| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) | Aretha Franklin | 3:00 |
| 2 | Precious, Precious | Jackie Moore | 3:29 |
| 3 | Groove Me | King Floyd | 3:04 |
| 4 | Patches | Clarence Carter | 3:13 |
| 5 | Don’t Knock My Love, Part 1 | Wilson Pickett | 2:25 |
| 6 | Funky Nassau, Parts 1 & 2 | The Beginning of the End | 5:14 |
| 7 | Thin Line Between Love and Hate | The Persuaders | 3:27 |
| 8 | Rock Steady- recording engineer:
- Ron Albert (on 1971-02-16)
- engineer:
- Howard Albert, Ron Albert and Chuck Kirkpatrick
- producer:
- Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler
- mixer:
- Arif Mardin
- bass:
- Chuck Rainey (on 1971-02-16)
- drums (drum set):
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (on 1971-02-16)
- guitar:
- Cornell Dupree (on 1971-02-16)
- organ:
- Donny Hathaway (on 1971-02-16)
- percussion:
- Mac Rebennack (on 1971-02-16) and Robert Popwell (on 1971-02-16)
- piano and lead vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1971-02-16)
- tenor saxophone:
- Andrew Love (on 1971-02-16)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (on 1971-02-16)
- background vocals:
- Margaret Branch (on 1971-02-16), Ann S. Clark (on 1971-02-16), Carolyn Franklin (on 1971-02-16), Erma Franklin (on 1971-02-16) and Pat Smith (on 1971-02-16)
- horn arranger:
- Tom Dowd
- strings and woodwind arranger:
- Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1971, in 1972) and WEA International Inc. (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States (on 1971-02-16)
- recording of:
- Rock Steady (on 1971-02-16)
- lyricist and composer:
- Aretha Franklin (from 1970 until 1971)
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corporation, Pundit Music, Inc and Springtime Music, Inc.
| Aretha Franklin | 3:14 |
| 9 | Day Dreaming | Aretha Franklin | 4:02 |
| 10 | You’ve Got a Friend | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | 3:26 |
| 11 | Clean Up Woman | Betty Wright | 2:49 |
| 12 | Could It Be I’m Falling in Love | The Spinners | 4:13 |
| 13 | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Roberta Flack | 4:49 |
| 14 | Where Is the Love? | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | 2:47 |
| 15 | I’ll Be Around | The Spinners | 3:12 |
| 16 | Feel Like Makin’ Love | Roberta Flack | 2:57 |
| 17 | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | The Spinners | 3:23 |
| 18 | Sideshow | Blue Magic | 4:12 |
| 19 | Mighty Love | The Spinners | 4:59 |
| 20 | Love Won’t Let Me Wait | Major Harris | 5:31 |
