So I have largely quit buying new records and have been focused on getting thru the ones I have. Which leads to the problem of Saturday. As I like to put good albums on the weekend, my roster of Saturday-worthy records is shrinking. So it dawned on me that I need to dig into the collections of records I was given while doing this blog as there are some real gems within them as compared to the questionable stuff I buy. So from the collection of the late Al Pallister, we have this which is general regarded as Al Green’s masterpiece.
Released in 1973 after his platinum 1972 release, I’m Still In Love With You, Call Me went to # 10 on the US charts, going Gold in the process. Green’s sixth album, many consider it his best work.
Partly because it drew on an array of influences, most notably Hank Williams and Green’s cover of ” I’m SO Lonesome I Could Cry”, which I am using as a sample. But mostly, it was Green’s unbelievable talent that made this record what it was.