The Auction" is a concept album about slavery and slave owners. Some tracks are pure spiritual, others sound true-funk.
Tracks: (00:00) 01. Oh! Freedom — (01:25) 02. The Auction — (07:54) 03. Sympathy — (13:42) 04. Freedom — (18:13) 05. The Leading Citizen — (23:31) 06. The Debt — (27:48) 07. Be Proud, My Race! — (32:40) 08. Oh! Freedom (Reprise) —
Personnel: David Axelrod — composer, arranger, producer Joe Sample — piano, electric piano Arthur Adams, David T. Walker, Lou Morell — guitar James Hughart — bass John Guerin — drums King Errisson — congas Ernie Watts, Jackie Kelso, William Green — reeds, woodwind Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary — trombone Allen DeRienzo, Paul Hubinon — trumpet Gary Coleman — vibraphone, tambourine Alexander St. Charles, Baron Hardeman, Ed Wallace, Fleming Williams, Gwendolyn Owens, James Cobbin, Jessica Smith, Jessie Richardson, John Lehman, Josef Powell, Judith Long, Oma Drake, Oren Waters, Vennetta Fields — chorus Billie Barnum — chorus leader Earl Palmer — conductor Julian «Cannonball» Adderley — producer
