{"title":"Al Green","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoul\/gospel singer and songwriter, Al Green, was born on 13 April 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas, USA. He started his career as Al Greene but has used the name Al Green since the late 1960s. In addition to his music career, he has been a pastor at Memphis' Full Gospel Tabernacle since 1976. Al Green was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as a performer and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-belle-album-3","title":"The Belle Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50404183212363,"sku":"2018132","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_dc532beb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726567162"},{"product_id":"get-s-next-to-you","title":"Get's Next To You","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered edition on Fat Possum. Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell established their classic sound with Green's second album, 'Gets Next to You'. The main difference is in the rhythm section. Abandoning the gritty syncopations of deep Southern soul, the Hi Rhythm Section plays it slow and seductive, working a sultry, steady pulse that Green exploits with his remarkable voice. Alternating between Sam Cooke's croon and Otis Redding's shout, Green develops his own distinctive style, and 'Gets Next to Yo'u only touches the surface of its depth. Although the album is filled with wonderful moments, few are as astonishing as Green and Mitchell's reinterpretation of the Temptations' 'I Can't Get Next to You,' which turns the original inside out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50432846627147,"sku":"369755","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50432847839563,"sku":"369756","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Gets_Next_to_You_eb5e8fcf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726874547"},{"product_id":"love-ritual","title":"Love Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered version on Fat Possum. As a pop \/ R\u0026amp;B singer throughout the '70s, Green always produced intriguing and challenging work with producer Willie Mitchell. But by late 1974, Green's work seemed to get a little more eccentric, and he often had to contend with the breakdown of the Memphis sound as well as his own changing persona. This album complies many of the odds and ends from his final four '70s albums with Mitchell. In many respects the final three albums, 'Al Green Is Love', 'Full of Fire', and 'Have a Good Time' took great pains at attaining a sense of normalcy. 'Love Ritual' doesn't seem to care and offers more truthful look at some of Green's edgier, left-of-center work. The hypnotic title track with its sharp rhythm and often incoherent lyrics is made even more striking and emotional due to the string arrangement. The harder edged 'I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher)' and 'Let It Shine' sounded better here than they did on their original albums. During this time frame, Green's voice remained intact even when his confidence and attention span seemed to waver. More often than not, he was tiring of conventional love songs. 'Glory, Glory' on the surface seems like a love song but upon closer inspection it vacillates from romance to religion in a manner that only Green could pull off. 'Love Ritual' was released after Hi Records switched distribution from London to Cream. Although the motives for this release still remain unclear, 'Love Ritual' does offer a good array of Green's hits, grazes, and misses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50432852132171,"sku":"372820","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Love_Ritual_Rare__Previously_Unreleased_1968-76_cdd75c7b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726874568"},{"product_id":"let-s-stay-together-1","title":"Let's Stay Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e180 gram virgin vinyl pressing in high quality sleeve. the title track to 'let's stay together' has become al green's signature song and a certified r\u0026amp;b classic. the song is one of the definitive memphis soul songs with its smooth organ punctuated by horns, rev green comes in a low voice and then in the chorus reaches up to a heavenly falsetto. the song became his only his only number one on the pop charts. the album also contains one of his most underrated songs, a stirring version of the bee gees' 'how can you mend a broken heart'. rev green sings it with a true pain in his voice and the emotion practically oozes out of your speakers. other excellent songs include 'so you're leaving', 'i've never found a girl' and 'judy'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50441343402315,"sku":"286400","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fe3d7daf-7dc7-4d23-9151-fe44ca05ba9c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726977836"},{"product_id":"greatest-hits-57","title":"Greatest Hits","description":"\u003cp\u003eAl Green \u003ci\u003eGreatest Hits\u003c\/i\u003e, features the classics Let's Stay Together, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Tired Of Being Alone and Love and Happiness amongst many other gems from his catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, Willie Mitchell