True Love: A Collection

~ Release by Al Green (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Let's Stay Together
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
vocals:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cream Records (70s Los Angeles) (in 1971) and HI Records Inc. (in 1971)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 60) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 84)
recording of:
Let’s Stay Together
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music, Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Irving Music, Inc.
4.553:16
2Shal-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)
52:58
3Old Time Lovin'
recording of:
Old Time Lovin’
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
3:15
4What a Wonderful Thing Love Is
recording of:
What a Wonderful Thing Love Is
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
3:35
5I Wish You Were Here
recording of:
I Wish You Were Here
writer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
JEC Publishing Corporation
3:18
6Are You Lonely for Me Baby?
cover recording of:
Are You Lonely for Me Baby
lyricist and composer:
Bert Russell Berns
publisher:
Sloopy II Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
43:58
7Could I Be the One?
4:06
8The Love Sermon
6:36
9Feels Like Summer
3:42
10Schooldays
recording of:
School Days
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
3:11
11Simply 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
12True Love
recording of:
True Love
composer:
Peter Chatman, Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
2:47
13God Is Standing By
cover recording of:
God Is Standing By
lyricist and composer:
Johnnie Taylor
23:14
14God Blessed Our Love
recording of:
God Blessed Our Love
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
composer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer) and Earl Randle (US songwriter for Hi Records)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
3:54
15Ride Sally Ride
recording of:
Ride Sally Ride
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
2:24
16Ain't No Fun for Me
recording of:
Ain't No Fun for Me
composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
3:25
17I've Never Found a Girl3:37
18How Can You Mend a Broken Heart3.656:17