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Al Green - Immortal Soul of Al Green Audio CD

A fair review of the Al Green "Immortal Soul of Al Green" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Al Green reviews here, or go back to the Al Green tabs.

Al Green Band: Al Green
Title: Immortal Soul of Al Green
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Release Date: 2004-09-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Back Up Train 2: Guilty 3: I Want To Hold Your Hand 4: One Woman 5: Get Back, Baby 6: Summertime 7: What Am I Gonna Do With Myself 8: I Can't Get Next To You 9: God Is Standing By 10: You Say It 11: Right Now, Right Now 12: Are You Lonely For Me Baby 13: Driving Wheel 14: Light My Fire 15: Ride Sally Ride 16: Tired Of Being Alone 17: I'm A Ram 18: So You're Leaving 19: I've Never Found A Girl 20: It Ain't No Fun To Me 21: Let's Stay Together 22: Old Time Lovin' 23: La-La For You 24: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 25: I'm Still In Love With You 26: Love And Happiness 27: Simply Beautiful 28: Oh, Pretty Woman 29: Look What You Done For Me 30: Call Me (Come Back Home) 31: Funny How Time Slips Away 32: Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 33: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 34: You Ought To Be With Me 35: Jesus Is Waiting 36: Livin' For You 37: Let's Get Married 38: Beware 39: Take Me To The River 40: So Good To Be Here 41: My God Is Real 42: Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) 43: The City 44: God Blessed Our Love 45: One Nite Stand 46: I'm Hooked On You 47: Mimi 48: Love Ritual 49: Rhymes 50: Could I Be The One? 51: L-O-V-E (Love) 52: Strong As Death (Sweet As Love) 53: Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams In My Arms) 54: I Gotta Be More (Take Me Higher) 55: Eli's Game 56: Love Ritual (remix) 57: Full Of Fire 58: I'd Fly Away 59: That's The Way It Is 60: Together Again 61: Let It Shine 62: Have A Good Time 63: Keep Me Cryin' 64: Nothing Takes The Place Of You 65: I Tried To Tell Myself 66: The Truth Marches On 67: Belle 68: Georgia Boy 69: Chariots Of Fire 70: Loving You 71: All In All 72: To Sir With Love 73: Wait Here 74: King Of All 75: Starting All Over Again

Worth listening as frequently as your favorite book
It has a good design like your favorite book which you read so again and again that its jacket has worn out, and you can enjoy it like such. I cannot well afford to get all of Al Green's Hi albums, however, this compilation helps me to grasp Hi sound's essence "Groove and be simple", as well as Al's seductive voice. When you buy a new one, you should not misunderstand it as a used one. But one thing I dare to complain about the binding is its rubber holders which keep 4 CDs fastening tightly. For fear I should not break them down, I put CDs on the holders not so deeply. .


WHERE`S "FOR THE GOOD TIMES"??
A weaker cover version of a "Rock" hit is more important in their eyes which tells me those individuals are Rock music fans as opposed to Soul. The omission of "For The Good Times" fosters my belief that most people who ultimately decide the song titles on an R&B compilation or major Soul artist box set are unqualified to do so. How about one of these so-called big white bread companies FOR ONCE hiring the right person to pick which tracks should be on an R&B or major Soul artist compilation. As a LONG TIME veteran of R&B Radio for many years, I know what I`m talking about. "For The Good Times" was my MOST requested Al Green song in all the years on the air in several R&B radio outlets throughout the Southeast. .


Scratched disks
In both, all the CDs were scratched. I bought and had to return this box twice. A factory defect? Quality control slippage? Or, as I'm beginning to suspect, some genius at the record company had pushed to the extreme the idea of giving the box a feel of something old and well-worn? This is the case of the box package, with its false-old presentation of a shelf-worn book. Ok, why not. But to actually factory-scratch the disks to make them "used" - that's beyond me!
A pity then, seeing that it's a great and very comprehensive collection, not that far from a "Complete Al Green on Hi".


Missing Tracks
Although this set is wonderful, it's still missing some essential tracks. . "Feels Like Summer" comes to mind. Buy the original LPs.


Box sets or Al Green collections just don't get any better
He's had an unprecedented amount of hits and quality songs, even before he ventured into his Gammy winning gospel days. Al Green really deserved a box set like this for a long time. I could never find a greatest hits collection that had everything I wanted, so I ended up having to buy several and still fell short. I cannot think of another Box set that I've seen that is as complete as this one.

My only complaint is that they try to fit his songs into "Sex", "Love", "Salvation" & "Soul". You couldn't really break all of his songs down like this, so they end up making odd pairings like "God Is Standing By" on the Sex disc. They should have done a better job at matching the themed discs or just not worried about naming them at all. But, the booklet is pretty extensive and the packaging is done really nicely. Even better is the quality of the recordings, which sound better than ever! This alone should be enough for the die-hard fan to get this.

Nothing is missing from this collection; the songs are in their complete original form (no short single versions of "Let's Stay Together" or "Beware"). The only track I can remotely think of that I'd like to be on here is "Free At Last" and I'm sure huge Al Green fans might have one obscure favorite that don't show up here. But, it doesn't get better than this. If you enjoy Al Green & love soul music, making the big step now to get the box set is defiantly worth it. Even with all of his albums and greatest hits that I already have, this is STILL worth owning. For a fan of Al Green, soul music or any music this is an excellent gift.


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