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