told anyone who would listen that the one thing Hi Records needed was a young, charismatic male singer with the potential for stardom. In 1969, fate would intervene in the form of a destitute 22-year-old named Albert Greene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen - as he would later change the spelling - relocated to Michigan as a child and began singing gospel with his brothers and launched his career with an album for the tiny Hot Line Label in 1967, called Back Up Train. His first single had been a small breakout, but Green had fallen on hard times since then. Stranded in Texas, he asked if he could sit in and earn a few dollars performing with Mitchell that night. \"He started singing and I heard that voice and I said, \"'Ah-ha! Look what I found here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would take a little more than the 18 months for Green to evolve into stardom. The first two albums they recorded were minor masterpieces in their own way, offering inventive R\u0026amp;B interpretations of songs by the Beatles and Doors, among others. The latter LP produced a top 10 hit in the Green-penned \u003ci\u003eTired of Being Alone\u003c\/i\u003e and a gritty reworking of the Temptations' \u003ci\u003eCan't Get Next To You.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased at the end of 1971, \u003ci\u003eLet's Stay Together\u003c\/i\u003e shot up the charts, becoming a No. 1 hit and the biggest pop song of the following year. The accompanying album would also land atop the R\u0026amp;B charts. The next five years would yield arguably the greatest run in the annals of R\u0026amp;B. With Mitchell producing and helping co-write many of Green's hits (\u003ci\u003eCall Me [Come Back Home]\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI'm Still In Love With You\u003c\/i\u003e), and guitarist Teenie Hodges collaborating on several others (\u003ci\u003eLove and Happiness,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHere I Am (Come and Take Me]\u003c\/i\u003e), Hi would not only come to dominate, but also redefine, soul music in the early '70s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"Green LP | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50441614197067,"sku":"1130229","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"White | LP","offer_id":50441613705547,"sku":"1140209","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50441614459211,"sku":"368698","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50441614819659,"sku":"368697","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Greatest_Hits_2ea8327c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726983556"},{"product_id":"soul-live-1973","title":"Soul! 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So silky and fluid as to sound almost effortless, Green's vocals revel in the lush strings and evocative horns of Willie Mitchell's superbly intimate production, barely rising above an angelic whisper for the gossamer 'Have You Been Making Out O.K..' With barely perceptible changes in mood, \u003ci\u003eCall Me\u003c\/i\u003e covers remarkable ground, spanning from 'Stand Up' - a call to arms delivered with characteristic understatement - to renditions of Hank Williams' ' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' and Willie Nelson's 'Funny How Time Slips Away,' both of them exemplary fusions of country and soul. Equally compelling are the album's three Top Ten hits - 'You Ought to Be With Me,' 'Here I Am (Come and Take Me),' and the shimmering title cut. 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Alongside these covers, the album harbours some of Green's most inspirational moments songs such as \"\u003cem\u003eSimply Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eLove And Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"Green | LP","offer_id":50468996710731,"sku":"1169568","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50468996448587,"sku":"368700","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e9cd0359-b369-4a32-b1e0-5a7d29f18e9a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727354859"},{"product_id":"the-belle-album","title":"The Belle Album","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered version on Fat Possum. Al Green severed his ties with longtime producer Willie Mitchell in 1977, establishing his own backup band and seizing the production reins. But he hadn't yet made the final break with soul; this was the last secular work he would make for many years, and it was brilliant, even though it didn't come close to equaling his previous commercial heights. In retrospect, many just didn't understand where he was going, while others were turned off by the blurred lyrical focus of songs like 'Belle.' But 'I Feel Good' had as much danceable energy and soulful fire as any Green up-tempo tune, and 'Lovin' You' and 'Dream' were sorely underrated compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470894960971,"sku":"369808","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7293c54a-e7f0-4371-abbe-e1d6319cf331_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727384979"},{"product_id":"have-a-good-time","title":"Have A Good Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered version on Fat Possum. 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