Sold Date: June 13, 2015
Start Date: May 15, 2015
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AL GREEN
GETS NEXT TO YOU

Hi Records SHL 32062.
Distributed by London Records.
Released on August 14, 1971.

After the shaky start of Green Is Blues, 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 You 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.

Track listing
Side One
1.    "I Can't Get Next to You" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:52
2.    "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" (Bert Berns) – 4:02
3.    "God Is Standing By" (Johnny Taylor) – 3:14
4.    "Tired of Being Alone" (Al Green) – 2:43
5.    "I'm a Ram" (Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) – 3:53

Side Two
1.    "Driving Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 3:04
2.    "Light My Fire" (Robbie Krieger, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore) – 3:59
3.    "You Say It" (Green) – 2:57
4.   "Right Now, Right Now" (Al Green) – 2:53
5.    "All Because" (Green, Hodges) – 2:42


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