Hard Bargain

Distributed By – ZYX Music – SCD 8594-2
Manufactured By – ZYX Music
Glass Mastered At – ZYX Mastering
Bass – David Hood (tracks: 10), Donald "Duck" Dunn (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), James Alexander (tracks: 9, 12)
Drums – Al Jackson Jr. (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Roger Hawkins (tracks: 10), Willie Hall (tracks: 9, 12)
Guitar – Michael Toles (tracks: 9, 12), Steve Cropper (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
Guitar Rhythm – Jimmy Johnson (4) (tracks: 10), Tippy Armstrong (tracks: 10), Wayne Perkins (tracks: 10)
Keyboards – Barry Beckett (tracks: 10)
Liner Notes – Lee Hildebrand
Organ – Isaac Hayes (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
Piano Or Organ – Booker T. Jones (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
Producer – Al Jackson Jr. (tracks: 1 to 9, 13), Albert King (tracks: 9, 12), Don Nix (tracks: 10)
Saxophone – Andrew Love (tracks: 1 to 8, 9, 12, 13), Packy Axton* (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Ed Logan (tracks: 9, 12), Fred Ford (tracks: 9, 12), Joe Arnold (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Tommie Williams* (tracks: 1 to 8, 13)
Trumpet – Ben Cauley (tracks: 1 to 8, 13), Wayne Jackson (tracks: 1 to 8, 9, 12, 13)
Vocals, Guitar – Albert King (tracks: 1 to 13)
Tracks 1 to 4 previously released as Stax singles Stax 190, Stax 197, Stax 241 & Stax 252
Tracks 5 to 13 are previously unissued alternate takes. For track 11 no session-data is available. According to Lee Hildebrands liner notes these tracks are drawn form studio recordings cut between 1966 and 1971. Recorded in Memphis, except for track 10, which was recorded at Muscle Shoals, Al.