: "She's from Gert Town, New Orleans. The daughter of a Baptist reverend. Almost everyone calls her "Baby Sister". She calls everyone "Two" cause Curtis is "One". She sings with a wisdom, intensity and drive far beyond her 23 years. It is communication of the highest order, and now, of the highest priority.... and Lord, is she ever funky."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): (SP 77023)
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): (SP 77024)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A / etched ): ODE SP77023 P2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B / etched [except 2nd "P"]): ODE SP77024 P1 P

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP 77012	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Ode Records	SP 77012	US	1971
AMLS 67012	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	AMLS 67012	UK	1971
REP 5177	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton ‎(CD, Album, RE, Dig)	Repertoire Records	REP 5177	Europe	2010
SP 77012	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton ‎(LP, Album)	Ode Records	SP 77012	Canada	1971
85 818 IT	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records, Ode Records	85 818 IT	Germany	Unknown