Let's Stay Together (180 Gram Vinyl) | Mint (M) Mint (M) Get Cheap Vinyl

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Label: Fat Possum Records – FPH137-1, Hi Records – FPH137-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180 Gr.
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul

TRACKLIST
A1 Let's Stay Together    3:19
A2 La-La For You    3:30
A3 So You're Leaving    2:56
A4 What Is This Feeling    3:43
A5 Old Time Lovin    3:19
B1 I've Never Found A Girl    3:40
B2 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart    6:23
B3 Judy    3:45
B4 It Ain't No Fun To Me    3:35

Recorded At – Royal Recording Studios, Memphis
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Hi Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Hi Recording Corporation
Licensed To – Fat Possum Records
Manufactured By – Fat Possum Records
Distributed By – Fat Possum Records
Exclusive Retailer – Newbury Comics
Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 105913E
Manufactured By – Pirates Press
Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Charles Chalmers, James Mitchell
Backing Vocals [Vocal Background] – Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes
Bass – Leroy Hodges
Bass Saxophone – James Mitchell
Drums – Al Jackson Jr., Howard Grimes
Guitar – Teenie Hodges*
Organ – Charles Hodges
Photography By – Bud Lee (3)
Piano – Charles Hodges
Producer – Willie Mitchell
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Love, Ed Logan
Trombone – Jack Hale*
Trumpet – Wayne Jackson
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Identical to green vinyl release, only a standard black vinyl release
180 Gram
Includes mp3 Album Download
Barcode (Outer Sleeve): 7 67981 11371 5

After two albums loaded with cover songs and draped in the deep influence of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, Al Green used LET'S STAY TOGETHER to introduce his own style to the world. Green wrote or co-wrote seven of the nine songs on LET'S STAY TOGETHER, including the title track, his only No. 1 pop single. Love and relationships provided a universal theme for this sweet soul music. The lightly surging groove of "Let's Stay Together" carries a plea for reconciliation; the delicate ballad "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (a Bee Gees cover) addresses the aftermath of a breakup. Throughout LET'S STAY TOGETHER, the Hi Records house band fits exquisitely with Green's heavenly tenor, whether it be Charles Hodges's inspirational organ fills on "La-La For You" or brother Teenie Hodges' understated guitar riffs on "It Ain't No Fun To Me." Throw in a brassy horn section and lush string arrangements, and you have a perfectly balanced slice of soul. Some consider Al Green to be the greatest soul singer who ever lived. LET'S STAY TOGETHER, a purely joyful listen from beginning to end, makes a very good case.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: FUNK
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 06/23/2009