Love and Happiness: The Very Best of Al Green

~ Release by Al Green (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (soul organist)
piano:
Archie Turner
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
performer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Irving Music, Inc. and Warner Chappell
4.154:18
2How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
producer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar family:
Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (soul organist)
saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
written in:
Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music (London) Ltd. (publisher), BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Robin Gibb Publishing Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Music Careers and Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.76:19
3Belle
recording of:
Belle
writer:
Reuben Fairfax, Jr., Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Fred Jordan (guitarist)
4:50
4School Days
recording of:
School Days
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
3:11
5Hangin' On
4:20
6Have You Been Making Out OK?
recording of:
Have You Been Making Out O.K.
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
3:45
7One Woman
recording of:
One Woman
writer:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and Sandra Rhodes
3:05
8Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do)
3:37
9Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
recording of:
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
4.652:59
10Take Me to the River
recording of:
Take Me to the River
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Burlington Music, Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing
4.153:44
11Love Ritual
4:20
12Simply Beautiful
recording of:
Simply Beautiful
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
4:14
13For the Good Times
recording of:
For the Good Times
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Careers Music, Inc., Careers-BMG Music, Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Valentine Music Ltd. and Universal Music Careers (in 1968)
6:31
14I Can't Get Next to You
recorded at:
Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
I Can’t Get Next to You
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd. and Stone Agate Music
4.253:46
15L.O.V.E. (Love)
recording of:
L‐O‐V‐E (Love)
lyricist:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer), Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
4.33:04
16Keep Me Cryin'
3:07
17Feels Like Summer
3:43
18Georgia Boy
7:02
19Loving You
3:34